Category: QAD Distribution

QAD provides a comprehensive suite of tools to manage distribution processes within an organization, offering solutions for Sales Orders (SO) Shipping, Distribution Orders (DOs), Enterprise Material Transfers (EMTs), and Inter-site Inventory Transfers. In this blog, we discuss each distribution style and how they can help with logistics and operations. Sales Orders (SOs) Sales Orders facilitate the process of fulfilling customer requests by streamlining order creation, tracking, and shipment. One significant...

More commonly than not, applying cash has been a manual and tedious process. It can be extremely taxing for the finance department to accomplish this each month and stay on top of it. It is often a process that is consistently behind in getting the data into the system. In this blog we will identify two options that are now available in the more recent versions of QAD EE /AUX....

For any business, unexpected change orders during ERP implementations can lead to budget overruns, delayed timelines, and operational disruptions. Avoiding these surprises starts well before the project even begins. Here are five proven strategies to avoid costly change orders and ensure smoother ERP project execution: 1. Thorough Review of the Statement of Work (SOW) During Sales and Pre-Sales A well-structured ERP project begins with a comprehensive Statement of Work (SOW)....

In this blog, we discuss batch job set up and the benefits it can provide. Batch jobs in QAD refer to automated tasks or processes that run in the background without user intervention. They perform a series of predefined actions based on a schedule or specific triggers. These tasks can include generating reports, processing data, updating records, and more. The primary advantages of batch jobs include: Efficiency: Automating routine tasks...

Distribution Orders (DOs) play a crucial role in the effective management of inventory and logistics within QAD Enterprise Edition (EE). For companies operating within a global supply chain, DOs offer a streamlined approach to managing the movement of goods between various sites or locations, ensuring that products are available where they are needed, when they are needed. In this blog, we’ll delve into the fundamentals of Distribution Orders in QAD...

The Return to Vendor (RTV) process occurs when a company wants to return materials back to the Supplier or Vendor they purchased them from. There can be several reasons why a company would want to return purchased materials such as damaged or defective material, the wrong material was shipped to them, or the supplier over shipped the quantity ordered. It is important that a process is in place to support...

QAD’s Adaptive UX provides a new Planned Orders view that can be used to drive Purchasing activities such as the creation of Requisitions (Approved or Unapproved) and Purchase Orders, or the releasing of Blanket Orders. To access this functionality, go to the Planned Orders hybrid view in AUX, and from the Actions function, select Firm Purchasing. Note: you can use the view filtering functions to limit the Planned Orders (e.g....

This is the second blog in a series of four blogs about customizing business objects in AUX. This blog provides information about pulling forward User Defined Fields in AUX. QAD’s Adaptive UX offers many customizable options to meet the needs of any business. One way is offering User Defined Fields (UDFs) which are predefined fields in the database tables that are not used in QAD business logic. This means that...

In the world of modern business, efficient and streamlined processes are essential to stay competitive. One crucial aspect of this is managing the movement of inventory and creation of shipping documents. This is where QAD’s Shipping Groups capabilities come into play, allowing organizations to simplify their logistics and inventory management while optimizing their operations. This blog will cover more information about QAD's Shipping Groups setup and functionality. QAD’s Shipping Groups...

Logan Consulting recently took a manufacturing client live on QAD’s Adaptive ERP using the AUX interface. An extremely large component of this implementation was the use of the QAD Configurator. This client is a manufacturer of custom conveyor belts and pulleys. Over 95% of all orders are custom and require rules-based configuration, often through extremely complex engineering models. Through the QAD Configurator, this client is now able to process orders...