Managing Risk in the New Global Supply Chain
The new administration in the U.S. is beginning to make changes to trade policy, such as President Trump’s renegotiating of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and withdrawal from the...
Chevy Bolt: A QAD Customer Success Story
Unless you just don't care about cars (it's okay, not all of us do), you know that the "it car" of 2017 is the Chevy Bolt. The Bolt is Chevy's new...
Managing the Supply Chain in Difficult Economic Times
Even in the best of economic times, managing the supply chain can be incredibly difficult. Sure, it’s great when your business has more orders than it knows what to do with,...
Big Data is the New Oil — Are You a Wildcatter?
Big Data has been a buzzword for at least 10 years, but it seems that there is still more “buzz” than understanding. Everyone that uses or owns a database has a...
Manufacturing Medical Products: Do You Know How Rubber Gloves are Made?
Have you ever seen the show, "How It's Made?" It's a fun look at the manufacturing process of many of the products we use every day. In my role, as manager...
Current Technology is Essential to Compete
Wander Ltd. is a Swiss food and beverage manufacturer, best known for their wide variety of Ovomaltine-based products. Wander’s history dates back to 1865; they have 250 employees at their manufacturing...
Technology Reviews: Multitenancy
In 2003, before the term “multitenancy” was widely used in the industry, QAD implemented the QAD Supplier Portal as a web application that fits the definition of a SaaS multitenant application....
Standardized ERP Reaps Significant Benefits
Samvardhana Motherson Reflectec (SMR) is one of the largest manufacturers of passenger car rear-view mirrors in the world with a 24 percent share of the global market in production of exterior...
Industry 4.0: An Introduction
It seems as if the whole world wants to talk about Industry 4.0 (or Industrie 4.0 if you prefer the European spelling). Industry 4.0 is embodied by two main buzz worthy...
Technology Reviews: IoT and 3D Printing
The Internet of Things (IoT) and 3D Printing are rapidly evolving technologies that are changing manufacturing and will continue doing so for the foreseeable future.
Investing in IoT for Manufacturing
Starting with...