Category: QAD Practice News

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Enterprise-Wide Standards - (Business Systems Solution and the ERP Core) Most companies strive for a standardized Enterprise-Wide Business Solution, including a standardized ERP Enterprise software package as the core of the Enterprise-Wide Business Systems Solution. This can be accomplished by standards or through transformations. As part of the integration/migration; certain coding and configuration standards for a variety of configurations and/or fields should be established and followed globally. When establishing these...

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

Defining specific pre and post cutover metrics is an important step in the planning of a new ERP system. ERP implementations are often seen as projects which reduce on-time shipment performance or throughput, for example. The Project Team needs the ability to reference pre cutover metrics and easily compare them to the same cutover metric to assess the positive or negative impact of the cutover. The Project Team (internal and...

As previously discussed, with the release of QAD 2015 Enterprise Edition, QAD introduced new functionality called QAD Item Attributes and Quality Control (IAQ). IAQ has robust functionality in a number of areas, including the following: Item Attributes Inventory and Lot Attributes Test Specifications Quality Control for WIP and Production Certificate of Analysis IAQ Integration with QAD QMS Previously, the first item above, Item Attributes, was discussed. Item Attributes addresses a...

One of the best ways to determine which ERP system is the best fit for your growing business is to do your research on ERP Implementation Partners, read up on case studies and start researching different systems to help determine which system could best fit your businesses individual goals, pain points and future plans. You want a system that can grow with you, now hold you back, which is why...

With the release of QAD 2015 Enterprise Edition, QAD introduced new functionality called QAD Item Attributes and Quality Control (IAQ). IAQ has robust functionality in a number of areas, including the following: Item Attributes Inventory and Lot Attributes Test Specifications Quality Control for WIP and Production Certificate of Analysis IAQ Integration with QAD QMS In this article we will focus on the first item above, Item Attributes, which addresses a...

The QAD team, as well as customers and other partners, have been developing a more flexible, modular and user-friendly initiative called Channel Islands. This groundbreaking new solution is named after the 4 islands visible from QAD’s Santa Barbara headquarters. The final of the four, San Miguel, is now available in QAD Cloud ERP 2018. Channel Islands was created and implemented in 4 phases, each improving and creating a more interactive...

Historically in QAD, any corrections to a posted Sales Order Invoice would normally be done through the creation of an adjusting invoice in Pending Invoice Maintenance. A negative line item with the original (incorrect) Item, Quantity and / or Price would be entered, followed by an additional line with the corrected Item, Quantity and / or Price. This process corrected key historical data for sales, sales history, and salesperson history,...

They are still out there! Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets used for planning and scheduling. Many QAD clients continue to utilize them because they are not aware of alternatives or simply have always done it that way. They often spend hours each week re-keying inventory, planning and scheduling data from their QAD ERP application. During a recent QAD EE upgrade Scoping and Planning project, Logan Consulting inquired about the use of MRP...