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Case Study: Real-Time Machine Downtime Capture Tool

In this informative webinar, Robert Cohen of Dynacast and our own Cristian Manga team up to talk about a web-based tool that captures machine status and keeps it in QAD. Dynacast, with the goal of improving OEE and Operational Excellence, created a tool to capture real-time machine status. They asked 32 Soft to develop a […]

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32 Soft Presents at Spring 2022 User Groups

It was great to attend the Spring Midwest User Group and West Coast User Group conferences. Thanks to all who visited with us and attended our presentations. And, thanks to those who worked hard to organize the events. If you didn’t get the opportunity to attend the Spring user group conferences, you can watch our […]

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Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing

  Artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to transform manufacturing. It is still early in its implementation and particularly in scaled deployment. Still, more and more manufacturers are discovering that they can plan, manage, and improve processes and productivity throughout their enterprise by leveraging artificial intelligence. A recent MIT survey revealed that 62% of manufacturers […]

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Automate Your Outbound Documents

Find out how you can turn the tedious, time-consuming, manual task of outputting and distributing documents into a fully automated process that will save you time and money! 32 Soft’s Andras Farkas shows you how you can generate and distribute price list updates, statements, collection letters, debit/credit memos, order acknowledgments, invoices, purchase orders, and more […]

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See You at MWUG and WECUG this Spring!

  It will be great to see you all when we attend the MWUG Spring 2022 Conference, March 20-22 in Oak Brook, IL. We’ll have a booth there, so please stop by. On Tuesday, March 22, Don Lindsey will give his presentation on Business Relations at 8:30 am. Don will unpack the complexity of QAD’s […]

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Make-To-Order: The Future of Supply Chain

  Many organizations find that their customers want more than just off-the-shelf products. Customers are asking for the ability to order products that are customized for their needs. This customer demand coupled with supply chain disruptions and a need to drive down costs has prompted many manufacturers to consider a make-to-order (MTO) production strategy. The MTO […]

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Are You Ready for a Recall?

  Thousands of products are recalled every year, and they impact every industry. They are a fact of life that manufacturing companies continually face. The chance that a recall will hit your company is high. How do you reduce your risk? Continual process improvement is a significant way a company can reduce its recall risk. […]

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Data Loaders not affected by Log4j Vulnerabilities

  A flaw in the Apache Log4j, a Java library for error messages logging in many applications, has a severity score of 10 out of 10. It is the highest-profile vulnerability on the internet right now. Any device running Apache Log4J, versions 2.0 to 2.14.1., is at risk if exposed to the internet. NCSC notes […]

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5 Ways to Crash your QAD Database

Good software is useless if your infrastructure is not performing well. While working with our clients, we see that some face issues related to QAD Infrastructure itself: QAD database, server issues, etc. Nectar Daloglou of OmegaServe provides excellent service to some of our customers and joins us for this webinar. Nectar knows that the best […]

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Error: Invalid character in numeric input C. (76)

What does this message mean? QAD users will get this message when a process, such as a CIM process or Data Loaders, feeds data to a QAD maintenance program that has a field value that is contrary to what QAD expects. As an example, the data to load to a specific field may contain character […]

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