automotive supplier consolidation, crossroads, automotive

The M&A Window Is Narrower Than It Looks: Why Waiting for “Clarity” Will Cost...

The Industry Is Waiting for Clarity — But the Market Has Already Moved Across the automotive supply base, many leadership teams continue to operate under the same assumption: major portfolio decisions, restructuring...
Tenneco, customer success, automotive ERP

Tenneco Replaces Legacy SAP with QAD Adaptive

Manufacturers today are under increasing pressure to modernize operations while continuing to execute at speed. As manufacturers prepare for the next generation of AI-driven and agentic AI applications in manufacturing, many...
QAD Defense Cloud, ERP, Strategic Information Group

Why QAD Defense Cloud Requires the Right Partner

Your competitors are already compliant. Are you? Defense contractors who delay ERP modernization aren’t just falling behind on compliance; they’re losing ground on contract eligibility. As CMMC enforcement accelerates and DoD suppliers...
Shadow AI, Agentic AI, AI in manufacturing

The AI Race Has a Blind Spot and It’s Living Inside Your ERP

The conversations I'm having with manufacturers right now have a new urgency to them. Everyone is moving fast on AI. Budgets are open, pilots are running and the pressure to show...