MWUGSpring2019
March 17-19, 2019

The Henry Hotel  •  
Dearborn, MI
 SUNDAY  •  March 17
5:00 pm

Registration Opens / Vendor Fair Set-Up                

     
5:30 pm             Pre-Conference Bonus Sessions                                                       
 

Fix It! A Study in Temp Tables

  

SCOTT DULECKI - Sungate Solutions     

It's broke! Fix it! Those words come from end users as often as they do from children, and with much the same result... whether it can be fixed or not, you've got to try to make it better … once you can figure out what “it” is, and what “broken” means! In this case study analysis, Scott will investigate one such challenge, highlighting coding practices that were the source of the problem and show how to creatively use temp tables (and other tools as well) to properly fix them.
         
For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

Variances: The Canary in the Coalmine

  

CARLOS COLEMARES - Sungate Solutions     

In a standard cost system, variances measure cost deviations that occur in the normal operation. Their analysis provides insights into the company’s operations and like the canary in a coal mine, their behavior warns you when things are starting to go badly. In this presentation Carlos will review the types of variances that QAD manages and how they are calculated so that you know which canaries to pay attention to first.

For QAD Version: SE / EE
Level: Novice / Intermediate

   

 MONDAY  •  March 18
  8:00 am

Registration / Vendor Fair Opens / Buffet Breakfast              

   

   9:00 am           General Session                                                          

                             Welcome & Program Overview:  JOHN PEARSON, MWUG President                        

9:15 am Sponsor Introductions
9:45 am Break
10:00 am

  WELCOME KEYNOTE ADDRESS:       
Planning For Success In the Multi-Generational Workplace

Dr. MARK TAYLOR, M.S.W. EdD  

Today’s workplace can be an exciting, though not always harmonious, mixture of several generational cohorts. Successfully navigating and managing requires being able to understand, relate to and communicate with everyone, from each generational group. Understanding typical generational values, traits, preferences and styles can improve recruitment, worker and workplace effectiveness, harmony and employee satisfaction and retention. This workshop will address the generational issues and dynamics in the workplace with specific, immediately applicable suggestions for being effective and developing the most productive, positive and effective work setting for all workers.

11:00 am Break

  Concurrent Track Sessions                                                         

  
MANUFACTURING

FINANCIAL

TECHNICAL

EAM TRACK

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Meet Generation WOKE

  

Dr. MARK TAYLOR
Taylor Programs
    
Emerging data suggests that we may be seeing a major generational shift in America in as evidenced in the traits of teenagers. Often more active and engaged with the on-line, social media and virtual worlds than what others might consider the "real" world, they will present new challenges, and opportunities, to the workplace and could dramatically alter how we recruit, engage and manage. This program will describe the transition from Generation NeXt (aka Millennials) to the emerging realities of Generation WOKE, with suggestions for how employers might best respond.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

Simplifying the Management of QAD MRP Planned Orders

  

ANDREW WEINSTEIN
FRANK SALESI
ISS Group

LORI BRAUN
Modular Assembly Innovations
  
In this session you will hear why Modular Assembly Innovations chose to implement the ISS Group iPurchase™ Solution, how it is helping their Buyers simplify and control the management of MRP Planned Orders using the iPurchase™ QAD MRP Action Center, and how the highly configurable iPurchase™ approval routing functionality is providing additional spend control over the creation of MRP and MRO Purchase Orders. The presentation will also include an overview of the iPurchase™ eProcurement Solution and a demonstration of the iPurchase™ QAD MRP Action Center.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

Deep Down Indexing

  

PAUL KOUFALIS
White Star Software
    

Most programmers and DBAs don't know the first thing about index bracketing. Ok, maybe they know the first thing, but the second and third thing...unlikely. Four they dost not know, unless maybe they knowest two and three. Five is right out. In this presentation, you'll learn about the differences between database queries and temp-table queries. You'll partake in the explanation of the parsing of those pesky parentheses. And the mysteries of and and or, or is it or and and, will be de-mystified. You will shake your head, raise your fist, tell us we're wrong, maybe even cry a bit, but at the end of it all, your soul will be cleansed and you'll be a master of all things index-y.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

 

EAM 360°

  

NANCY MAJURE
QAD, Inc.
    
