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Over the next ten years, the U. S. manufacturing industry will need to add 4.6 million manufacturing jobs, according to a study by The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte. The study also predicts that 2.4 million of those jobs may go unfilled. Today, manufacturers are struggling to fill 500,000 jobs that remain vacant in the U.S. […]
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It’s that time of the year again! Time for the Fall 2019 Midwest User Group meeting. This year the meeting is held September 22-24 at the brand new Renaissance Westerville-Polaris Hotel in Columbus, OH! We’ll be there at our booth for the two days and our own Don Lindsey will present a session DDMRP: Controlling Your Supply […]
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In a recent webinar, QAD Access: Concerns and Considerations, presenter Don Lindsey included a to-do list of tasks that should be considered before you embark on setting up your permissions and roles in QAD. You’ll find a downloadable pdf of this graphic here: Security Plan Checklist Don’s checklist includes: Review, Determine and Understand How Your Enterprise is Organized […]
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Though optimism for the future dipped nearly 10% from the first quarter in 2019, still nearly 80% of manufacturers have a positive outlook for their business according to the 2019 Second Quarter Manufacturer’s Outlook Survey. Manufacturers cite trade uncertainties (56%) and the inability to find skilled workers (69%) as their top challenges, they remain mostly […]
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If you haven’t checked out our education portal, EDU 32, you’re in for a treat. Our portal contains learning videos and articles about various aspects of using QAD in everyday applications and will help you integrate and implement significant process improvements into your data management and your supply chain process. 32 Soft’s team of highly […]
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If you’ve not attended our webinars lately, register for one now and find out how much you can learn in under an hour! In addition to the product demos we have hosted for years, since July 2018 when veteran QAD user and Manufacturing and Distribution expert Don Lindsey joined us, we also offer learning webinars. […]
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Production Planner Plus Changes the Game for QAD Users! You know how critical effective production planning and scheduling are to the productivity and efficiency of your business. Even as time-consuming as it can be, it is essential to keep the production line humming without the stops and starts poor planning can bring. Our Production […]
Tags: Data Loaders, excel production planning, production calendar, production planner qad, QAD Data Loaders, qad production
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One place all of us at 32 Soft love to visit is the Midwest User Group conferences in the Spring and Fall, which we’ve been attending for more than a decade! We like to talk to the attendees about what’s new in their business and in ours. We like learning more by attending presentations. And, […]
Tags: Data Loaders, MWUG, Shop Floor Control, Work Order
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There are benefits to using a B2B third-party payment processor. It can save you time and money and improve your cash flow. Plus, most payment processors offer multiple methods for processing payments, including EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer), credit or virtual cards, wire transfers, and ACH. Payment processors also offer web portals to make it easy […]
Tags: Accounts Payable, AP Voucher, mfg pro order, payment processing, payment register, qad check print, Supplier invoice, supplier payment
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Why We Added New Graphical Views to Our Production Planner Data Loaders We’ve all done it. We’ve poured through our QAD production schedule details to make sure there are no glitches, no overlaps, no conflicts or resource shortages only to find we missed a critical element! Even when we download those details to a […]
Tags: data visualization, Production, production calendar, production planner, production planner qad, production schedule, qad production
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