{"id":9400,"date":"2021-04-13T09:22:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T16:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/?p=9400"},"modified":"2021-04-13T09:24:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T16:24:05","slug":"the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of ERP During Increased Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9401&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demands and supplies are radically different today with the pandemic affecting us in ways never imagined. Who imagined a year ago that we would all see household paper product shortages? We have unexpected changes in manufacturing as well. Products formerly with staple demands suddenly have demands we cannot meet or suddenly are no longer needed. According to a <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/softwarepath.com\/guides\/erp-report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recent ERP report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the top reason for implementing an ERP in 2020 was to support company growth showing more businesses are using software for their increased demand. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/manufacturing-erp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ERP is our toolset<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we use to adapt to these changes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set Your ERP System Up for Success\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look at your ERP settings. Be sure your component lead times and process flow times are up to date. Set up alternate components in your bills of material and the alternate routings you developed as you worked through your own shortages. ERP needs these basics in place to calculate available to promise dates and quantities when your customers call.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automate Business Processes<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some find the process to check every customer order before acceptance takes more time now. Maybe it is time to look at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/qad-labs-collaboration-expands-to-rpa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">robotic process automation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (RPA)? Carefully looking at existing demand and your inventory and incoming supply chain and evaluating a variety of alternates is complex, but you want to be accurate and timely for your customers. Robotic processes can make the same evaluation, usually in less time, and will always keep to the script you define.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Receive an incoming purchase order from your customer with a requested product, quantity and date due. Use ERP to evaluate on-hand and on-order amounts for each component. How many days from component receipt through the required processes are required, and can the requested order be delivered? If yes, accept the order. If no, perform the evaluation again using alternate components or alternate routings to accept the customer order. RPA can continue to place component purchase orders and enter jobs into the factory schedule needed to support the new customer order. These are the same tasks done manually and sequentially today but using RPA they can be completed in seconds following your business rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connect and Integrate Analytics Data Across the Supply Chain<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the customer\u2019s product order is complete, it needs to be delivered. Link your ERP to your outbound carriers\u2019 systems. Within ERP calculate the best carrier for each order, automatically create the bill of lading and schedule a delivery. Let your customer know what to expect. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/improving-supply-chain-visibility-qad-supplier-portal\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide visibility through a portal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or through an integrated link to their ERP. Your customers will appreciate the confidence their order is in process and will be on-hand to meet their requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ERP systems contain tremendous quantities of data. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.erpfocus.com\/beginners-guide-to-erp-integration-1736.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Link your ERP<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to data from outside as well and use the integrated collections for powerful analytics. Instead of a static shop schedule, create a dashboard that shows your staff the optimal job to work on next based on real-time conditions. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/improving-traceability-and-material-handling-systems-efficiency\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Track performance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at every stage of your processes and compare the results to your standards. Modify those standards based on actual performance and adjust production schedules on the fly or take action needed at the first possible moment, when corrective action is needed. Direct the required change to the person who needs to change rather than to an executive who will need to make the same request through several layers of bureaucracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Streamline Existing Processes<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are not changes to ERP. These suggestions merely take our existing systems and make them more flexible, more responsive and faster to adapt to whatever new conditions arise. QAD, like other ERP systems, has <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/cloud-erp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">capabilities<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we may have not yet needed but now we can learn to exploit those capabilities to serve customers even in these disruptive times.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9401&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]Demands and supplies are radically different today with the pandemic affecting us in ways never imagined. Who imagined a year ago that we would all see household paper product shortages? We have unexpected changes in manufacturing as well. Products formerly with staple demands suddenly have demands we cannot meet or suddenly are no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":9401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,199],"tags":[338,1600,1506,292,558,112,309,1277,1601,1599,481],"class_list":["post-9400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-manufacturing-trends","tag-analytics","tag-bill-of-lading","tag-bill-of-material","tag-data","tag-demand","tag-erp","tag-inventory","tag-performance","tag-production-schedules","tag-purchase-order","tag-robotic-process-automation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Benefits of ERP During Increased Demand | QAD Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ERP systems automate and streamline business processes and connect with outside data systems to help adapt to disruption in manufacturing.