{"id":11061,"date":"2023-03-14T08:45:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T15:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/?p=11061"},"modified":"2023-03-14T08:45:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T15:45:49","slug":"uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization","title":{"rendered":"Uphold Sustainability Goals with Supply Chain Digitization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11062&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In today\u2019s world, sustainability has become a top priority for businesses across all industries. Companies are increasingly focused on reducing their carbon footprint, conserving natural resources and promoting social responsibility. One way that companies can achieve their sustainability goals is by digitizing their supply chain operations. Businesses should pursue these environmental initiatives not only for addressing customer expectations and brand reputation, but also because many of these initiatives are becoming involuntary through governmental policies around the globe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is Supply Chain Digitization?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supply chain digitization refers to the use of digital technologies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of supply chain operations. This can include the use of <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/automating-procurement-and-supplier-relations-to-alleviate-esg-concerns\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">automation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and other technologies to streamline supply chain processes, improve communication and increase visibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Importance of Supply Chain Digitization for Sustainability<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Reduced Carbon Footprint<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the primary benefits of supply chain digitization for sustainability is the reduction of your carbon footprint. Digital technologies can help companies optimize transportation routes, reduce energy consumption and minimize waste. For example, by implementing real-time tracking and analytics, companies can identify inefficient transportation routes and optimize them to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Increased Efficiency<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digitizing supply chain operations can also lead to increased efficiency, which reduces waste and improves sustainability. By automating manual processes, companies reduce errors, minimize delays and improve overall productivity. Additionally, digital technologies can enable companies to track and manage inventory levels more effectively, which reduces waste and obsolescence.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Improved Visibility<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another advantage of supply chain digitization is improved visibility. By implementing <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/data-sheets\/qad-analytics-and-reporting\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">real-time tracking and analytics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, companies gain a better understanding of their supply chain operations, including inventory levels, asset utilization, transportation routes and customer demand. This helps companies optimize their operations, reduce waste and improve overall sustainability goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Better Communication<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supply chain digitization can also improve communication and collaboration between stakeholders in the supply chain. By implementing cloud-based platforms and other digital technologies, companies can share information and collaborate in real-time. This helps reduce shipment delays and errors, cut product defects, improve response times and increase overall efficiency.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Enhanced Resilience<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supply chain digitization can also enhance the resilience of supply chain operations, which is becoming increasingly important in today\u2019s unpredictable business environment. By implementing digital technologies such as machine learning and predictive analytics, companies can better anticipate and respond to disruptions such as natural disasters, geopolitical events and other supply chain bottlenecks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. Promoting Circular Economy<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, supply chain digitization can promote a circular economy, which is an essential component of sustainability. By implementing digitizing processes\u00a0 such as reverse logistics, companies reduce waste and conserve natural resources by reusing, recycling and repurposing materials and products.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainability through Digitization<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultimately, supply chain digitization is now a critical component of sustainability. By leveraging digital technologies such as automation, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and other tools, companies can reduce their carbon footprint, increase efficiency, improve visibility, enhance resilience and promote a circular economy. With these benefits, it\u2019s no wonder that more and more companies are adopting supply chain digitization to achieve their <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/solutions#sustainability\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sustainability goals<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11062&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]In today\u2019s world, sustainability has become a top priority for businesses across all industries. Companies are increasingly focused on reducing their carbon footprint, conserving natural resources and promoting social responsibility. One way that companies can achieve their sustainability goals is by digitizing their supply chain operations. Businesses should pursue these environmental initiatives not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":11062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,2045],"tags":[545,6,2625,61,1980,887,502,2624,396],"class_list":["post-11061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-supply-chain-trends","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-automation","tag-circular-economy","tag-cloud-computing","tag-communication","tag-digital-technologies","tag-efficiency","tag-supply-chain-operations","tag-sustainability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uphold Sustainability Goals with Supply Chain Digitization | QAD Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With sustainability a top priority across all industries, businesses should utilize supply chain digitization to improve operational efficiency.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uphold Sustainability Goals with Supply Chain Digitization | QAD Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With sustainability a top priority across all industries, businesses should utilize supply chain digitization to improve operational efficiency.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"QAD Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QADerp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-14T15:45:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-14T15:45:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3_14_2023_A.