More than just a "PM program" - Enterprise Asset Management is the QAD asset lifecycle management solution. This session provides a comprehensive overview of all the powerful functionality included with EAM.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General


  12:30 pm    LUNCHEON
1:30 pm     Vendor Introductions  
   
2:00 pm      Break / Visit the Exhibits

  Concurrent Track Sessions                                                            

  
         

MANUFACTURING

FINANCIAL

TECHNICAL

EAM TRACK

2:30 - 3:30 pm

Shop Floor Control: Where is That Work Order?

  

DON LINDSEY
32 Soft Inc.
    

This session will cover several aspects of Work Orders and Shop Floor Control, from WO creation, to Release, to Component issue and Back Flush, to Labor application, to Work Order Analysis and Control. We will briefly cover Repetitive Setup and Processing, as well as highlights of Kanban processing. Since in the future, Operations within QAD WIP will be the Production Orders, we will cover just an introduction of this functionality which combines Work Orders, Flow Scheduling, Repetitive, Advanced Repetitive, KanBan, Production Schedules and Master Scheduling.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

QAD's EBITDA Initiative

   
JIM GREEN
QAD, Inc.
    

QAD has developed an approach to identify EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) leakage and recommendations for improvement. Leveraging better use of product and processes to increase EBITDA / profitability.Learn more about this offering and how it fits into QAD's Customer Engagement methodology.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

Azure Replication Case Study

HUGH BARTELS
ITW Drawform

DAN DIMM - Strategic
    
This technical-based presentation will cover QAD real time data replication to the Microsoft Azure cloud and the benefits of real time cloud BI reporting using AzureOE.

For QAD Version: Any
(OE Version 10.0 & up)
Level: General/Intermediat

Beyond the Basics: EAM Tips & Tracks

  

NANCY MAJURE
QAD, Inc.

In this session, we will explore some tips and tricks for applying the more advanced functions of EAM, some of which may surprise even the more seasoned users of the solution!

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

 

  3:30 pm           Break / Visit the Exhibits                                  

  
MANUFACTURING

SPONSOR
TRACK

TECHNICAL

EAM TRACK

4:00 - 5:00 pm

QAD Automation Solutions Warehousing Extensions

  

ADAM KACALA
QAD, Inc.

Is your warehouse giving you a headache? Has your business grown? Are you buried in the paperwork? Are your forklifts driving around not knowing what to do? Learn how to optimize your warehousing process, optimize your storage space and dramatically reduce labor in the warehouse by watching the latest QAD AS Warehousing Extensions in action.

For QAD Version:
EE (2016 or higher)
Level: Intermediatel/General

Progress & QAD Partnering to Service the QAD Community

  

JOE GENOVESE
Progress
    

QAD customers have long trusted Progress Services expertise to meet their unique ERP needs. Armed with the best in systems and manufacturing certified experts, our team has been upgrading, integrating, optimizing, tuning, configuring and developing unique solutions to leverage QAD systems, to best deliver and exceed the expectations of QAD-run companies for decades. See examples of Progress’ ongoing commitment to support customers running QAD and OpenEdge.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

EE Financial Customizations

  

JAMES BLANKENSHIP
Logan Consulting

This session will focus on how to use the financial API’s in EE. We will cover the following topics:

How to add a custom field

How to add validation to this field

How to extract/query data from the financial tables

For QAD Version: EE
Level: Intermediatel/General

EAM: What's New & Plans for the Future

  

NANCY MAJURE
QAD, Inc.

Change is in the air with QAD's next generation releases. Come check out the very latest in EAM from new user interfaces to new functionality and get a sneak peek at future plans.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

      

5:00 - 6:30pm            Vendor Hall Reception
                


 TUESDAY  •  March 19
7:30 am               Vendor Fair Opens / Buffet Breakfast          
       
  Concurrent Track Sessions                                                            

  
BUSINESS PROCESS

CASE STUDY

TECHNICAL

SPONSOR
TRACK

8:30 - 9:30 am

EE Upgrade Panel

  

MICHAEL SILLETTI
Yangfeng Automotive

BILL FOARD
Inventus Power

BRAD WEINSTEIN
Logan Consulting

Moderator:
GARY YANG
Roundview Technologies
    
A panel of implementation specialists and QAD customers will share their experiences and success stories involving recent upgrades to QAD Enterprise Edition.

