Configured, Not Customized: MASYC’s Approach to Pre-Acquisition in JD Edwards

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Still managing prospective land deals in spreadsheets or outside JD Edwards?

You can bring pre-acquisition into JD Edwards without a single line of custom code. MASYC’s Land Pre-Acquisition Solution transforms how land prospects are tracked, analyzed, and transferred, entirely within JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.

What makes it different?

It’s 100% configured - no custom code. Built entirely using JD Edwards User-Defined Objects (UDOs) and the Orchestrator Studio, this "on the glass" solution leverages the tools you already have - no modifications, no technical debt.

How It Works:

  • Each land prospect is managed using a Work Order as a subledger, tied to a single Division-level Pre-Acquisition Job.

  • Users capture due diligence details - zoning, amenities, school data, seller info - using existing fields, UDCs, and Supplemental Data.

  • Budgets, commitments, and costs are tracked precisely at the Work Order level.

  • When approved, balances are transferred to new Land Jobs via Orchestration.

  • If the deal is abandoned, costs are zeroed out and posted to divisional P&L.

 All Automation, No Modifications:

  • Work Order Deactivation - embedded orchestration prevents further transactions with hard-error control

  • Cost Transfers - Orchestration + Indexed Computation report with built-in validations and messages

  • On the feature roadmap - automate job creation, contract copying, or deal abandonment handling

Dashboards & Visibility:

We combined EnterpriseOne vanilla applications with the following User Defined Objects:

Composite Pages

  • Café Ones (Layouts)

  • Custom Grids

  • Personal Forms

  • Queries & Watchlists All tailored for the Pre-Acquisition lifecycle - giving stakeholders real-time insight, and reducing offline reporting.

Why It Matters:

This is a no/low code solution that:

 Keeps Pre-Acquisition teams inside E1 (not Excel)

  • Increases visibility and auditability

  • Requires no custom development

  • Leverages tools you already own

MASYC is helping national homebuilders streamline Pre-Acquisition operations without blowing up their E1 architecture, or their budget.

If your land acquisition process still lives outside JD Edwards, let’s talk about how to bring it home.