QAD Automated Solutions (QAD AS)

Posted on: April 12, 2023 | By: Emily Aro | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process

QAD Automated Solutions (QAD AS) assists manufacturers in enhancing their material handling efficiency by automating and digitizing the collection of material and production data. Additionally, it helps them generate labels that conform to manufacturer, supplier, and customer formats. Manufacturing companies face the challenge of effectively managing their material handling and warehousing operations. Mistakes in material handling can be expensive as they may disrupt meeting customer demands for timely deliveries, accurate...


Transitioning from QAD EE to AUX

Posted on: March 29, 2023 | By: Emily Aro | QAD Practice News, QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution

Transitioning from QAD Enterprise Edition (EE) to QAD Adaptive User Experience (AUX) can seem like a daunting task. However, it is a worthwhile investment in your business's future. In this blog, we will cover some insights and tips to make the transition from QAD EE to QAD Adaptive UX as smooth and successful as possible. QAD AUX Overview Firstly, it's essential to understand that QAD Adaptive UX is a cloud-based...


User Security in QAD AUX

Posted on: March 29, 2023 | By: Emily Aro | QAD Practice News, QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution

In today's digital age, cybersecurity is a top priority for any organization. With QAD Adaptive UX, there is a secure and user-friendly solution to meet the needs of modern businesses. This blog will highlight the key features of user security in QAD AUX. Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) One of the key features of QAD Adaptive UX is its multi-factor authentication (MFA) capability. This ensures that only authorized users can access the...


How to Set Up ACH Payments and Send Remittances in QAD

Posted on: March 15, 2023 | By: Emily Aro | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution

ACH (Automated Clearing House) payments and remittances are a popular method of transferring money electronically between financial institutions. Setting up ACH payments and sending remittances in QAD is a simple process. Below you will learn how to set up ACH payments and send remittances in QAD: Step 1: Verify that ACH payments are supported in your QAD system. Before you can set up ACH payments, you must ensure that your...


New QAD AUX Functionality: Firm Purchasing

Posted on: February 20, 2023 | By: Emily Aro | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution

Ever wish QAD had the ability to convert Planned Orders for purchased items directly to a Purchase Order without having to go through requisitions? With AUX, now you can.  In this blog we will cover how to use the new QAD AUX functionality: Firm Purchasing. The AUX Planned Orders view contains Firm Purchasing as an Action.  The following explains how you can convert planned orders to Purchase Orders. Pre-requisite Setup...


QAD EQMS for Manufacturing

Posted on: January 30, 2023 | By: Emily Aro | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process

In this blog, part two of the QAD EQMS series, we will cover what features in QAD EQMS benefit the manufacturing department of a company. If you are interested in an overview of EQMS or how it benefits the Engineering or Sales departments click here for part one of the series. Manufacturers face pressure to improve initial quality. This results in faster product life cycles, increased dependence on suppliers and...


Browse Link Maintenance in QAD

Posted on: January 19, 2023 | By: Emily Aro | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution

QAD Browse Link Maintenance is an efficient way to customize your QAD system to benefit your needs. Browse Link Maintenance users can create hyperlinks from data in order to easily navigate to other QAD screens, Network Paths, and to external websites through existing data, item numbers, etc. With technical help, your company can create dynamic links that allow for quick navigation to an array of sites and QAD Screens.  Below...


QAD PE: Benefits and Key Features

Posted on: January 19, 2023 | By: Emily Aro | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution

In this blog we will cover the benefits and key features of QAD Production Execution (QAD PE). QAD PE helps increase efficiency during the production process along with utilizing technology for a shop floor setting.  Additionally, QAD PE provides production insights that are necessary to respond quickly to inventory shortages, equipment failures, and other unplanned production slowdowns. HMI Touch Screen Technology The Human Machine Interface (HMI) touch screen technology included...


Production Execution in QAD

Posted on: April 11, 2022 | By: David Kwo | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution

Production Execution (PE) is a new QAD functionality that enables collaboration and communication between production planning and operations, ultimately offering benefits that increase production flexibility and operational capabilities. It offers a convenient solution to production management software within the QAD system, eliminating the need for paper waste or custom software.   By using a touch screen interface at the shop floor, PE creates the opportunity within the QAD system to...


Serialization in QAD

Posted on: April 1, 2022 | By: Andrew Hall | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution

Summary QAD's Serialization provides out-of-the-box functionality to create and transact containerized inventory throughout the receiving, production, and shipping processes. QAD uses the term “Serialization” to represent the container serial number or “license plate." QAD Serialization supports multiple levels of containerization (e.g., items in boxes, boxes on pallets, etc.). Once inventory is Serialized, the Serialized container can be transacted throughout QAD by simply scanning the single Serialized number, which speeds processing...