For QAD Version: EE
Level: Intermediatel/General

Rapidly Building Modern Apps on
Top of QAD

  

DENNIS RAUSCH
REA Magnet Wire
    

In this session, Dennis Rausch VP of Information Technology at REA Magnet Wire, will discuss how his team selected a low code platform to rapidly build applications on top of QAD. A low code platform can make development of modern browser and mobile applications a  lot quicker and reduce cost of application development. He will discuss how to integrate these kind of applications with QAD.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

How to Walk Your JSON Data Into QAD

  

PAUL GUGGENHEIM
Paul Guggenheim & Associates
    
This presentation will show how easy it is to write JSON data from a ProDataSet and then read JSON data into a ProDataSet. However, there are times when the ABL algorithm will not be able to read JSON into a Temp-Table or ProDataSet. The read-json method will not load the JSON data into a ProDataSet.
This session will provide examples on how to use ABL JSON classes to load in JSON data in a more
generalized way, which can then be customized and loaded into Temp-Tables or ProDataSets. We call this
“Walking the JSON tree”.

For QAD Version: Any running OE 11
Level: Expert

Rules Based
Flexible Warehouse Management System For QAD

  

WIL HENRY - JelSert
   
PAUL KNOPF
Royal4 Systems
    

Wil Henry, director of IT forJel Sert, has successfully used Royal4’s Warehouse Management System with QAD’s ERP for over a decade. Jel Sert recently upgraded to QAD 2017 and Royal4’s WMS continued to work seamlessly, with small interface reconfiguration. Will’ spresentation will focus on their warehouses and how Royal4’s WMS has been reliable, seamlessly integrated into their QAD environment and added value to their QAD operations for more than a decade.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

 9:30 am           Break / Visit the Exhibits                    

  
BUSINESS PROCESS

CASE STUDY

TECHNICAL

SPONSOR
TRACK

10:00 - 11:00 am

Aligning Your ERP System With Your Company Growth Plan

  

JOEL SCHNEIDER
Liberty Technology Advisors
    
In this session we will discuss the benefits of aligning your ERP system with your company growth plan. From performing ERP assessments to setting up and interpresting ERP success measures - making sure your company growth plan aligns with your ERP system will ensure your company is running as effectively and efficiently as possible.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

Managed Services Case Study

JOHN SCHMIDT
DAN DIMM
Strategic

GENE TONNE
Art's Way Manufacturing
   

Join us for a session where we will discuss how proactive Managed Services and Help Desk Support can help your business making it so that your users are no longer your monitors; you are able improve uptime; you can gain efficiencies, gain peace of mind so you can take your nights and weekends back and discuss what to look for in a provider.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

Keep Your QAD System Fit & Trim With Pro2Archive Services

  

MIKE FURGAL
Progress
    

Progress Services' Archive/Delete Utility (ADU) makes the task of archiving and deleting data from a QAD system simple and easy with its user-friendly interface that allows complete control over scheduling and executing the process. Additionally, our Pro2Archive service facilitates the challenge of deletion, archival or storage of QAD invoices, orders, transaction histories, or customer information. Find out how you can easily keep your QAD system optimized while maintaining complete access to historical information.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

CyberQuery
Case Study

  

BRENT BECKER
Cyberscience Corp.
    
This session will show how QAD users use CyberQuery to help with Production and Inventory. The presenters will also show how CyberQuery is used to generate QAD reports, integrated with some additional data sources, and automatically scheduled and sent to various users.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

 11:00 am           Break / Visit the Exhibits                    

  
BUSINESS PROCESS

CASE STUDY

TECHNICAL

SPONSOR
TRACK

11:15 am - 12:15 pm

ERP In The World
of Advanced Technology

  

GLENN GRANEY
QAD, Inc.
    
