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AI in manufacturing, Champions of Manufacturing, Scottie Pippen, Peter Diamandis

What Champions of Manufacturing Reveals About AI in Manufacturing

Most manufacturing leaders have sat through the AI panel that promises everything and shows nothing. You know the one. Forty-five minutes of slides, a lot of talk about "the journey," and...
AI ERP vendor claims, ERP, hidden costs, AI in manufacturing

6 Questions Every Manufacturer Should Ask Their ERP Vendor About AI

Over the past year, ERP vendors across the industry have converged on strikingly similar AI messaging: your AI runs on the system you already have, today, with no migration required. It's...
Automotive supplier margins, EVs, gas-powered vehicles, en garde

Why Automotive Supplier Margin Pressure Is Increasingly About Pricing, Mix, and Portfolio Discipline—Not Just...

Automotive suppliers have spent much of the past several years responding to extraordinary pressure on their cost structures. Inflation, labor shortages, energy volatility, semiconductor disruptions, higher interest rates, and increasingly fragmented...
OTM, parcel shipping, transportation

How OTM Users Maximize Value with Intelligent Parcel Execution

Most organizations running OTM software excel at freight planning. Lanes are optimized. Network costs shrink. Consolidation strategies are modeled months in advance. On paper, the plan is sound. As shipments move...
Quality management software, EQMS, manufacturing

Quality Management Software Case Studies: 5 Manufacturing Examples

Quality is no longer just a function of compliance. For manufacturers, quality directly impacts profitability, customer satisfaction, supply chain resilience and brand reputation. As organizations navigate increasingly complex regulations, growing customer...
OTM shipping, OTM SIG 2026, loading dock

OTM SIG 2026: Close the Parcel Execution Gap

OTM SIG 2026, the Oracle Transportation Management User Conference, runs July 26–29 at the Hilton Minneapolis. If you're going, you already know what OTM does. Routing. Carrier selection. Cost optimization. Transportation...
Supplier relationship management software, QAD SRM

Supplier Relationship Management Software: 5 Customer Success Stories

Supplier relationships have become a strategic advantage for manufacturers. Supply chain volatility, changing regulations, sustainability initiatives and rising cost pressures continue to challenge procurement teams worldwide. To remain competitive, organizations need...
automotive supplier consolidation, crossroads, automotive

The M&A Window Is Narrower Than It Looks: Why Waiting for “Clarity” Will Cost...

The Industry Is Waiting for Clarity — But the Market Has Already Moved Across the automotive supply base, many leadership teams continue to operate under the same assumption: major portfolio decisions, restructuring...
Tenneco, customer success, automotive ERP

Tenneco Replaces Legacy SAP with QAD Adaptive

Manufacturers today are under increasing pressure to modernize operations while continuing to execute at speed. As manufacturers prepare for the next generation of AI-driven and agentic AI applications in manufacturing, many...
QAD Defense Cloud, ERP, Strategic Information Group

Why QAD Defense Cloud Requires the Right Partner

Your competitors are already compliant. Are you? Defense contractors who delay ERP modernization aren’t just falling behind on compliance; they’re losing ground on contract eligibility. As CMMC enforcement accelerates and DoD suppliers...