Building a Strong Foundation for Effective EDI: Key Steps for Seamless Data Exchange

Posted on: June 13, 2023 | By: Emily Aro | Uncategorized, QAD Manufacturing

In this blog, we highlight the key steps for seamless data exchange. Below, you will learn more about building a strong foundation for effective EDI: 1. Strong Base for EDI: Ensure that the company's computer infrastructure, including hardware, software, and network, is capable of supporting EDI. This means having reliable and efficient computer systems, good internet connectivity, and enough capacity to handle the increased data volume that comes with EDI....


Navigating FDA Validation: Ensuring ERP Compliance for Medical Device Companies

Posted on: June 13, 2023 | By: Emily Aro | QAD Manufacturing

Here are five potential concerns a medical device company may have in regard to FDA validation in relation to their ERP system and ensuring ERP compliance for medical device companies. 1. Lack of Adequate Documentation: One of the most significant concerns for FDA validation is the lack of adequate documentation. The FDA requires extensive documentation of all system changes and updates, including documentation of all tests performed, to demonstrate that...


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...


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...


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...


Supplier Consignment in QAD’s Adaptive ERP

Posted on: March 11, 2022 | By: David Kwo | QAD Financials, QAD Manufacturing

Summary QAD provides out-of-the-box functionality to manage Supplier consignment inventory that integrates all aspects of the process including Purchase Orders, receiving, tracking consigned inventory, usage reporting, and deferred voucher and payment until usage. Supplier Consignment Setups The following setup is required when using the Supplier Consignment module 1. Enable the module through the Supplier Consignment Control file. You can also set the default settings for Consignment Orders, Aging Days, and...


Specific Features of the Latest QAD Production Orders Module

Posted on: March 7, 2022 | By: David Kwo | QAD Practice News, QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process

Since 2017, QAD has taken the Advanced Repetitive and the discrete Work Order modules and merged them together into one streamlined model, called Production Orders. The Production Orders module provides a single set of programs for setup and transaction processing. All of the features of the older modules exist within the new module but the single transaction set makes user training and adoption much easier. Additionally, you can still run...


Customer Consignment in QAD’s Adaptive ERP

Posted on: March 3, 2022 | By: David Kwo | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process

Summary QAD provides out-of-the-box functionality to manage Customer consignment inventory that integrates all aspects of the process including shipping, tracking consigned inventory, usage reporting, and deferred billing until usage. This blog discusses the setups of the Customer Consignment module and subsequent transaction processing. Customer Consignment Setups The following setup is required when using the Customer Consignment module Enable the module through the Customer Consignment Control file. You can also set...


Serialization in QAD

Posted on: February 17, 2022 | By: David Kwo | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution

QAD's serialization functionality allows companies to build an embedded inventory structure so that product can be moved, shipped, received, and consumed in a consolidated fashion. Serial ID numbers (also called license plates) are created and applied to units so that they can be tracked and moved efficiently. The functionality provides the ability to create inventory records and packaged inventory that show the breakdown and organization of boxes, cartons, pallets, and...