ERP Aids Your Sustainability Initiatives
Sustainable manufacturing refers to the ability to manage manufacturing operations “in an environmentally and socially responsible manner,” according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. If you’re reading this blog...
What is Cloud-based ERP and How Does it Work?
Updated: August 30, 2023
Published: August 11, 2021
Discover the realm of cloud-based ERP. In this article, we delve into the advantages offered, considerations for implementation and factors crucial for success.
What is Cloud...
Improving Quality Management in F&B: Real Water Recall
Every food and beverage (F&B) recall catches the public’s attention, as we run to our pantries or refrigerators with hearts racing to check for the infected product. For food and beverage...
Named and Unnamed Storms and Watching the Horizon
I live on the coast of North Carolina and in my part of the world it is officially hurricane season. Every year from June 1 until November 30 there is a...
Life Sciences: What’s Changed Post-Pandemic?
Every industry faced major disruption and change due to the pandemic, but since the crisis was in healthcare, the life sciences industry may have been hit hardest. Given the demand for...
Successful Strategic Sourcing Engagement? What’s Next?
I caught up with a former colleague recently to discuss her procurement project which comprised a year-long strategic sourcing engagement. During the project, she was able to rationalize the supply base,...
How to Prevent the Next Semiconductor Shortage
In our blog last month, we discussed how the automotive industry must learn this time from yet another semiconductor shortage by improving management of essential supply chain processes or we will...
Working with QAD ERP Consultants and Implementers
Finding the Right ERP Implementer
When it’s time to design and plan the ERP implementation process, QAD customers have three choices for expert ERP implementers. The goal is to always find the...
Total Manufacturing Cost Formula: Metrics that Matter
What are Total Manufacturing Costs?
Your total manufacturing costs are essentially an expense analysis that calculates how each of your company’s departments contributed to producing a finalized product. This looks at all...
How Procurement Leaders Build Strong Supplier Relationships
In their list of common nightmare scenarios to try to prepare for, few procurement leaders could have predicted the business disruptions of 2020. Global pandemic and lockdowns probably didn’t make it...