PennEngineering Turns to QAD EQMS to Standardize Quality
It’s a typical story we see all the time, in almost every industry – as an enterprise grows, both organically and through mergers and acquisitions, it becomes obvious that each entity...
Enterprise Quality Management Systems: A Life Sciences Webinar Series
Many life sciences manufacturers regard requirements such as Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regulations as compliance activities that are not directly related to quality or business objectives. For example, these companies often...
Manufacturing Day is a Great Time to Address the Skills Gap
As we approach Manufacturing Day in the US (October 1), it’s a good time to address the continuing skills gap in the manufacturing industry. The skills gap is not a new...
Disruption is Nothing New for Packaging Manufacturers
Ask any manufacturer in the packaging industry to describe that industry and you’ll hear things like, “the only constant is change” and “the packaging world is like running on a treadmill...
Bend but Don’t Break: 3 Issues Facing Today’s Supply Chain
The year 2020 was a big year of disruption for people around the world. All facets of life as we knew it were impacted, changed and altered by the COVID-19 pandemic....
Integrated Supplier Management: Diagnostic Insights
During our virtual Tomorrow Thought Stream in May, which focused on suppliers and supply chain challenges, root causes and the latest best practices for addressing them, QAD introduced the Integrated Supplier...
Uncovering the Promise of Artificial Intelligence
Because manufacturers are constantly pressured to increase productivity, deliver quality products, delight customers and achieve greater profitability and sustainability, they are turning to new technologies such as artificial intelligence. To remain...
Achieving the Best Outcomes with Change Management
Disruption is the watchword for manufacturers these days – even without the global COVID-19 pandemic, manufacturers constantly deal with supply chain interruptions, fluid customer demands, global economic pressures, and technology-driven competition,...
Building a Quality Culture: Extreme Ownership
This is a series of blog posts digging deeper into the seven keys to building a quality culture, which builds on Nicole Parker's introduction blog. In this article, we will discuss...
CIPLAS Grows and Scales with QAD for 25 Years
Manufacturer of polypropylene packaging products CIPLAS has been a QAD customer for more than 25 years, as it’s grown and become a global leader in the plastics packaging industry. As the...