From 60 Minutes to 30 Seconds: What AI Actually Changes for MedTech Manufacturers
An RFP can take a medical device components procurement planner an hour or more to complete. Not necessarily because the work is complicated — because it takes some thought about the...
The November 2026 Deadline Forcing 350,000 Defense Suppliers to Modernize and Quietly Opening the...
Industry Insight · For operations leaders in the defense and aerospace supply chain
For years, defense manufacturers had a ready answer for why they hadn't moved to modern cloud systems, let alone...
ChampionAI is the Accelerator. Business Expertise is the Advantage.
Today, artificial intelligence is reshaping the way manufacturers and distributors interact with their ERP systems. QAD ChampionAI represents an exciting step forward, helping organizations surface information more quickly, streamline documentation, accelerate...
You Can’t Stop the Factory to Fix the Factory
QAD Champion Advantage gives manufacturers a faster, lower-risk path to AI, without shutting down to get there.
Most manufacturers know they need to modernize. The question isn't whether to do it. It's...
Six Questions Every Manufacturer Should Answer Before Choosing an ERP Platform
Every ERP shortlist looks reassuring on paper. The platforms demo well, the reference calls check out, and the feature grids start to converge. Then the system meets a live plant, and...
QAD User Groups Join Forces with Champions of Manufacturing
As we move into the second half of 2026, the energy around our QAD User Group community continues to build. Our spring conference reinforced something I have believed for a long...
The Plant Manager Needs Accurate, Real-Time Plant Data to Maximize AI Tool Effectiveness
Plant managers are responsible for controlling rising costs, addressing labor shortages, reducing operational inefficiencies, increasing output, and improving quality. Manufacturing AI can help with these pressures, but it requires timely, accurate...
A 7-Minute Task That Now Takes 30 Seconds — And What It Signals for...
Moog Medical used to spend seven minutes adding parts to every depot order. Across three sites — Salt Lake City, San Jose, and Vilnius — that manual yet important effort repeated...
6 Questions Every Manufacturer Should Ask Their ERP Vendor About AI
Over the past year, ERP vendors across the industry have converged on strikingly similar AI messaging: your AI runs on the system you already have, today, with no migration required. It's...
Why Automotive Supplier Margin Pressure Is Increasingly About Pricing, Mix, and Portfolio Discipline—Not Just...
Automotive suppliers have spent much of the past several years responding to extraordinary pressure on their cost structures. Inflation, labor shortages, energy volatility, semiconductor disruptions, higher interest rates, and increasingly fragmented...