Registration Opens / Vendor Fair Set-Up

Registration / Vendor Fair Opens / Buffet Breakfast              

MIKE BRUNNICK Chief Customer Officer QAD, Inc.

Hear about what’s exciting and new at QAD. Mike Brunnick, QAD’s Chief Customer Officer will discuss the post-pandemic manufacturing landscape and highlight the key drivers of change that are transforming the industry.  Learn how QAD is positioned to address these challenges and the steps QAD is taking to support customers in this journey.

ADAPTIVE ERP

FINANCIAL

TECHNICAL

BUSINESS PROCESS

WOJCIECH SIERON
ROMEO SEQUEIRA
QAD, Inc.
    
QAD Adaptive ERP combines cloud-based manufacturing ERP software and supply chain capabilities with a modern platform and user experience to help manufacturers better identify and address change in their industry. Learn how QAD Elevate Upgrade Program will help you upgrade to standard Adaptive ERP using a predefined, prescriptive and factory delivery model approach.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Int./General

KEVIN GALLAGHER
Logan Consulting
   
Financial Report Writer (FRW) is QAD’s robust financial statement report writing tool designed to allow financial resources to quickly create a report. This session will provide participants with an overview of the financial report writer (FRW) available in QAD Enterprise Edition (EE). We will also demonstrate how to setup and configure the financial report writer data cube. Finally, a detailed look at the configuration required to build financial reports off of real-time general ledger data will be provided.

For QAD Version: EE
Level: Int/General

FERNANDO LUCHINI
ETIENNE OUVRY
QAD, Inc.   

The Enterprise Platform with the embedded low-code / no-code extensibility allows you to rapidly extend your existing QAD system by creating new applications and functionalities in a short period of time and generating faster benefits for your business. The ability of the ERP solution to respond to change, to deliver fit over time, and continue to support new business processes, will determine Enterprise effectiveness and remove barriers to Industry 4.0. Upgrading these new applications is faster and easier than traditional methods, thus helping you stay current and reducing gaps between business needs and ERP functionality.
  
For QAD Version: Any
Level: Int./General

ADAPTIVE ERP

FINANCIAL

TECHNICAL

BUSINESS PROCESS

THOMAS REITER
QAD, Inc.
 
Successful supplier collaboration relies on transparency and aligned objectives with supply trading partners. Collaborative processes provide a foundation for a responsive and flexible supplier network that responds instantly to market volatility and changing customer demands. QAD SRM provides manufacturers and their suppliers a solution to facilitate real-time communication, streamline onboarding and sourcing, improve procurement processes and reduce inbound supply risks.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Int./General

ANDREW WEINSTEIN
ISS Group

LORI BRAUN
presenting for
Modular Assembly Innovations
      
If your company is using the QAD MRP functionality then your Buyers know all too well the challenge in managing the Action Messages and Planned Orders created by MRP. Join us to learn how your peers are using the ISS Group QAD MRP Action Center to simplify the management of the MRP Action Messages, significantly reducing the time/cost to create Purchase Orders from Planned Orders as well as streamlining the updating of Purchase Orders requiring expediting or revision. A demonstration of the QAD MRP Action Center will be provided.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Int./General

BEN GREAVES
Broom Street Software 
    
Interested in improving your QAD interface experience? The future QAD-UX is the WebUI, and it’s available now. WebUI is QAD's new user interface that requires no VPN connection or application download, accessible completely from your browser of choice. This session will provide attendees with the basics of the WebUI's features as well as an introduction into accessing and learning more about QAD's in-software learning features via the Document Library and the 'Guide Me' system.”

For QAD Version: EE
Level: Int./General

NANCY MAJURE
QAD, Inc. 
    
Keeping a plant running at optimal levels is a job that never stops. Join us for a day-in-the-life view of plant maintenance best practices to maximize margins and minimize costs. This session will feature step-by-step daily processes utilizing the latest advances in QAD's Adaptive Manufacturing Asset Management. (Note: Many of these same processes are also utilized for Project controls; so if that is your gig, you will learn a lot here, too!)

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Int./General

ADAPTIVE ERP

FINANCIAL 

TECHNICAL

SPONSOR TRACK

JESSE RAUCH
QAD, Inc.

As part of QAD Adaptive ERP, QAD Production Execution provides the production insights needed to rapidly respond to unplanned inventory shortages, equipment failures and productivity slowdowns. It allows manufacturers to directly tie ERP and shop floor operational data and processes together to manage shop floor activities in real time.

For QAD Version:
EE / All versions
Level: Int./General

ROBERT JOYNT
Logan Consulting
      
The QAD Revenue Recognition module automates many of the standard tasks required to support your financial revenue recognition requirements. This session will provide an overview of current revenue the current GAAP accounting rules associated with Revenue Recognition, the industries most impacted by the GAAP revenue recognition rules, which rules the QAD revenue recognition module supports and a brief demonstration on applying rules in the QAD application.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Int./General

NECTAR DALOGLOU
OmegaServe

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: Int./General

4:30 - 6:00pm            Vendor Hall Reception - sponsored by

BUSINESS PROCESS

CASE STUDY

TECHNICAL

SPONSOR
TRACK

DON LINDSEY
32 Soft Inc.

