BLUEPRINT 4D 2026

C&A Technology will be attending BLUEPRINT 4D 2026, and we’re looking forward to being part of the conversation.

There’s something about this event. It’s not just sessions. It’s not just updates. It’s where JD Edwards teams actually talk about what’s working and what’s not.

Dallas sets the stage this year. A different city. Same idea.

A few days away from the day-to-day. A chance to step back and look at your JDE environment a little differently. This year, the conversations are shifting. Less about features. More about outcomes.

• How do you manage complexity?
• How do you justify modernization?
• How do you stay in control as things evolve?

What We’re Bringing to BLUEPRINT 4D

We’re presenting two sessions focused on areas most teams are already dealing with whether they’ve said it out loud or not.

• • JDE solutions for Object Retrofits: Comparing UDC’s, Proc Options, Menus, DD Items in environments

Retrofits tend to become a problem slowly. At first, it’s just a few differences between environments. Then more changes get layered in. Eventually, you’re looking at an upgrade and realizing you don’t have a clean way to determine what actually needs to be carried forward and what doesn’t. That’s where most teams get stuck

In this session, we walk through how to extract and evaluate object data directly from JD Edwards, and how to bring structure to something that usually feels manual and uncertain. The focus isn’t just on identifying differences, but on understanding them well enough to categorize effort, reduce risk, and make decisions with confidence. We’ll also share practical methods and scripts that teams can use to analyze their own environments and start closing those gaps.

• • Building a Business Case for Modernization: Measuring ROI Through Your JD Edwards Upgrade

The technical side of an upgrade is usually manageable. Getting approval is where things slow down. Not because the upgrade isn’t needed but because the value isn’t clearly tied to business outcomes. Improvements like usability or visibility often get treated as secondary, even when they’re affecting daily operations.

This session focuses on how to reframe that conversation. Using a real customer example, we’ll walk through how operational inefficiencies were identified, how upgrade capabilities were mapped to measurable improvements, and how those improvements were translated into an ROI model that leadership could actually evaluate. It’s less about “why upgrade” and more about “how to make the case in a way that holds up.”

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