Autonomous Driving: What’s the Rush?
The race to develop and capitalize on self-driving, autonomous cars and trucks has been intensifying over the past couple of years as significant innovations and milestones have been announced by automakers....
Doing Business in Japan
Japan has been an economic power throughout much of its history, despite a major economic downturn starting in the 1990s. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011 killed thousands of...
CPG Businesses Turning to M&A Activity for Success
Players in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry have been challenged with finding new ways to keep up with today's disruptive environment to meet the requirements of today’s informed and tech...
A “Good” Digital Transformation Strategy is Not Good Enough
Digital transformation. It’s a term that is keeping manufacturers on their toes, and one that has some companies going back to the strategy drawing board. The digital transformation of manufacturing is...
How to Improve the Execution of Manufacturing Strategies (Pt. II)
In "How to Improve the Execution of Manufacturing Strategies (Pt. I)," we discussed reviewing the execution capability of a manufacturing strategy, the first of two steps to improve the chances of...
Actionable Insights: Financial Analysis for CFOs
In our previous Actionable Insights blog, we provided an overview of QAD Action Centers, our role-based dashboards featuring real-time actionable insights, and discussed the ways in which they differ from traditional...
Doing Business in Spain
Spain has served as a global model of freedom and human rights since the peaceful transition to democracy after former Head of State and dictator Francisco Franco’s death in 1975. Although...
How to Improve the Execution of Manufacturing Strategies (Pt. I)
Manufacturers’ strategies don’t always deliver hoped-for results. In this article, we’ll consider the first of two simple steps to reduce risk and improve the chances of a successful manufacturing strategy.
Developing a...
Smart Manufacturing with a New Generation of ERP
What has your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system done for you lately? While your thoughts on the subject may be lost in the back of your mind, the fact is that...
Shifting the Focus from B2B to B2B2C
What's the future for the business middleman? Will eCommerce render wholesalers and distributors obsolete by letting manufacturers talk directly to their end users? It's easy to think so when watching a...