\" \/>\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\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Benefits of ERP During Increased Demand | QAD Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ERP systems automate and streamline business processes and connect with outside data systems to help adapt to disruption in manufacturing.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand\" \/>\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=\"2021-04-13T16:22:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-13T16:24:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/04.13.2021.png\" \/>\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\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tom Miller\" \/>\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=\"Tom Miller\" \/>\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\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tom Miller\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7e9f7d0506ed662997e2a3a9b3f3fd83\"},\"headline\":\"The Benefits of ERP During Increased Demand\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-13T16:22:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-13T16:24:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand\"},\"wordCount\":660,\"commentCount\":23,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/04.13.2021.png\",\"keywords\":[\"analytics\",\"Bill of lading\",\"Bill of material\",\"data\",\"demand\",\"erp\",\"inventory\",\"Performance\",\"Production schedules\",\"Purchase order\",\"robotic process automation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\",\"Manufacturing Trends\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand\",\"name\":\"The Benefits of ERP During Increased Demand | QAD Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/04.13.2021.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-13T16:22:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-13T16:24:05+00:00\",\"description\":\"ERP systems automate and streamline business processes and connect with outside data systems to help adapt to disruption in manufacturing.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/04.13.2021.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/04.13.2021.png\",\"width\":900,\"height\":450,\"caption\":\"ERP, demand, analytics, data, performance\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Benefits of ERP During Increased Demand\"}]},{\"@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\\\/7e9f7d0506ed662997e2a3a9b3f3fd83\",\"name\":\"Tom Miller\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/Tom-Miller_avatar-96x96.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/Tom-Miller_avatar-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/Tom-Miller_avatar-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Tom Miller\"},\"description\":\"Tom Miller is a columnist for ERP Focus, and has completed implementations of many ERP solutions. He works as a logistics and supply chain manager and he always looks for processes to improve.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erpfocus.com\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qad.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/tom-miller\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Benefits of ERP During Increased Demand | QAD Blog","description":"ERP systems automate and streamline business processes and connect with outside data systems to help adapt to disruption in manufacturing.","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\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Benefits of ERP During Increased Demand | QAD Blog","og_description":"ERP systems automate and streamline business processes and connect with outside data systems to help adapt to disruption in manufacturing.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand","og_site_name":"QAD Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QADerp","article_published_time":"2021-04-13T16:22:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-04-13T16:24:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/04.13.2021.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Tom Miller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@QAD_Community","twitter_site":"@QAD_Community","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tom Miller","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand"},"author":{"name":"Tom Miller","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7e9f7d0506ed662997e2a3a9b3f3fd83"},"headline":"The Benefits of ERP During Increased Demand","datePublished":"2021-04-13T16:22:31+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-13T16:24:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand"},"wordCount":660,"commentCount":23,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/04.13.2021.png","keywords":["analytics","Bill of lading","Bill of material","data","demand","erp","inventory","Performance","Production schedules","Purchase order","robotic process automation"],"articleSection":["Featured","Manufacturing Trends"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand","url":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand","name":"The Benefits of ERP During Increased Demand | QAD Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/04.13.2021.png","datePublished":"2021-04-13T16:22:31+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-13T16:24:05+00:00","description":"ERP systems automate and streamline business processes and connect with outside data systems to help adapt to disruption in manufacturing.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/04.13.2021.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/04.13.2021.png","width":900,"height":450,"caption":"ERP, demand, analytics, data, performance"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-benefits-of-erp-during-increased-demand#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Benefits of ERP During Increased Demand"}]},{"@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\/7e9f7d0506ed662997e2a3a9b3f3fd83","name":"Tom Miller","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Tom-Miller_avatar-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Tom-Miller_avatar-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Tom-Miller_avatar-96x96.jpg","caption":"Tom Miller"},"description":"Tom Miller is a columnist for ERP Focus, and has completed implementations of many ERP solutions. He works as a logistics and supply chain manager and he always looks for processes to improve.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.erpfocus.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/author\/tom-miller"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9400","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\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9400"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9403,"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9400\/revisions\/9403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}