My Manufacturing Game

My Manufacturing Company Game: Product of a Hackathon

Teams across QAD participated in a hackathon (here’s an overview from a previous hackathon). There were over 300 participants on 48 teams, which produced 36 projects. One team was from the...
The Changing World of Consumer Products

Explore the Changing World of Consumer Products and Food & Beverage Manufacturing

The only constant in manufacturing is change. That couldn’t be truer than for Consumer Products and Food & Beverage manufacturers. I have spent the better part of 30 years in these...
Connecting People, Processes and Supply Chains

Connecting People, Processes and Supply Chains for Operational Excellence

The most effective consumer products companies have a formalized process for integrated demand and supply chain planning. Such companies develop a process  to create a foundation for synchronizing its people, processes...
supply chain visibility, supply chain

Considerations When Evaluating Supply Chain Visibility Solutions

Supply chain visibility (SCV) has become more important as companies have outsourced parts of their supply chains and lost control and visibility over what used to be part of their own...