Migrating Configuration Data

Posted on: August 22, 2024 | By: Meaghan Andrews | QAD Business Process

Migrating configuration data in AUX is a simple process. Below, we outline the steps to move data from one environment to another. When a change is saved as configuration data, QAD calls this an Artifact and there are many types of artifacts that can be saved including: Action Centers Activity Tracking Alerts Application Menus Design Layouts KPIs System Stored Views Themes Theme Workspaces User Stored Views Active Stored Views Active...


Return To Vendor Process in AUX

Posted on: August 2, 2024 | By: Meaghan Andrews | QAD Distribution, QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process

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...


Using Planned Orders to Drive Purchasing in AUX

Posted on: July 11, 2024 | By: Meaghan Andrews | QAD Financials, QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution

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....


User Defined Fields In AUX

Posted on: July 2, 2024 | By: Meaghan Andrews | QAD Financials, QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution

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...


Customer Payment Statuses

Posted on: June 26, 2024 | By: Meaghan Andrews | QAD Financials, QAD Business Process

QAD EE .NET and AUX uses Customer Payment Statuses to manage the progress of payments received through the system. There are multiple ways to configure payment statuses, depending on your organization’s requirements. At the most basic level, a single Customer Payment status of “Paid” can be setup. All new payments will default to this status, and customer payments received will hit your bank GL account immediately (Debit Bank account, Credit...