QAD Supply Chain

QAD Supply Chain is a comprehensive group of applications that fulfills the diverse materials planning and movement requirements of small or large, multi-national companies. This solution set delivers functionality and capabilities that help manufacturers drive margin and cost improvements, enhance customer satisfaction, and meet industry compliance requirements. Manufacturers can align demand and supply to support the delivery of the right product, to the right place, at the right time, at the right cost.

QAD Supply Chain is designed to address simple or complex networks with enhanced functionality available as the enterprise grows. Modules are integrated with QAD Enterprise Applications, and each has a low total cost of ownership. Collaborative portals are available for both demand and supply side needs.

QAD Supply Chain consists of the following core applications:

• Purchasing – Ensure the acquisition of stock items, supplies, and services coincide with plans and operations for purchasing managers
• Supplier Performance – Improves trading partner relationships for purchasing managers
• Quality Management – Ensure suppliers are delivering quality parts and that manufacturing provides finished goods to customers or consumers for quality managers

The following optional capabilities can be added to suit your business needs:

• QAD Warehousing – Optimizes warehouse efficiency while improving customer service and throughput for warehousing managers
• QAD Release Management – Provides release order management for both customer and suppliers for supply chain managers
• QAD Consignment Inventory – Manages and tracks consigned inventory from receipt to inventory to consumption to payment for supply chain managers
• QAD Supply Visualization – Provides real-time visibility of demand reduces costs and improves delivery times for supply chain managers
• QAD Supply Chain Planning – Improves distribution of interplant transfers providing accurate inventory and financial transactions for supply chain managers
• QAD Transportation Management System – Streamlines transportation processes while reducing costs and ensuring global compliance for logistics managers
• QAD Data Synchronization Interface – Provides all required GDSN compliant messaging to electronically communicate with suppliers for supply chain managers