1 Introduction to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Section 1.1, "JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management Overview"

• Section 1.2, "JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management Business Processes"

• Section 1.3, "JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management Integration"

• Section 1.4, "JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management Implementation"

• Section 1.5, "Business Interface Integration Objects"

1.1 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management Overview

The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system from Oracle facilitates the effective and efficient management of the repetitive building process. Although the system is referred to as JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management, it facilitates the management of any repetitive building process, including the construction of retail operations, repetitive specialties, and manufactured homes. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system helps builders manage and analyze the profitability of their business by area, community, plan, elevation, or option.

The functions and features included in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management have been developed over several years using input from many national and regional builders. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system represents the collective suggestions of these home building and repetitive construction companies. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management allows builders to manage in the same way that they build by closely paralleling the actual building and sales processes and allowing builders to easily manage building and sales activities.

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management provides flexibility in managing the construction process. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system allows each builder to accommodate regional purchasing and sales practices by area or community. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system also allows a builder to track information that is unique to the builder's construction and sales processes.The user interface of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management includes two workbenches, the lot workbench and the sales workbench. These workbenches provide easy navigation by graphically displaying pertinent information that is related to the home builder.

To help builders analyze financial information and profitability, the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system:

• Gathers, processes, and stores information about the profitability of specific communities, lots, and options.

• Develops community pro forma analysis based on operational and financial assumptions.

• Controls costs effectively and efficiently.

1.2 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management Business Processes

This diagram illustrates the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management business process:

Figure 1-1 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management business process

Description of ''Figure 1-1 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management business process''

This diagram illustrates how the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system uses national purchasing:

Figure 1-2 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management National Purchasing

Description of ''Figure 1-2 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management National Purchasing''

1.3 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management Integration

The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system integrates with these JD Edwards EnterpriseOne systems:

• General Accounting

• Accounts Payable

• Procurement Management

• Job Cost

• Service Management

We discuss integration considerations in the implementation chapters in this implementation guide. Supplemental information about third-party application integrations is located on the My Oracle Support website at https://support.oracle.com/

1.3.1 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting

The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting system from Oracle stores entries in general ledger accounts when the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system closes a lot or processes a payment.

1.3.2 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Accounts Payable

The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Accounts Payable system from Oracle stores vouchers in the Accounts Payable Ledger table (F0411) when the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system enters invoices for existing commitments.

1.3.3 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Procurement Management

The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Procurement Management system from Oracle stores commitments in the following tables when commitments are created in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system:

• Purchase Order Header (F4301)

• Purchase Order Detail File (F4311)

• P.O. Detail Ledger File - Flexible Version (F43199).

Depending on how the system constants are set, the system might also update the PA ledger type on the commitment balance records in the Account Balances table (F0902).

1.3.4 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost

The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost system from Oracle stores jobs in the following tables when lots are created in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system:

• Business Unit Master (F0006)

• Extended Job Master (F5108)

• Cost codes for the lot are stored in Account Master (F0901).

The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost system maintains cost and revenue information, using the standard ledger types, to manage budgets, commitments, actual costs, and projected final amounts.

1.3.5 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Service Management

The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Service Management system from Oracle can create install base records from the information that is associated with a house, such as home buyer information, configuration components, and subcontractors when you close a sale.

1.4 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management Implementation

This section provides an overview of the steps that are required to implement the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system.

During the planning phase of the implementation, you should use all of the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne sources of information, including the installation guides and troubleshooting information.

When determining which electronic software updates (ESUs) to install for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management, use the EnterpriseOne and World Change Assistant. Change Assistant, a Java-based tool, reduces the time required to search and download ESUs by 75 percent or more and allows you to perform a multiple install update of ESUs.

1.4.1 Global Implementation Steps

This table lists the suggested global implementation steps for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management:

• Set up companies, fiscal date patterns, and business units.

  See "Setting Up Organizations" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Financial Management Fundamentals Implementation Guide

• Set up accounts and the chart of accounts.

  See "Creating the Chart of Accounts" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Financial Management Fundamentals Implementation Guide

• Set up the General Accounting constants.

  See "Setting Up the General Accounting System" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications General Accounting Implementation Guide

• Set up multicurrency processing, including currency codes and exchange rates.

  See "Setting Up General Accounting for Multicurrency Processing" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Multicurrency Processing Implementation Guide

  See "Setting Up Exchange Rates" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Multicurrency Processing Implementation Guide

• Set up ledger type rules.

  See "Setting Up the General Accounting System, Setting Up Ledger Type Rules for General Accounting" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications General Accounting Implementation Guide.

• Enter address book records.

  See "Entering Address Book Records" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Address Book Implementation Guide

1.4.2 Implementation Steps

This table lists the application-specific implementation steps for the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system:

• Set up the system.

  See Setting Up JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management.

• Set up system constants.

  See Setting Up Constants and Commitment Document Types.

• Set up activity rules.

  See Setting Up Activity Rules.

• Set up extended data.

  See Setting Up Extended Data.

• Set up closing worksheets.

  See Setting Up Closing Worksheets.

• Interact with the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost system.

  See Interacting with the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost System.

• Interact with the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Procurement system.

  See Interacting with the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost System.

• Interact with the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Service Management system.

  See Interacting with the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Service Management System.

• Set up extended data for interacting with the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Service Management system.

  See Setting Up Extended Data to Interface with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Service Management.

• Set up next numbers.

  See Understanding Next Numbers.

• Set up user defined codes.

  See Understanding User-Defined Codes.

• Set up areas.

  See Setting Up Areas.

• Set up communities.

  See Setting Up Communities (Release 9.1 Update).

• Set up phases.

  See Setting Up Phases.

• Set up plans.

  See Setting Up Plans for Communities.

• Set up lots.

  See Setting Up Lots.

• Enter bid contracts.

  See Entering Bid Contracts.

• Enter takeoffs.

  See Entering Takeoffs.

• Process the sale of a house.

  See Processing the Sale of a House.

1.5 Business Interface Integration Objects

A business interface is a set of components that implementation teams can use to create an integration between JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and an external system. Business interfaces can include one or more of these business interface components:

• Business Services

• Real-Time Events

• Batch Import and Export Programs

For additional information about business interfaces, and the business objects available for this product area, see these topics in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Business Interface Reference Guide:

• Business Interfaces Overview

• Bid Master

• Construction Lot Master