What Should You Optimize, Automate, Modernize – or Leave Alone?
Make the right next move for your JD Edwards environment.
JD Edwards PackerLand Users Group (PLUG) | October 29, 2026 | Oshkosh Corporation Global Headquarters
JD Edwards continues to support critical business operations, but the demands around it keep changing. Teams are expected to improve efficiency, solve recurring issues, put AI and automation to work, strengthen technical environments, and make modernization decisions without disrupting the business.
PackerLand Users Group (PLUG) brings those real-world JDE priorities into one room.
On October 29, 2026, join JD Edwards professionals at Oshkosh Corporation Global Headquarters for practical sessions, technical insights, and discussions focused on the challenges and opportunities shaping JDE environments today.
IT Convergence is proud to sponsor PLUG and bring our JD Edwards expertise to the conversation.
Modernize What Matters. Automate What Slows You Down.
The challenge isn’t adopting every new capability, or adding AI just because it’s available. It’s knowing where technology will create measurable value in your JDE environment. IT Convergence helps JDE organizations identify where to optimize, automate, modernize, and apply AI based on the business problem, not the technology trend.
Optimize What Isn't Working
Automate What Slows You Down
Modernize Without Reimplementing
Build the Right Infrastructure
Keep JDE Running and Improving
Join the PLUG conversation
PLUG brings together the broader JD Edwards landscape. Whether you’re responsible for finance and operations, applications and functional processes, CNC and technical operations, or IT strategy, the issues surrounding JDE increasingly overlap with automation, AI, data, integration, and modernization.
For business and finance teams:
Improve processes, reduce friction, address performance issues, and identify opportunities to use automation and AI to improve financial and operational outcomes.
For application and functional teams:
Identify opportunities to simplify processes, automate repetitive work, connect JDE processes with AI-enabled capabilities, and make better use of JDE functionality.
For technical and CNC teams:
Improve performance, troubleshoot recurring issues, strengthen technical operations, and build the integration and orchestration foundation required for automation and AI.
For IT and JDE leadership:
Evaluate modernization, automation, security, cloud, upgrades, and technology investments against business priorities.
As a PLUG sponsor, IT Convergence will be at the event to share practical JD Edwards expertise and discuss the challenges organizations are working through across applications, technology, performance, automation, and modernization.
Our JD Edwards capabilities include:
- Optimize — Application, Process & Performance Optimization
- Automate — AI, Gen AI, Orchestrator, RPA & Intelligent Workflows
- Modernize — Upgrades, Personalization, Extensibility & Technical Debt Reduction
- Cloud & Infrastructure — OCI, AWS, Azure, Hybrid & On-Premises
- Migrate — Cloud Readiness, Replatforming & First-Time-Right Migration
- Connect & Analyze — Integration, Analytics, APIs & Data-Driven Optimization
- Support — Application, CNC & 24/7 SRE-Led Managed Services
- Assure — Testing & Quality Engineering
Featured Educational Session at PLUG
How We Reduced JD Edwards Trial Balance Runtime and Sped Up Month-End Close
Time: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
As JD Edwards environments grow, Trial Balance processing can slow down, delaying month-end close and adding pressure to finance and IT teams. This session explores how identifying business and data bottlenecks can inform targeted optimization while maintaining audit compliance and system integrity.
What you’ll gain:
- Why Trial Balance performance can slow over time
- Practical approaches to improve runtime and stability
- Accelerating month-end close while maintaining compliance
- Implementation considerations and lessons learned
- A ready-to-import JD Edwards package, as referenced in the session abstract
Kevin Musick brings 38 years of experience in the JD Edwards ecosystem, with finance and manufacturing functional expertise alongside technical and data analytics experience.
Presented by:
Kevin Musick
Senior VP, Enterprise Solutions
About IT Convergence
IT Convergence is a global Oracle Platinum Partner helping organizations modernize, optimize, and transform their JD Edwards environments. With deep JD Edwards expertise, we provide end-to-end services spanning JDE modernization, AI and Orchestrator-driven automation, upgrades, cloud migration, hosting, 24/7 managed services, CNC services, integration, analytics, cybersecurity, development, and testing. We’ve created value for 1,700+ customers across 70+ countries, including global enterprises and Fortune 500 organizations.
- Oracle Cloud Solutions Provider Expertise (CSPE)
- Oracle Platinum Partner and Oracle Excellence Awards Recipient
- Oracle Cloud Excellence Implementer (CEI)
- Oracle Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- 24/7 global application and CNC support
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Bring your toughest question to PLUG
Thursday, October 29 • 8 AM – 4:30 PM | Oshkosh Corporation Global Headquarters
Performance bottleneck? Manual process? Recurring issue? Automation opportunity? Infrastructure decision? Modernization roadmap? AI or automation opportunity?
Start with what needs to improve.
Meet IT Convergence at PLUG and explore the right next step for your JD Edwards environment.