QAD Inc., a leading provider of next-generation manufacturing and supply chain solutions in the cloud, has released the latest enhancements to its comprehensive suite of Adaptive Applications, including new releases supporting productivity improvements for manufacturing and supply chain organizations.
“The 2024 Fall Product Launch delivers features and enhancements intended to help manufacturers and supply chains navigate the complexities of modern business,” said QAD Chief Product and Marketing Officer Carter Lloyds. “Our overarching goal remains consistent: to enable world-class productivity and operational excellence.”
QAD Advanced Scheduling
QAD introduces Advanced Scheduling, a solution designed to help manufacturers enhance productivity and boost factory performance. This powerful tool optimizes production decisions by determining the best sequence for manufacturing products on each line, minimizing changeovers, optimizing inventory, and aligning cost and service goals.
Champion and Expanded QAD Process Intelligence Capabilities
QAD introduces Champion, a generative AI assistant, for Product Classification within the QAD Global Trade and Transportation Execution (GTTE) solution. With pragmatic AI capabilities now baked into QAD GTTE, using models that answer direct business use cases and needs to drive tangible outcomes, organizations up and down the supply chain are able to ensure accurate product classifications when determining duties, qualifying for trade agreements and adhering to governmental requirements.
Additionally, Champion has now been integrated into the Process Intelligence solution, assisting customers in identifying and interpreting process anomalies, driving more informed, data-driven decisions.
QAD continues to advance its solutions by exploring Process Intelligence applications tailored for 3PL companies, offering a control tower approach that provides real-time visibility and greater oversight across daily operations. This enables businesses to proactively manage logistics, improve decision-making and enhance operational efficiency.
Enhanced User Experience
The 2024 Fall Product Launch offers numerous user-centric productivity enhancements for QAD Digital Supply Chain Planning (DSCP), QAD EQMS (Enterprise Quality Management System), QAD SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) and QAD Process Intelligence.
For details on the specific enhancements and how they help enterprises become more adaptive, please visit the QAD Blog.
About QAD – Enabling Adaptive Enterprises
QAD Inc. is a leading provider of next-generation manufacturing and supply chain solutions in the cloud. To succeed in a turbulent world, facing disruptions in supply and fluctuations in demand, manufacturers and supply chains must rapidly respond to change and seamlessly optimize agility, efficiency, and resilience for effective customer service. QAD delivers Adaptive Applications to enable these Adaptive Enterprises.
Founded in Santa Barbara, California, QAD has customers in 84 countries around the world. Thousands of companies have deployed QAD enterprise solutions including enterprise resource planning (ERP), digital commerce, supplier relationship management (SRM), digital supply chain planning (DSCP), global trade and transportation execution (GTTE), enterprise quality management system (EQMS), connected workforce and process intelligence. To learn more, visit www.qad.com or call +1 805-566-6100. Find us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook and Instagram.
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