Category: QAD Practice News

Make the most of your MWUG Conference experience this fall by attending QAD training hosted by Logan Consulting. This year’s training will take place in Cleveland, OH immediately following the conference. Functional QAD Training – Manufacturing Execution The goal of the training is to take a deep dive into Production Execution functionality within QAD so attendees can understand all the relevant processes and transactions for both discrete Work Orders and...

Why Cloud ERP? This is a question you might be asking yourself before diving into an ERP implementation. Many view an ERP implementation as tedious, time consuming and costly, but in the end the benefits usually justify the investment. Companies have been implementing On-Premises ERP solutions for decades, but with the evolution of Cloud ERP, numerous additional ERP benefits can be recognized. A few of the more well-known benefits of...

A huge motivation for many organizations that choose to implement ERP software is the financial gain. Of course, the purchasing and implementation of ERP software is an investment, but once implementation is complete, your organization will begin to reap the benefits of the investment over time. Profit and Invoice tracking, budgeting, audits, and risk management are some of the key areas that businesses look to improve with ERP. Let’s learn...

Analyzing your proposed ERP implementation plan starts with three key areas of assessment. First your project plan, then your measurables before and after implementation, and lastly, what your organization is trying to achieve as an outcome of the ERP implementation. Let’s walk through an analysis of an ERP implementation plan. Your Project Plan Start with examining expectations for the implementation plan. Use questions such as: What will be accomplished? What...

The results are in from Logan Consulting's post conference QAD training workshops. Logan Consulting, a proud supporter of the MWUG Conference, hosted two 1 ½ day training workshops following the MWUG Conference in Lombard, IL on March 20th-21st to help conference attendees get the most out of their MWUG experience.   Technical QAD Training Workshop The goal of the technical training workshop was to provide a broad overview of building state-of-the-art integration...

What makes Logan Consulting a successful QAD consulting partner? We are the longest-standing QAD Alliance services partner, having joined the partner program in 1993 and continuing to this day with QAD EE (Enterprise Edition) and QAD SE (Standard Edition). Since this time our company has built its reputation on dedication to our clients and people. The ever-growing ERP software, QAD, has been implemented in over 69 countries and moved to...

At the recent QAD Midwest Users Group Conference (MWUG) in Lombard, IL; Darrell Finney of Fintek Consulting re-enforced to the keynote speaker audience the need to bridge the communication gap between IT and the business. He reviewed useful tools such as SIPOC’s and Swim Lane Process Flow Mapping, among others. Logan Consulting has stressed the value of the Swim Lane Process Mapping approach for years, as it is a very...

After a great Keynote Address by Darrell Finney of Fintek Consulting, Logan Consulting and other MWUG attendees focused on presentations on new QAD functionality and pertinent QAD related topics. James Blankenship presented on EE Financial Customizations. The session was a 'How To', focusing on how to use the financial API’s in EE to add custom fields, add validation to a field, and how to extract/query data from financial tables. Andy...

For the past several years, Logan Consulting has provided functional training immediately following the conference at the conference venue. The goal of the training is to develop an understanding of the fundamental business concepts related to manufacturing, how these concepts relate to ERP, and specifically how they are handled within QAD Enterprise Applications. The sessions will first focus on general business processes (e.g. Master Scheduling) to ensure all participants understand...

Logan Consulting is seeing increased use of QAD’s Enterprise Material Transfer (EMT) and EDI functionality to meet intercompany Direct Ship requirements between International Entities within an organization. Additionally, Logan Consulting clients often use Third Party Logistics Providers (abbreviated 3PL, or sometimes TPL) to store the finished goods and process the physical shipment to the end customer.  An example of the steps in this process are below: European Entity takes Purchase...