Making Cost Sets Make $en$e
Manufacturing and Supply Chain managers and planners spend a lot of time understanding their ERP systems in terms of numbers, items, run time, capacity, and schedules. But, one thing’s for sure: to communicate with financial and senior management, everything we do must be translated into the “language of money.” Cost sets—such as raw materials, direct labor, indirect expenses, and overhead—play a crucial role in stakeholders’ understanding of the company’s overall financial performance. In this webinar, Don Lindsey will introduce the concept of Cost Sets, Cost Simulation, Cost Plans, and Cost Elements and how they are used to translate operating processes into the “language of money.” REGISTER NOW
Production Planning That Works
Effective production planning is one of the most critical—and most overlooked—drivers of manufacturing success. The impact shows up fast in missed deadlines, additional costs, and reduced efficiency. In this webinar, we’ll focus on the core of production planning in QAD and how all the elements tie together to support efficient, reliable scheduling. Regardless of how your company currently manages production planning, you’ll see why the right functionality is essential—and how real customer challenges directly shaped the development of our Production Planner. You’ll walk away with a clear understanding of what effective, practical production planning looks like in everyday operations. REGISTER NOW
Finding the Why Behind Production Cost Variances
Production cost variances can quietly erode margins, delay financial close, and leave accounting and operations teams searching for answers. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to track, interpret, and diagnose the production cost variances that matter most before you close Work or Production Orders.
Presented by Olena Stepovyk, the workshop will explore the fundamentals: what production cost variances are, why they occur, and the business risks of failing to monitor them. She’ll follow the flow of costs through work in process (WIP)—what goes in, what comes out, and how to clear WIP balances accurately. Plus, you’ll learn how to investigate the underlying drivers of unfavorable variances more efficiently using our Cost Roll-Up Workbench and the new Production Orders Cost Analysis Workbench. REGISTER NOW
