We primarily use the solution for finance, procurement, and capital asset management, among other things.
The solution is very mature.
It has worked fine for many years.
It's stable.
It has been able to scale.
Support was always helpful.
World is old, so everybody is looking to just upgrade or migrate from it. The client has used it for the past 18 or 19 years. They've outgrown World, so they want to move from World to EnterpriseOne or Fusion.
The solution is out-of-date and no longer supported.
It's a command-based system. Everybody these days wants a good grid to use.
I've used the solution for the last 12 months at last. I have a client using it currently and I help support them.
It is very stable. World is one of the most stable ERPs, I would say.
World was scalable. As our business grew, business processes were reviewed, and they were able to implement them in World. As of now, World works for them. Obviously, if they wanted to implement some new things like interfaces with other systems, World would be struggling. That is the main reason why the client wants to upgrade or change their software.
Support is good. When we were doing the capital asset management, we escalated a few issues to technical support to resolve those. We were happy with the level of service.
Usually, they'll just give you scripts to run. Their response is always really good.
This customer currently wants to upgrade, so they're looking to go to either EnterpriseOne or maybe Oracle Fusion.
Originally, the initial setup was fine. It was fun. However, now it is harder. It's not getting updated. Not much is changing on it. Likely no one will be installing it anymore.
I was involved in this World implementation way back. It wasn't difficult. Basically, they would give you a task, and then you go through the task. It was fun then. Now, you have to always remember a lot of commands to be able to use it, and nobody does that now.
It is not difficult to maintain. If you know what you're doing, it's okay. Obviously, the IBM box is where there will be challenges. When your hardware goes off, then you have to find people with that skill set to come in and deploy for you.
I'm not sure of the exact pricing.
I started working with JD Edwards World 7.3. I worked with 9.1 and then now EnterpriseOne.
It's difficult to compare this solution to the modern ERP solutions out there. It's very dated. I wouldn't recommend it to others as it is out of date. I'd rate it six out of ten.