How Effective Fixed Asset Management Contributes to Profitability
Fixed Assets and Accounting: Much More than a ‘Nice to Have’
Honestly, fixed asset management and the related accounting is a rather dry subject - unless you are a CEO, CFO, COO,...
De Bortoli Wines Improves Grape to Glass Traceability with QAD
It all started more than 90 years ago with the De Bortoli family and has grown to be one of Australia’s largest family-owned wineries. The third generation is now managing the...
Actionable Insights: Inventory Value
In our previous Actionable Insights blog, we discussed QAD’s Customer Sales and Service Action Center. Next we will provide an overview of the Inventory Value Action Center as well as the...
Neuroplasticity, Unconscious Bias and Innovation
Innovation needs fertile ground to prosper, but organizations sometimes have difficulty figuring out the characteristics of the environment that fosters innovation. Here’s a hint: It’s not bean bag chairs and ping...
How Can Automotive Players Thrive in a World of ACES Uncertainty?
A Google search on where experts see the automotive industry going reveals one key takeaway: no one knows exactly where it’s headed. Some once thought that level 4-5 automation was a...
Doing Business in Portugal
With 1,793 km of coastline, Portugal has a long history as a seafaring country and once had colonies all over the world. Brazil, one of its wealthier colonies, became independent in...
Unconventional Methods for Driving Innovation
Almost every company and organization values innovation, but few of them know where innovation truly comes from. Innovation doesn’t require a genius of mythic proportions, but it does require a catalyst....
Why Manufacturers Need an Outcome Culture (Pt. II)
In “Why Manufacturers Need an Outcome Culture (Pt. I),” we made the case for manufacturers adopting an outcome culture. In Part II, we will cover how to build and maintain an...
ERP, Baseball and Diseconomies of Scale
The book and movie, Moneyball tells the story of how Billy Beane, the General Manager for the Oakland Athletics, utilized a rogue statistical strategy to get the maximum value out of...
Want to Speak at QAD Explore 2020?
EXPLORE 2020 UPDATE: Over the past few months, we have seen increasing global disruption due to the impact of COVID-19. With our focus on the health and safety of our customers,...