QAD 2017 Enterprise Edition > User Guides > Serialization > Introduction > Serialization Solution > Communication and Integration
  
Communication and Integration
QAD Serialization lets you:
Communicate externally with customers or trading partners to request new serial numbers for production
Communicate production status of a serial number
Communicate serial numbers shipped to a particular destination
Communication can be done through EDI, through specific ePedigree protocols to exchange data from and to specific portals, and through reports.
APIs and the integration foundation of QAD also provide for easy internal communication with other application systems such as Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Line Management Systems (LMS), and data collection devices.