Cathy Helmers

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Making Cost Sets Make $en$e

Manufacturing Managers, Manufacturing Supervisors, Supply Chain Managers, and Planners spend a lot of time understanding their ERP systems in terms of numbers, items, run time, capacity, and schedules. But, one thing’s for sure: to communicate with managers and supervisors, specifically financial and senior management, everything we do must be translated into the “language of money.” […]

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Factory Physics in Practice

Factory Physics uses science and mathematics to help managers understand the principles of their manufacturing system and the relationships between cycle time, WIP, and the flow of their company’s production. Understanding these relationships and principles allows managers to design more efficient and effective systems. Don Lindsey teams up with Khoa To from Systemized Partners to […]

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The Ripple Effect of Everyday QAD Changes on MRP

MRP uses daily operational changes to execute all kinds of modifications to elements in its regeneration process. Since your supply chain is in constant flux, you need to understand how MRP reacts to each of the changes, individually and in aggregate. In this webinar, Don Lindsey explains how everyday adjustments impact MRP and offer changes […]

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Resources for “The Nuts & Bolts of MRP” webinar

Here are some resources and additional reading to complement our The Nuts & Bolts of MRP webinar. How does MRP calculate material requirements in Manufacturing Operations? Demand Driven Institute material requirements planning (MRP) Supply chain Manufacturing Material requirements planning (MRP) overview Production Planning Association for Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Management Review What is inventory […]

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The Nuts & Bolts of MRP

If you are a Planner, Buyer, Engineer, Quality Control Specialist—or anyone else using the data in the company’s ERP System—don’t miss this in-depth look at the critical QAD elements for MRP. Don Lindsey guides you through the fields in QAD that impact MRP, explais their significance in the explosion process, and demonstrates how all these […]

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Create a Culture of Happiness in the Workplace

by Denyse Ellington Most of us strive to create a culture of happiness in our family and among our circle of friends. But far less often do we think about creating happiness in the workplace. After all, work is where you are supposed to get things done, regardless of your emotions or feelings. Work is […]

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Q1 2024 Webinars: Distribution Order & MRP

Don’t miss these upcoming webinars! Conquer the Distribution Devil Managing material flow through multiple distribution centers efficiently can be a devilish challenge. But it’s a devil you can conquer with our DO (Distribution Order) Workbench, a must-have tool that works seamlessly with QAD. In this webinar, Olena Stepovyk will demonstrate how the DO Workbench gives […]

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32 Soft at the IMI 2023 Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia

  Alex Kim, CEO of 32 Soft, was invited to join QAD, IMI and Datacomm as presenters at the IMI Conference 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Alex introduced 32 Soft and its products to an audience of people from across Asia who are using or thinking of using QAD. The conference, organized by PT Intelegensia Mustaka […]

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QAD Regional User Groups Fall ’23 Wrap-Up

by Jeff Shelton We wrapped up the Fall season with two more successful QAD regional user group conferences. In September, the QAD Midwest User Group (MWUG) convened in Dearborn, Michigan, at the elegant Henry Hotel for two full days of valuable training and networking and a return to the enhanced features and resources QAD offered […]

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32 Soft Web Connect

This new web solution integrates your QAD ERP system with other web systems in real time!   If you are using a third-party external system to manage some of your processes, you need quick, efficient, and secure data flow between QAD and the external system. 32 Soft has a new web solution, Web Connect, that […]

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