Welcome to the Adaptive Era of Enterprise Resource Planning
Next week will kick off QAD Explore 2019 in New Orleans, and we couldn’t be more excited! QAD hosted Explore in New Orleans in 2014, five years ago. It was soon...
Metrics that Matter: Quality Management
Quality affects every aspect of manufacturing, encompassing the totality of features, services, customer interactions and promises that comprise a product offering. While many people think of quality as a manufacturing issue,...
Doing Business in Brazil
Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest country in the world. With a total area just slightly smaller than the U.S., Brazil is located in Eastern...
Cloud Solutions for Global Trade and Transportation Execution
Back in the early 1960s, Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider dreamed of an “Intergalactic Computer Network.” Lick, as he was known, was a computer scientist, psychologist and all-round genius who helped to...
QAD Cloud ERP 2019 and Other Solution Innovation Highlights
As of April 2, 2019, we are pleased to announce the availability of QAD Cloud ERP 2019, the latest version of QAD’s flagship ERP solution that includes the Channel Islands User...
Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
Updated: February 19, 2026
Published: April 1, 2019
Achieving Customer Satisfaction and Competitive Advantage at Lower Costs
Understanding and meeting customer expectations is at the heart of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and are...
Metrics that Matter: Customer Service
Very little has more impact on a company’s success than customer satisfaction. Most people realize that on-time delivery plays a key role in how business’ satisfy customer needs, but customer satisfaction...
Life Science Businesses are Migrating to a Two-tier ERP Strategy
The life sciences industry is undergoing an evolution. Organizations are moving beyond their core competencies to develop global businesses that offer comprehensive, customer-centric solutions.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Life science organizations are acquiring businesses...
Doing Business in the United States
In 1776, 13 British colonies declared their independence and formed the United States. Over the next 150 years as the country expanded westward, the growing country added 37 additional states. The...
Competing in a Changing Marketplace
QAD Chief Marketing Officer Carter Lloyds recently sat down with Dave Vellante, host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s studio in Boston. There he discussed QAD’s story, the company’s overall cloud strategy and...












