Demystifying AI in Manufacturing: A Frontline Perspective from QAD Champions of Manufacturing
This blog was cowritten by Keith Randazzo, Vice President of Program Management at Strategic Information Group
As the manufacturing world accelerates into the future, one thing is clear: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is...
Breaking the Spreadsheet Ceiling
The New Finance Imperative: Why CFOs & Controllers Are Finally Automating Financial Reporting
Let’s face it - finance isn’t what it used to be. The days of being the company “scorekeeper” are...
Growing Importance of Real-Time Automated Data Collection
The Need
With the increased focus on AI and other analytical tools, the need for getting real-time, accurate data into QAD is critical. According to Gartner®, “… data is so important—it is...
What Today’s Customers Expect from Modern Manufacturing – and Why Most Manufacturers Can’t Keep...
Manufacturing has always been a balancing act between cost, quality and service. What’s changed (and fast!) is the level of expectation from customers. Whether your customers are OEMs, retailers or consumers,...
Why Downtime Tracking is a Must, Not a Nice-to-Have
Every minute a machine sits idle chips away at margin, throughput and on-time delivery. A recent Redzone blog article opens with a striking stat: unplanned downtime can sap up to 11%...
From Challenge to Advantage: Navigating Supplier Invoices in the Age of E-Invoicing Regulations
The rise of e-invoicing across Europe is not just a technological trend, it’s a strategic response to a long-standing financial issue faced by tax authorities: the VAT gap. This gap represents...
Closing the Loop: Agentic AI for Automotive
A pragmatic roadmap to closed-loop execution—from advisory AI to agentic systems across plant, supply chain, and vehicle.
Automotive is shifting from proof-of-concept to production AI because the economics now demand it: volatile...
5 Reasons QAD Users Should Upgrade to Progress OpenEdge 12
When you chose QAD for your manufacturing operations, you committed to a proven platform deeply trusted in your industry. That same decision put your business on the Progress OpenEdge application development...
Why Speed to Value in ERP is Now a Manufacturing Imperative
Manufacturers today face extraordinary pressures: supply chain volatility, rising costs, labor shortages, and rapidly shifting customer demands. In this environment, standing still is not an option. The ability to adapt quickly...
What One-Size-Fits-All ERPs Get Wrong About Manufacturing
Manufacturing is more complex than ever, and not just because of supply chains or regulations. It’s because no two operations are built alike.
A day in the life of a consumer goods...