Dr. W. Edwards Deming: Hero of Quality
Through many of our articles we focus on the future of manufacturing, such as upcoming trends and keeping up with new technology, but how did we get here? It’s important to...
Smart Labels Go Beyond the Expiration Date
Like so many others in grocery stores these days, I almost always take a look at the backs of packages for product information. There are a few nutrition facts that I...
Weapons, Wheat and Medical Device Inventory
When college students take their introductory economics classes, the first lesson drilled into their impressionable minds is that people face trade-offs. It’s one of the ten basic assumptions on which the...
MedTech’s Shrinking Margins
The medical technology industry creates and supports nearly two million jobs across the United States. It is one of the few industries in the U.S. that is a net exporter and...
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...