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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Due to a number of circumstances, the weaknesses and fragility of our supply chain have been exposed in 2020, and American automakers have certainly borne the impact. Notably, the semiconductor chip shortage has the auto industry spinning. Vanessa Miller, a partner with Foley & Lardner in Detroit, explains the shortage to MH&L’s chief editor […]
It was great to connect in-person at the QAD West Coast User Group Fall 2021 Conference. Thanks to all who stopped by our booth and attended Don Lindsey’s presentation, Achieving Successful Sales & Operation Planning (see below for a video of the presentation). Don also attended the QAD Reconnect event at the conference and can be […]
Distribution Resource Planning (DRP) helps an organization balance customer demand while keeping inventory levels and costs down. DRP uses time-phased supply to meet the demand for each product at each warehouse in a distribution channel. In this webinar, Don Lindsey explains QAD’S DRP functionality and gives some pointers on how to keep your DRP process […]
