MWUGFall2012 September 23-25, 2012 Hilton Lisle-Naperville l Lisle, IL |
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Monday - September 24
8:00am
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Registration / Vendor Fair Opens Breakfast sponsored by: |
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9:30 am General Session
Welcome & Program Overview: RANDY WHITEHAIR, MWUG President
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Introductions 10:30 am Break |
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Concurrent Track Sessions
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10:45 - 11:45am
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Best Practices That Enable the Effective Enterprise
HANK CANITZ - QAD Learn about best practices that manufacturers can pursue to improve the top and/or bottom line and move towards the perfect ideal of the Effective Enterprise. Best practices are tied back to significant industry trends to show their importance and relevance. Each best practice is also tied to the new QAD KPI framework to show how QAD customers can measure improvements in best practice areas using standard QAD functionality. |
Moving to the Future: Why EE Financials?
LANCE LaCROSS
Come listen to why you will want to move to the latest version of QAD 2012 EE. Forget your fears and understand how you can mitigate the risk during your upgrade. Learn about the upgrade tools and techniques that are now available. Demystify the EE terminology (business relationship, daybooks, SAF, status codes). |
My .Net Upgrade Experiences
JERRY BEAVERSON So… what’s it like when you move to .Net? What impact is it going to have? How will your company and coworkers react to the new user interface? In this panel discussion session, hear from four customers talking about their experiences in moving to .Net, the lessons they learned, and the things they’re taking advantage of. |
MMOG/LE Updates and Tips From a Global Perspective
TERRY ONICA - QAD
If you are a supplier to Ford, Chrysler, GM or Volvo and are responsible for submitting your MMOG/LE assessment results this session is for you. This session will provide in-depth insight on OEM global expectations and common pitfalls that could trigger your organization to be at high risk for an audit. This session will also include all phases of managing a successful MMOG/LE review. |
QAD Demo Center
Brent Shooltz will be showing the Master Scheduling Workbenches (MSW/PSW), live drag and drop examples of capacity consumption, sequencing of production, and direct links to Component Availability (CAC) are base elements of this fully .NET workbench. |
Concurrent Track Sessions
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TECHNICAL |
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2:30 - 3:30pm
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QAD's Supply Chain Core Modules
STEPHEN DOMBROSKI
Learn how QAD Supply Chain applications can help your organization strive to become an effective enterprise. We will review the core functionality, Purchasing, Supplier Performance, Supply Chain Planning, Distribution Requirements Planning, Enterprise Operations Planning and Consignment Inventory. Learn how these applications work together as well as the critical KPI’s and metrics of the Supply Chain core will be addressed. |
Implementing a Global Financial
ANDY VITULLO
This session will focus on a core model design for a global company with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. Core Functionality including Shared Sets, System Data and Cross Company tools and efficiency opportunities levered with the use of Enterprise Edition Financials. |
Performance Tuning in a .Net Environment
SCOTT DULECKI There are many software layers between the .Net interface and the Progress database. Each one presents an opportunity to improve performance. But what’s important in this world? This presentation will focus mainly on the Progress related pieces (Database, AppServer, WebSpeed, etc.). However, we will also share some tips on improving performance in the other parts of the .Net "supply chain". In this case study session, Dan Foreman from BravePoint and Scott Dulecki from Pridgeon and Clay will review P&C’s adoption of the .Net UI, the challenges they faced, and what they had to adjust to bring performance back under control. |
Fool Proof Automatic Controller for OnDemand
VLAD FORFUTDINOV
Thinking about moving to On Demand, but still want to be in control of your data? See how new cloud services from Control's Force will give you a peace of mind and eliminate constant money leaks. A/P Watchdog™ service will guard your business data against user errors, system or application errors and fraud (case-study for a QAD customer will be reviewed). |
3:30
pm Break
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4:00 - 5:00 pm
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Driving QAD to the Factory Floor
JOHN SMITH
Cascade Engineering, a plastic injection molder, installed their first Manufacturing Execution System (MES) in 1986. At that time MES was a stand alone system for monitoring uptime, downtime, and production. In 2001 Cascade Engineering started the development of their Manufacturing Operation Data System (MODS) with the goal of integrating it with QAD. Today the system is integrated with MSW/PSW and EAM. This presentation will show how Cascade Engineering is using MES to drive QAD to the factory floor. |
Case Study:
KAREN HILL J.B. Sanfillipo & Co.
