IATF: Don’t Overlook TPM in Your Certification Efforts!
Nearly every person connected to automotive manufacturing should be aware that September 2018 is the deadline for IATF 16949 compliance certification. That’s less than a year from now! Are you ready?
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Reviews on QAD’s Direction
Over the last few months, we’ve been receiving excellent feedback from experts in the ERP software field on the direction that QAD is taking, especially with our vision of the Effective...
QAD Revenue Recognition: A Timing Issue Solved
The deadline for implementing new revenue recognition rules is fast approaching. Whether you would like to automate existing practices or meet compliance requirements of the new standards, QAD has a solution...
ERP System Customizations: A Necessary Evil?
In the world of ERP, customizations have come to be accepted as a cost of doing business. In a recent paper by Mint Jutras, the following most common reasons for ERP...
ERP Best Practices: Trick or Treat?
ERP software vendors often talk about best practices. What’s not to like? The concept is sound. Best practices can help to speed implementations by providing an existing framework. This prevents the...
Big Data is the New Oil — Are You a Wildcatter?
Big Data has been a buzzword for at least 10 years, but it seems that there is still more “buzz” than understanding. Everyone that uses or owns a database has a...
Manufacturing Medical Products: Do You Know How Rubber Gloves are Made?
Have you ever seen the show, "How It's Made?" It's a fun look at the manufacturing process of many of the products we use every day. In my role, as manager...
Standardized ERP Reaps Significant Benefits
Samvardhana Motherson Reflectec (SMR) is one of the largest manufacturers of passenger car rear-view mirrors in the world with a 24 percent share of the global market in production of exterior...
Manufacturing Food: Do You Know How Pet Food and Treats are Made?
Have you ever seen the show, "How It's Made?" It's a fun look at the manufacturing process of many of the products we use every day. In my role, as manager...
Are Self-Driving Cars and Ride-Sharing the Future? The Consumer Will Decide
The one constant that is actually gleaned from marketing insight is that ultimately it's the consumer who will decide what they will consume, and, just as importantly, how they will consume...