{"id":7672,"date":"2019-06-27T11:58:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T18:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-prod.qad.com\/blog\/?p=7672"},"modified":"2023-09-28T11:16:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T18:16:03","slug":"explore-2019-vertical-market-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/explore-2019-vertical-market-round-up","title":{"rendered":"QAD Explore 2019: Vertical Market Round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7674&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city of New Orleans played quite the host this year to our growing community of manufacturers for our largest annual customer conference, Explore. There were plenty of thought-provoking sessions to attend, depending on your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/industries\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">industry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or areas of interest, as well as a steady stream of varying discussions that arose throughout the week. Of course, Explore must inevitably come to a close, but I made sure to connect with QAD\u2019s vertical market leads to learn about their take on the event, as well as some of the session favorites at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/explore.qad.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QAD Explore 2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automotive<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/author\/terry\/\"><b>Terry Onica<\/b><\/a><b> &#8211; Director, Automotive<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year at Explore, many of the conference attendees were very excited about QAD\u2019s advanced technology direction, including the debut of Production Execution. There was a lot of discussion among attendees I spoke with regarding how QAD can help them to rapidly advance their organizations in the face of all the transformation and disruption occurring in the markets they serve and within the four walls of their manufacturing facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, there was another underlying theme that I saw at this year\u2019s conference more than ever. Attendees really feel they are under pressure to deliver solutions, based on best practices, to the business faster than ever. One of the top five rated sessions at Explore that drew a lot of interest and discussion in this area was entitled, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/about\/eventsagenda\/2019\/5\/8\/customer-case-study-adients-rapid-qad-automation-solutions-global-implementation-cx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yanfeng Automotive Interiors\u2019 (YFAI) Rapid Upgrade to EE and Move to the QAD Cloud<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This session was delivered by the YFAI leadership team consisting of Mike Silletti, John Miciuda and Ram Krishnamurthy. Some of the key takeaways YFAI shared, with regard to the delivery of solutions at lightning speed, were YFAI\u2019s ability to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acquire a plant that ran SAP and migrate it to QAD in four months in order to standardize ERP across all of YFAI\u2019s operations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take their Brownfield and Greenfield sites and bring them live in less than three months<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leverage QAD\u2019s standardized \u201cbest practice\u201d globally based on our Easy On Boarding (EOB) automotive process maps with minimal change to its global core model out-of-the-box<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take 6,000 customizations and reduce them to under 200<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bring 24 plants and 37 other entities live in seven months<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leverage augmented resources during the implementation with a core team of only five North American and four European employees<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In one of the longest and most interactive Q&amp;A sessions that I\u2019ve experienced at Explore, the audience was extremely inquisitive on every aspect to learn how this team will drive 80+ site implementations globally in just two and a half years.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Industrial and High Tech<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/author\/gfg\/\"><b>Glenn Graney<\/b><\/a><b> &#8211; Director, Industrial and High Tech<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once again, I had the great fortune to share the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/about\/eventsagenda\/2019\/5\/7\/industrial-and-high-tech-vertical-update-qpp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">industrial and high tech session<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a long-time QAD customer, Chuck Wierzbicki. As Director of Information Systems for Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Chuck was able to share insights around the progress that his team has made adopting a variety of advanced technologies such as IoT, augmented reality, data lakes and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on the outstanding response to QAD Production Execution, it is clear that QAD\u2019s customers have an avid taste for advanced technology. QAD Production Execution was highlighted in a full-hour session on real-time aspects of ERP, on the main stage and in the Solutions Expo. QAD Production Execution provides operational extensions to ERP via an operator-centric shop floor interface. The resulting solution combines both production order data and IoT process data directly from shop floor equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QAD Production Execution is a QAD <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offering, which is available now for interested customers. In addition to providing a visual interface on the shop floor, the solution includes the line-side delivery of documents, the ability to create and track downtime events and the integration to QAD Automation Solutions for material management and tracking. All operator, production order and equipment transactions are recorded via data lake technology to provide for advanced traceability and operational metrics. QAD Production Execution works seamlessly with complementary QAD solutions, including MSW\/PSW, Quality Management and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) to provide robust support of manufacturing operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consumer Products and Food &amp; Beverage<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/author\/stephen-dombroski\/\"><b>Stephen Dombroski<\/b><\/a><b> &#8211; Director, Consumer Products and Food &amp; Beverage<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While at Explore, we had a fantastic view of the Mississippi River flowing through New Orleans. An impressive sight, especially when you add the tremendous amount of ship traffic moving up and down the river. This vision made me think of the Explore experience. Explore is designed to flow information to our customers and connect people, similar to the moving river. What occurred for our Consumer Products and Food &amp; Beverage attendees was the flow of information in both directions; QAD to customer and customer back to QAD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/about\/eventsagenda\/2019\/5\/7\/consumer-products-food-amp-beverage-vertical-update-qpp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">industry kickoff session<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> got us started with Heidi Evilampi of the Oras Group discussing Oras\u2019 upgrade to QAD Cloud. Many critical points were highlighted, such as the decision to upgrade, why to upgrade, benefits they received and potential pitfalls during this type of project. Then, Shaun Phillips, QAD DynaSys director of product management, discussed the future of supply chain in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) markets and current industry disruptors that are complicating supply and demand planning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On day two, we had a fantastic industry-focused event; The Consumer Products and Food &amp; Beverage Vertical Round Table lunch. The purpose of the lunch was to have industry peers network and discuss the hot topics of the CPG industry. It began with the attendees writing down the disruptors companies are facing today and topics and products they needed addressed. We then started talking about which disruptors are having the most impact today. The top five themes were:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traceability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mergers &amp; Acquisitions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B2B to B2C<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connected Devices<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The session was extremely productive. Our customers provided us with a tremendous amount of information and established contacts with people in similar industries facing similar challenges. In my opinion, this is why we hold Explore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Life Sciences<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/author\/michael-kolias\/\"><b>Michael Kolias<\/b><\/a><b> &#8211; Director, Life Sciences<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a tremendous opportunity to see everything that goes into Explore through the eyes of a QAD team member. This time last year I was experiencing Explore from the customer\u2019s perspective. I was not aware of the \u201carmy\u201d of QAD employees working toward the preparation of presentations, education of our users, and working closely with our customers to identify the changing nature of the industries we serve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was fortunate to be able to kick-off the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/about\/eventsagenda\/2019\/3\/12\/life-sciences-vertical-update-qpp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Life Sciences session<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by presenting with Matthew Hinchman from Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services. We worked together to educate our customers on the disruptors affecting our industry, including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/the-rise-of-xaas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">XaaS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/accelerating-digital-transformation-qad-manufacturing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital Transformation of Manufacturing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Make to Order at Scale. Matthew presented a case study on how Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services leveraged QAD to meet serialization compliance requirements as part of the Drug Quality Security Act (DQSA) and the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discussions with the Life Science customers in attendance helped to provide tremendous insight into the changing nature of their organizations. Customers continue to focus on emerging technologies and how they can be leveraged to make their operations and processes more efficient. These customers are looking to QAD for help in making more informed decisions. Discussions around these technologies were well-received. A primary industry driver will always be quality. This was evident through the attendance of the various QAD CEBOS Quality Management sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was not the first Explore attended by many of the QAD Life Sciences customers. These customers continue to see the value in the education provided and the ability to help shape the solution to meet industry requirements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join Us Next Year in Las Vegas!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you didn\u2019t attend this year\u2019s Explore, don\u2019t fret! 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