Why isn’t your ERP training producing results?

Posted on: February 13, 2020 | By: Andrew Hall | QAD Practice News, Logan Consulting News, ERP Selection

ERP skills are not simply things that you can learn overnight - they take repetition and practice to achieve perfection. Listen to one of our Partners, David Kwo, speak about why your ERP training might not be giving you your desired results and how to fix that issue. See the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWn7F2eNLqQ&feature=youtu.be


One Version of the Truth

Posted on: September 20, 2019 | By: Andrew Hall | QAD Practice News

Listen to David Kwo talk about ERP and the idea of having one version of the truth. [embed]https://youtu.be/S0wsgiOurws[/embed]


“License Plate” tracking with QAD Serialization

Posted on: March 28, 2018 | By: Andrew Hall | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Distribution

If you are need of license plate tracking (LPN) of containers, pallets, reels, etc., the latest offerings from QAD offer Serialization, which allows for the transaction of a defined container using a single license plate number. This replaces the traditional need to always enter Item Number, Quantity, and Lot/Serial Number on all inventory related transactions. This speeds transaction time and also eliminates the multiple points of error in the transaction....


What not to do with Comments, and how Item Attributes can help

Posted on: March 27, 2018 | By: Andrew Hall | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution

One of the challenges that I have seen over the years is converting a client to QAD when they are coming from an environment that is not accustomed to driving production planning and execution through strict adherence to Item Numbers, Product Structures and Routings that are based on form-fit-and function (FFF). Instead, these clients often drive business behavior through extensive use of comments. Though this approach can work when a...


Upcoming QAD Production Orders eliminate many implementation questions

Posted on: March 15, 2018 | By: Andrew Hall | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process

QAD is currently in the process of rolling out Production Orders into the standard software offering. This new functionality is meant to combine the features of Advanced Repetitive and Discrete Work Orders into a single module and set of supporting maintenance and transaction screens. Having implemented QAD since 1993, I have seen countless projects where a client could use individual features of each to great effect, but we would ultimately...


Proper Training is critical to the short and long-term success of your QAD implementation

Posted on: March 14, 2018 | By: Andrew Hall | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution, Professional Services, QAD Financials

All ERP implementations are impacted by multiple factors that ultimately determine whether the implementation is a success. When viewed in the short-term (i.e. from software selection to actual “go-live”) and long-term (go-live through system maturity), one of the biggest factors is training. And, unfortunately, this is the factor that often receives the least attention after the go-live date. The result of the long-term is that users are no longer following...


Creative use of the QAD Configurator for complex costing and pricing

Posted on: March 13, 2018 | By: Andrew Hall | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process

Logan Consulting has a long-standing QAD client that is implementing the QAD Configurator to build quotes for its complex product which contains both configurable items, based on defined rules, and true engineered-to-order (ETO) components. The ETO items cannot be defined in the configurator rule set as they require an engineer to design on a site-by-site basis. So, how do we include the ETO component in the configurator model so we...


Configurator Model Complexity – How to simplify

Posted on: December 19, 2017 | By: Andrew Hall | QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution

As you are building new configuration models in the QAD Configurator, one of the issues that faces many clients is creating the model, with all of its features, options, and rules, in a way that reduces complexity to the greatest extent possible so that it can be understandable and maintainable to those responsible for supporting it. We certainly want to avoid creating something so complex that it becomes a "black...


Exception processing in Work Orders and Repetitive

Posted on: December 15, 2017 | By: Andrew Hall | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process

QAD's Work Order and Repetitive modules both possess extensive functionality for production execution and monitoring. However, they do differ significantly in terms of how exceptions, like rejects, scrap and rework, are handled. Specifically, the Repetitive module offers much more robust capabilities related to the reporting of rejects and rework, including the use of multiple reason codes for Pareto analysis. Additionally, the Repetitive module actually maintains rejects queues in work in...


You don’t have to report labor to a QAD Work Order, but what if you do?

Posted on: November 10, 2017 | By: Andrew Hall | QAD Manufacturing

As most QAD users know, it is not a requirement to report actual labor in QAD against a discrete Work Order. If you choose this path, QAD will apply labor at standard when the Work Order goes through an accounting close. But, what if you report actual report without reporting a quantity complete through a Labor Feedback transaction? Interestingly, the result is that the actual labor amount entered will be...