There is incredible hype around Industry 4.0 and associated emerging technologies such as IoT, Machine Learning, Block Chain, Augmented Reality and much more. QAD is following all of the respective capabilities and engaging with our customers in their adoption journey. QAD will provide insights into positioning the technologies and provide use cases detailing the expected impact on our customers ERP and manufacturing business systems.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

 

 

From Chaos to Calm: How Two Companies Overcame Their Beasts

  

LORI BRAUN
Modular Assembly Innovations

DAVID McCLOSKEY
Kauffman Engineering

NANCY McCRIMMON
32 Soft
    

Modular Assembly Innovations (MAI) and Kauffman Engineering both had areas in their enterprises that were chaos points until they discovered how to keep their cool with the help of 32 Soft’s Data Loader technology. Lori Braun’s team (MAI) now manage the frequency of pricing changes from their automotive OEM like champs. Not only are they able to make the needed changes quickly, but they are also assured that every menu affected by raw material and finished product pricing changes are updated in QAD. David McCloskey’s group (Kauffman) has not only sped up the process of getting customer schedules into QAD, but also their ability to update pricing massively and deliver real-time order information is keeping their production floor on schedule.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

99 Ways to Crash
a Database

  

NECTAR DALOGLOU
White Star Software
    

A somewhat tongue-in-cheek discussion of some of the dumbest, most dangerous, suicidal things I and other senior DBAs have seen out there in the OpenEdge world. Join me for an entertaining and informative hour of DBA horror stories and how they were (or could have been) avoided!

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

 

The EDI Digital Worker

  

VINSON PEREIRA
Thirdware Solution
    

Is timely EDI error resolution still a nagging problem for you? Are precious resources being spent in the mundane tasks to resolve some of these errors? Are you constantly playing catch up? Attend our session to learn how Thirdware's EDI digital worker leverages Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to help alleviate this issue by monitoring EDI transactions, identifying & categorizing errors and taking appropriate actions to resolve it.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Intermediatel/General

 

12:30pm           Closing Luncheon / Conference Wrap-Up & Giveaways
                                                                                    
 

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The Henry Hotel
300 Town Center Drive
Fairlane Plane Plaza
Dearborn, MI 48126
(313) 441-2000

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Named in honor of the U.S. veteran Henry Dearborn, The Henry possesses a spirit of independence that is reinventing the art of hospitality for the sophisticated modern traveler. Graced with splendid contemporary art on nearly every elegantly paneled wall, the luxurious interior is punctuated with dazzling chandeliers and boldly imagined color accents. The lobby, restaurant, and art gallery have set a new standard for Detroit hotels in creating an unmatched atmosphere of modern luxury which extends to our attentive service, stylish accommodations, and contemporary amenities.

HOTEL AMENITIES:

  • Luxurious feather bedding
    and marble baths
  • Twice-daily maid service
  • Fee WiFi in public areas
  • Fine dining at TRIA Restaurant
    & Lounge
  • Fitness center with indoor pool and Jacuzzi
  • Full-service Business Center

NEARBY ATTRACTIONS:

  • Henry Ford Museum/
    Greenfield Village
  • Automotive Hall of Fame
  • Detroit Science Center
  • Fairlane Town Center

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   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 Midwest User Group when making your reservations.

MWUG Conference Rate:
$150/night (sgl/dbl)

Reservations:
(313) 441-2000
    

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     TRANSPORTATION:
The Henry Hotel is approximately 20 minutes from Detroit Metro Airport. Cab fare (via Metro Cab Service or Town Car) is a flat fee of $42 each-way. The hotel offers a complimentary car service to attractions within a 3-mile radius of the hotel. For information and reservations, please call the hotel directly: (313) 441-2000. Complimentary self-parking is available at the hotel for all registered guests. Valet parking is available at $25/overnight with unlimited in and out privileges. For additional information on the hotel and available amenities, please visit: www.behenry.com.


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Contact SCOTT DULECKI at Sungate Solutions for more information:
sdulecki@sungate-solutions.com

 

 

 

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