Business Relations in QAD EE are interconnected records that define data for particular elements such as Company Addresses, Entities, Customers, Suppliers, etc.   In this presentation, Don will outline the financial and operational requirements for these consequential menus of data, unpack the complexity of Business Relations, and provide tips and pointers to draw out their total potential.

For QAD Version: EE
Level: Int./General

MARK ECKERT
Autokiniton   
    
Learn how Autokiniton has embraced the use of Cyberquery tools to streamline the cycle count process and install overall monitoring of the cycle count process. The process includes automated daily management status of cycle counts, due, creating worksheets for cycle counts, and post analysis of cycle count entries

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Int./General

ARVIND RAGHOTHAMA
QAD, Inc.
 
As Quality Management Systems continue to become more complex, integration to other systems has become vital. Configuration between ERP, PE, AS and SRM enables manufacturers to tie operational and receiving data and quality processes together to ensure a higher level of quality management.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Int./General

MIKE FURGAL
Progress
      
Managing data is only a small part of what you do with your QAD application — that's why it’s so important to keep, collect and use that data in an efficient manner. Managing your data and database is no small feat when trying to make decisions and take actions to benefit your business.  This session will show you how the powerful combination of Progress Pro2 Archive and our Managed Database Services can not only help you manage your data but maintain your database performance for better accessibility and reporting for auditing or compliance.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Int./General

BUSINESS PROCESS

CASE STUDY

TECHNICAL

SPONSOR
TRACK

GARY YANG
Roundview Technologies 
 
Yanfeng Visteon had for years been challenged with the task of integrating various third party systems such as MES, WMS, BPM, PLM, HFM and a home grown production scheduling software with its QAD ERP. Through Roundview, they found a solution which involves QAD QXtend, Dell Boomi and Roundview Integration Portal. The solution  addressed very high transaction volumes and empowered the business with a role-based Integration Portal to control the exception handling of their integration process and data.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Int./General

WALTER LITTLE
Strategic Information Group

HELENA PARKER
Detrot Chassis

CHRISTINE MARTIN
Phocas Software
 
Join Strategic, Phocas Analytics and Detroit Chassis, a Tier One automotive supplier, as we discuss how this customer streamlined their financial close process with Phocas’ Analytics.  You’ll see how the Financial Statements solution was integrated into QAD using Strategic’s prebuilt data connectors to provide a seamless view into QAD data with a smart, user-friendly analytics platform.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Int./General

CARLOS COLMENARES
Sungate Solutions 
    
In the olden days, change management in the IT world was about keeping fastidious records of the last versions of certain key files and data.  Everything could be nicely controlled and managed to prevent accidents.  In 2022, however, tools propagate around the world, users have more power than ever, and IT is expected to simply manage it all, no matter how complex.  In this presentation, Carlos Colmenares will look at the business process of managing changes in a QAD environment, the process of moving changed objects from testing to production, and outline how to use easily available tools in MS-Teams to support the process.   

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Int./General

HARESH TALREJA 
Thirdware

When launching QAD or doing an Upgrade requires going through the change management for business users. Adopting Process Automation alongside the ERP program can reduce the change management and users get to see a new Digital Process from Day #1. In this session, we will talk about how combining Process Automation alongside Launch or Upgrade can be beneficial for both IT and Business. 

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Int./General

BUSINESS PROCESS

CASE STUDY

TECHNICAL

SPONSOR
TRACK

ERIC MOORE
JON WHITENIGHT
Avalara    
  
Sales tax compliance has gotten infinitely more complex in recent years.  With the introduction of Economic Nexus, more manufacturers are on the hook for paying sales tax than ever before.  And even if you have exempt sales, that doesn’t mean you are exempt from sales tax compliance.  Join this session with QAD’s sales tax partner, Avalara, to learn more about all of the ways that sales tax compliance is getting more complex and what you can do to get a handle on it.  We'll also help you gain an understanding of how to automate this requirement within QAD.

For QAD Version:
Level: Int./General

WALTER LITTLE
Strategic Information Group
  
When it comes to manufacturing, reducing costs and increasing productivity is everything. Implementing solutions that consolidate routine processes can positively affect your bottom line. One such solution, Enterprise Bank Solution (EBS), automates routine banking processes which frees up valuable resources and reduces costs. Through a series of integrated processes, EBS simplifies and improves accuracy of both common and more complicated banking transactions. Attend this session and find out how to increase banking efficiency at your organization with this innovative product.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Int./General

CHRIS BLADES
Pronto Progress
        
Unfamiliar with programming in progress? Do you want to query the table data to find meaningful information? QAD EE provides a browse maintenance feature that will allow the user to graphically construct a query across multiple tables, filter responses and implement appropriate joins. These browses can be saved and exported to the CHUI environment. The data can be exported as PDFs, emailed, etc. If you ever thought the data in the database was a black hole, then think again.

For QAD Version: EE
Level: Int./General

TOM OLDHAM
Cyberscience Corp.

MITCH MILLER
C. GASPARDO
Wisconsin Pharmacal
    
Mitch Miller and Christine Gaspardo of the Wisconsin Pharmacal Company will present the results of using Cyberquery to analyze their complex Bill of Materials in conjunction with varied Purchasing and MRP Demand reporting and analytics. One of their goals is clear communication and highly visible reporting with and about their Suppliers.  In addition, Tom Oldham and Mike Main will present new and powerful functionality in Cyberquery Version 9.

For QAD Version: Any
Level: Int./General