Household and personal goods producers must ensure timely delivery of the right products. This complex industry faces challenges in an expanding value chain:
- To remain viable, businesses must engage in promotions while also navigating competition and support for private label and store-branded products
- Semi-automated production requires both connectivity and context for material management and end product traceability
- Supply chain challenges require integrated business planning processes with optimized forecasting, planning and production scheduling to meet the demands of an expanded value chain
- Supplier relationships are critical in meeting production schedules to meet customer demand
- Quality and product traceability is needed to comply with ever changing government regulations
- Product mix and changeover require an engaged, motivated and sustainable workforce with the ability to execute
QAD has been a trusted solution partner to household and personal packaged goods manufacturers for decades:
- QAD offers flexible solutions that allow manufacturers to selectively apply financial, planning and operations capabilities to best support their needs
- Solutions are tailored and designed for manufacturers to streamline processes while meeting the increasing demand for smart and efficient manufacturing
- Enterprise Quality Management helps meet ongoing quality requirements and helps manufacturers comply with regulatory guidelines
- Demand and supply chain planning and advanced scheduling drive inventory optimization and maximize production capacity
- QAD extensions of business systems deliver increased quality and productivity through connected workers and equipment to the shop floor
