Many QAD users rely on spreadsheets, standalone databases, or other systems to store critical information that doesn’t fit into QAD’s standard tables. Relationship details, commercial terms, compliance statuses, lab results—these live outside QAD, invisible to the very processes that depend on them.
That’s where 32 Soft comes in. We can create custom Data Loaders that bridge the gap, letting your company design and maintain supplementary data that’s fully integrated with QAD—securely, efficiently, and without risky custom coding.
What Kind of Data Are We Talking About?
Across industries, we see certain categories of data that tend to get managed “off to the side.” Each of these data types has a real business impact, but stays locked outside QAD because there is no natural place for them.
- Relationship details like multiple contacts per customer, communication preferences, or engineering vs. quality roles.
- Complex commercial terms such as rebates, special shipping rules, or customer-specific service agreements.
- Quality and lab data such as test matrices, stability results, and supporting evidence.
- Regulatory and compliance information like REACH, audits, CAPAs, training status).
- Engineering data like design attributes, CAD details, or experimental configurations.
- Scenario and planning data—temporary BOMs, simulated routings, or what-if supplier setups used for analysis.
Why It’s Better Inside QAD
When this supplementary data becomes part of the QAD ecosystem, your teams gain real-time visibility and control. Storing this information in QAD improves accuracy, accountability, and speed across your business processes.
- Operations staff can contact the right person for the right situation.
- Order entry, pricing, and shipping logic can automatically enforce real customer agreements instead of relying on memory or PDFs.
- QA and compliance teams can see lot-level quality status or regulatory flags and react quickly as needed.
- Engineering and planning teams can perform accurate simulations or change impact analysis using live, integrated data.
The Role of Custom Data Loaders
32 Soft can build custom Data Loaders to help you define supplementary tables and fields for whatever data you need to manage.
You get seamless integration, faster implementation, and lower risk than traditional customizations. With 32 Soft custom Data Loaders, you can finally keep the operational information you need inside QAD—where it belongs—so your systems and teams can work together without friction.
