Effective Change Management

Posted on: February 13, 2024 | By: Meaghan Andrews | QAD Business Process

Change management is considered an important strategy by proven business leaders and managers, especially related to business improvement projects like software upgrades. QAD upgrades offer improvements that can be leveraged to provide organizations with significant benefits to business processes, data analytics, cost reduction, etc. Some leadership teams invest in change management during upgrade projects to ensure seamless improvement transition. However, the organizations that consistently apply effective change management strategies are...


COVID & Change Management: How Global Supply Chains are changing in the Medical Industry

Posted on: April 7, 2021 | By: Andrew Hall | ERP Selection, Wholesale Distribution

One of the medical industry’s greatest challenges during the pandemic was the production and distribution of medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE). Medical device and product companies were thoroughly unprepared. The closing of national borders, operations, plants, and enforcement of new restrictions led to hundreds of supply chain links breaking, causing shortages in medical supplies and prices to soar. This pandemic has revealed the fragility of global supply chains...


COVID-19 & Change Management: What Makes Strong Executive Leadership?

Posted on: February 28, 2021 | By: Andrew Hall | Professional Services

The pandemic caused a sudden call for business leaders to adapt, transition, and readjust to new short-term and longer-term challenges. During the initial period of uncertainty and anxiety, business leaders were mostly in a reactive, tactical mode, navigating the chaos by prioritizing tasks and executing well.  After the initial chaos, some businesses were able to proactively identify new opportunities and assess longer-term threats.  All of this resulted in organizational change,...


QAD User Group Virtual Fall Conference – Logan Consulting

Posted on: September 30, 2020 | By: Tim Lovely | QAD Financials, QAD Practice News, QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution

Having presented a session with a great client and attended other sessions, I view this conference as a success. Although we missed the personal interaction and side conversations with clients, vendors and QAD during the normal course of an in-person conference, the board did a good job of structuring and organizing this event. Logan Consulting appreciated being able to lead and participate in the following sessions: Success Story: GHSP Upgrade...