It’s Silicon Valley and Detroit, not Silicon Valley vs Detroit (Pt. I)
Anyone paying attention knows change is looming for global automakers grappling with new technologies, stricter emissions standards and apps that have turned car buyers into renters or simply just riders. Automobiles...
What’s New with MMOG/LE Version 5?
What is MMOG/LE?
The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and Odette International released the fifth version of the Materials Management Operations Guideline/Logistics Evaluation (MMOG/LE) assessment. The MMOG/LE assessment has been a go-to...
How to Ensure Your ERP Go-live is Successful
Today is go-live day. It’s the beginning point where all the promised benefits from the new ERP help your organization achieve its goals! You’ve planned the implementation, and now you’re ready...
Welcome to the Adaptive Era of Enterprise Resource Planning
Next week will kick off QAD Explore 2019 in New Orleans, and we couldn’t be more excited! QAD hosted Explore in New Orleans in 2014, five years ago. It was soon...
Metrics that Matter: Quality Management
Quality affects every aspect of manufacturing, encompassing the totality of features, services, customer interactions and promises that comprise a product offering. While many people think of quality as a manufacturing issue,...
Doing Business in Brazil
Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest country in the world. With a total area just slightly smaller than the U.S., Brazil is located in Eastern...
Cloud Solutions for Global Trade and Transportation Execution
Back in the early 1960s, Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider dreamed of an “Intergalactic Computer Network.” Lick, as he was known, was a computer scientist, psychologist and all-round genius who helped to...
QAD Cloud ERP 2019 and Other Solution Innovation Highlights
As of April 2, 2019, we are pleased to announce the availability of QAD Cloud ERP 2019, the latest version of QAD’s flagship ERP solution that includes the Channel Islands User...
Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
Updated: February 19, 2026
Published: April 1, 2019
Achieving Customer Satisfaction and Competitive Advantage at Lower Costs
Understanding and meeting customer expectations is at the heart of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and are...
Metrics that Matter: Customer Service
Very little has more impact on a company’s success than customer satisfaction. Most people realize that on-time delivery plays a key role in how business’ satisfy customer needs, but customer satisfaction...