Discover how John B. Sanfilippo significantly reduced AP Invoice processing time, eliminated paper and implemented |
Life With OnDemand
DAVID RUETZ Hardware upgrades. Disk drive failures. Missing drivers and incompatible accessories. Part of the appeal of On-Demand deployment of QAD is to allow someone else to deal with and manage those challenges. This panel will share their experiences with on-demand, from the decision to move to On-Demand to the process of getting there and the results they’ve experienced. |
How to Make Your Auditors Happy
MICHAEL SOLOMON Tugboat Software
Learn how the right processes can make passing a critical audit just another project milestone. Hear examples of how SCM tools can give auditors the input they want, including the common second pass request for details. You will also learn how to set up and use a simple but comprehensive strategy that satisfies the pickiest of auditors with no sacrifice to productivity. |
| 5:00pm Vendor Hall Reception sponsored by: |
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Tuesday
- September 25
| 7:30am Registration /
Vendor Fair Opens Continental Breakfast sponsored by: |
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QAD Demo Center
Pooja Patel will demonstrate Browses as well as the Report Builder where one can modify reports as well as standard QAD documents such as Sales Order Print, Purchase Order Print, etc, where you can add your company's logo and alter field positioning with drag and drop functionality. |
Concurrent Track Sessions
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TECHNICAL |
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8:30 - 9:30 am
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Ten Treasures Hidden in the .Net UI
SCOTT DULECKI
You’ve been hearing about the .Net UI for years and seeing it at user groups. It looks interesting, but what can you really do with it? Join Scott Dulecki for a journey through ten of the treasures contained within the .Net UI that can make your life easier |
EAM Projects & Purchasing NANCY MAJURE |
QAD Monitoring Framework STEVE LAMB Using QAD’s Monitoring Framework, customers can now continuously monitor their servers running QAD solutions providing system transparency as well as a baseline performance data. This continuous monitoring enables customers to plan preemptive actions that can help to prevent application downtime and optimize the performance of applications from an end-user perspective. A live demonstration in a working environment will also be shown. |
Business Process Management fff ROBERT OLIVER QAD, Inc.
BPM is quickly becoming a tool to help companies more effectively manage their business by monitoring, managing and enhancing key business processes. From this session you will learn more about BPM, how QAD’s BPM solution can add value today and our roadmap for the future. |
9:30
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10:00 - 11:00 am
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.Net For The Real World
STACY GREEN |
QXtend Implementation at Eaton Corporation GARY YANG Roundview Technologies |
Reporting Framework Case Study STEVE CROMER Hear how Reporting Framework has simplified forms for Stein Industries. This session will explain how Stein simplified an extremely complicated forms environment by using the Reporting Framework within QAD. The presenters will share the experience they had deploying the technology to users from creating to archiving the documents. |
Migration to a Single Hosted Multi-Domain Environment fff DAVID SZACIK This session will outline the process that Freudenberg-NOK successfully executed to migrate 21 distributed eB2.0 SP10 databases in the US, Mexico, & Canada, into a single multi-domain database under QAD 2010 SE. The session will cover the application migration plans, infrastructure conversion/migration processes, business and Information Technology challenges, and lessons learned. |
11:00
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11:15 am - 12:15 pm
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Integrating QAD and the Quality Management System
BOB HERDOIZA APRIL DINES |
Top Five Mistakes When Implementing QAD
CHUCK MACKE Ralcorp Frozen Bakery acquired two large sites from Sara Lee and was faced with a compressed timeline to transition them from SAP to QAD or face significant additional transition service fees. We will identify the mistakes and the steps we took to mitigate them in order to make this a highly successful project for all involved. |
Obsolete DBA
NECTAR DALOGLOU
Learn or “un-learn” DBA tactics that have been considered best practices for years. In this presentation we will take a look at various out-of-date DBA strategies along with their up-to-date recommended alternatives. |
QAD Analytics
ROBERT OLIVER POOJA PATEL QAD, Inc. This session will help you understand the key components of QAD’s BI and analytical tools built to help you manage, view and analyze data to help drive to the effective enterprise.. It will focus on how QAD Analytics tools such as Business Intelligence, Operational Metrics and the Reporting Framework can help your organization manage thru a holistic view of the business. |
| 12:30pm Closing Luncheon / Conference Wrap-Up & Giveaways Luncheon sponsored by: |
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The Hilton
Lisle-Naperville
3003 Corporate West Dr.
Lisle, IL 60532
(630) 505-0900
The award-winning Hilton Lisle/Naperville hotel is centrally located in the suburb of Lisle near Chicago, IL, adjacent to the I-88 research corridor. Only a 30-minute drive from Chicago O’Hare International Airport and 27 miles from downtown Chicago, the Hilton Lisle/Naperville offers over 300 spacious rooms and suites.
HOTEL AMENITIES:
- Complimentary shuttle service to local businesses
- Indoor pool & whirlpool spa, outdoor sun deck
- Award-winning Allgauer’s Restaurant
- Executive floor w/ Executive Lounge Access
- Full-service Business Center
- Fitness Room
ROOM RESERVATIONS:
Sleeping
Rooms have been blocked at the hotel and are available to conference
attendees at a discounted group rate. Please
be sure to reference the MFG/PRO Midwest User Group when making your
reservations.
MWUG
Conference Rate:
$119/night (sgl/dbl) Reservations:
(630) 505-0900 |
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TRANSPORTATION:
The Hilton Lisle-Naperville is approximately 30 minutes from Chicago-O'Hare International Airport. Cab fare ranges from $40-45/one-way. Transportation to and from Midway and O'Hare can be arranged via Premier Taxi Service at a cost of $40 one-way (for up to 3 guests). For reservations & pick-up call: (800) 518-1813. The hotel offers complimentary shuttle service within a 3-mile radius of the hotel. Self-parking is available at no charge for registered guests. For additional information on the hotel and available amenities, click HERE
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BONUS WORKSHOP: Tuesday 1:30-4:30pm QAD Business Intelligence
QAD will be holding a hands-on workshop at MWUG for the QAD Business Intelligence solution. Learn how QAD BI can empower your organization to proactively react to business trends and issues and employ closed-loop decision-making. Customers will have the opportunity to learn through real business scenarios how QAD BI version 3 can greatly enhance analytical capabilities. If you're thinking about implementing a BI solution or are only familiar with prior versions of QAD BI, this workshop will provide you with a "test drive" of the latest QAD BI software.
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