industry 4.0, IoT, IIoT, automation, machine learning

What is Industry 4.0 and How Has It Changed Manufacturing?

Industry 4.0 isn’t just a buzzword. The fourth industrial revolution is officially here. We’re truly in a time of significant change when it comes to how we manufacture products. The digitization...
FTZ, foreign-trade zones for pharma, pharmaceutical companies, pills

Foreign-Trade Zones for Pharma: A Prescription for Savings

In recent years, many pharmaceutical companies in the United States have turned to the US Foreign-Trade Zones Program to lower production costs. In this QAD Precision Report we look at the...
computer software validation, CSV, life sciences, FDA software validation

Understanding FDA’s New Approach to Computer Software Validation

The term CSV (computer software validation) invokes nightmares and lost sleep for management at medical device, pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers because it is such an arduous task and a huge cost...
Ada Lovelace, Women in STEM, STEM, Women in technology, Innovation

Celebrating Ada Lovelace’s Birthday and Women in STEM

On December 10th, we celebrate Ada Lovelace’s birthday. Considered the first ever computer programmer, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (also known as Ada Lovelace) was a mathematician who wrote about...