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brent Dawkins\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@QAD_Community\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@QAD_Community\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brent Dawkins\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brent Dawkins\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3abd30326a8efdb2b8546a8eac8d2b5b\"},\"headline\":\"Uphold Sustainability Goals with Supply Chain Digitization\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-14T15:45:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-14T15:45:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization\"},\"wordCount\":537,\"commentCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/3_14_2023_A.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"artificial intelligence\",\"automation\",\"Circular economy\",\"cloud computing\",\"Communication\",\"Digital technologies\",\"efficiency\",\"Supply chain operations\",\"sustainability\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\",\"Supply Chain\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization\",\"name\":\"Uphold Sustainability Goals with Supply Chain Digitization | QAD Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/3_14_2023_A.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-14T15:45:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-14T15:45:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"With sustainability a top priority across all industries, businesses should utilize supply chain digitization to improve operational efficiency.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/3_14_2023_A.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/3_14_2023_A.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":450,\"caption\":\"Supply Chain Digitization, digital technologies\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Uphold Sustainability Goals with Supply Chain Digitization\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"QAD Blog\",\"description\":\"Next-Generation Manufacturing &amp; Supply Chain Solutions in the Cloud\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"QAD\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"QAD\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/QADerp\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/QAD_Community\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/qad_erp\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/qad\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/QADInc\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/QADIncorporated\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/QAD_Inc.\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3abd30326a8efdb2b8546a8eac8d2b5b\",\"name\":\"Brent Dawkins\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Brent-Dawkins_avatar-96x96.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Brent-Dawkins_avatar-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Brent-Dawkins_avatar-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Brent Dawkins\"},\"description\":\"Brent is QAD\u2019s Director of Product Marketing with over 20 years of manufacturing and supply chain experience. In his spare time, you can find him hiking the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, coaching youth hockey or enjoying time with family.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/brent-dawkins-504661\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/b4d\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Uphold Sustainability Goals with Supply Chain Digitization | QAD Blog","description":"With sustainability a top priority across all industries, businesses should utilize supply chain digitization to improve operational efficiency.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Uphold Sustainability Goals with Supply Chain Digitization | QAD Blog","og_description":"With sustainability a top priority across all industries, businesses should utilize supply chain digitization to improve operational efficiency.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization","og_site_name":"QAD Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QADerp","article_published_time":"2023-03-14T15:45:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-14T15:45:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3_14_2023_A.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Brent Dawkins","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@QAD_Community","twitter_site":"@QAD_Community","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Brent Dawkins","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization"},"author":{"name":"Brent Dawkins","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3abd30326a8efdb2b8546a8eac8d2b5b"},"headline":"Uphold Sustainability Goals with Supply Chain Digitization","datePublished":"2023-03-14T15:45:04+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-14T15:45:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization"},"wordCount":537,"commentCount":5,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3_14_2023_A.jpg","keywords":["artificial intelligence","automation","Circular economy","cloud computing","Communication","Digital technologies","efficiency","Supply chain operations","sustainability"],"articleSection":["Featured","Supply Chain"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization","url":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization","name":"Uphold Sustainability Goals with Supply Chain Digitization | QAD Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3_14_2023_A.jpg","datePublished":"2023-03-14T15:45:04+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-14T15:45:49+00:00","description":"With sustainability a top priority across all industries, businesses should utilize supply chain digitization to improve operational efficiency.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3_14_2023_A.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3_14_2023_A.jpg","width":900,"height":450,"caption":"Supply Chain Digitization, digital technologies"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/uphold-sustainability-goals-with-supply-chain-digitization#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Uphold Sustainability Goals with Supply Chain Digitization"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/","name":"QAD Blog","description":"Next-Generation Manufacturing &amp; Supply Chain Solutions in the Cloud","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"QAD","url":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"QAD"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QADerp","https:\/\/x.com\/QAD_Community","https:\/\/instagram.com\/qad_erp\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/qad","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/QADInc\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/QADIncorporated\/","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/QAD_Inc."]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3abd30326a8efdb2b8546a8eac8d2b5b","name":"Brent Dawkins","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Brent-Dawkins_avatar-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Brent-Dawkins_avatar-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Brent-Dawkins_avatar-96x96.jpg","caption":"Brent Dawkins"},"description":"Brent is QAD\u2019s Director of Product Marketing with over 20 years of manufacturing and supply chain experience. In his spare time, you can find him hiking the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, coaching youth hockey or enjoying time with family.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brent-dawkins-504661\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/author\/b4d"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11061"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11064,"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11061\/revisions\/11064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}