Change Management: Don’t Cook a Thanksgiving Feast You Never Eat

Posted on: November 20, 2025 | By: Alexa Leitner | QAD Financials|QAD Business Process

Every year, millions of people prepare an elaborate Thanksgiving dinner; hours of planning, shopping, chopping, roasting, stirring. The table is set, the turkey is golden, the sides are perfect…and then imagine everyone getting up and leaving before taking a single bite.  Ridiculous, right?  Yet this is exactly what happens in organizations that invest heavily in new systems, processes, or technologies but neglect Change Management. They prepare the “feast”, the software selection, the implementation,...


QAD Financial Report Writer (FRW) Limitations

Posted on: September 17, 2025 | By: Alexa Leitner | QAD Financials|QAD Business Process

With its release in 2016, QAD's Financial Report Writer (FRW) became the company’s primary financial reporting tool, officially replacing the legacy General Ledger Report Writer. Designed to modernize the financial reporting process, FRW introduced several features aimed at improving usability, flexibility, and integration—most notably its deep compatibility with Microsoft Excel.  FRW users can export reports to both Excel and PDF formats, but the real power lies in the ability to...