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QAD User Groups are Gearing Up for Fall

  by Jeff Shelton Hot on the heels of a Spring conference that incorporated a host of new features and value-enhanced experiences for QAD users, the QAD Midwest User Group (MWUG) is gearing up for a repeat performance this Fall! September 17-19, to be exact. That is the date for MWUG’s Fall user group conference […]

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Type Mismatch VBA

Scenario: You have been successfully using Data Loader(s) until recently but are now receiving an Error Message “Type Mismatch VBA” while performing downloads or uploads. This error occurs when the QAD backend has changed. Possible cause: A QAD patch was installed, the QAD ERP version was upgraded or downgraded, or the QAD maintenance program was […]

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Data Loaders or Excelerator?

A Decision-Making Guide QAD’s Qxtend Excelerator and 32 Soft’s Data Loaders are both tools that allow you to use Excel-based templates for faster and easier QAD data management. While both process inbound and outbound QAD data, they are different in many ways. How do you decide which is best for your company? We hope this […]

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Inventory Control: The Fundamentals

Inventory directly impacts the financial health of your business. So, managing it well and keeping tight control is absolutely critical. In this webinar, Don Lindsey looks at the essential aspects of Inventory Control in QAD and shows you some helpful functions you may not currently use in your organization. He covers … Inventory transactions from […]

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Our Fall 2023 Events. Join Us!

We hope you can join us for a busy Fall 2023 season of events. Here is our schedule of upcoming webinars and conferences. First up, we’re trying something new in September—an on-demand webinar. Because of our busy September travel schedule, we are offering a pre-recorded, on-demand webinar that you can watch any time your schedule […]

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Educate Your Employees to Improve Your Business

Are your QAD users all at the same level of knowledge about your supply chain process? Do they understand how their role impacts your company’s overall success? Do they know what data goes where and why in QAD for effective, efficient, and error-free operations? Undoubtedly, there are different kinds of employees in your supply chain […]

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Don Lindsey presents ‘Managing QAD Access Security’ for WECUG Spring Webinar Series

  In May, Don Lindsey from 32 Soft was invited to participate in the West Coast User Group’s Spring Webinar series. Don presented Managing QAD Access Security. You can watch his presentation below. Don discussed managing access rights during onboarding, role changes, and offboarding; practicing Segregation of Duties (SoD); maintaining an access control matrix; performing periodic access […]

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Resources: Price Lists: Getting Your Best Price webinar

32 Soft Data Loaders mentioned in this webinar: PO Workbench Data Loader Customer Schedule Data Loader Supplier Price List Data Loader Work Order BOM Data Loader InterCompany Transactions Workbench Customer Price List Data Loader Item-Site Cost Manager Data Loader Supplier Scheduled Order Data Loader Here are some additional resources and reading to complement our Price […]

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Price Lists: Getting Your Best Price

Getting the best price for your product or service is based not just on cost but on the market, sometimes the region, and always the customer. The best price should be high enough to help you make a profit but low enough to attract customers and build sales volume. QAD has customer price lists, Service […]

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Resources for “Get Control of Product Changes” webinar

Here are some resources and additional reading to complement our Get Control of Product Changes webinar. Data Structures Top 10 ERP Frederick W. Taylor – American inventor and engineer Henry Ford Taiichi Ohno, Japanese industrial engineer Joseph M. Juran – A search for universal principles Eli Whitney What Is an Engineering Change Order (Eco) QAD […]

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