Industrial Manufacturing Overview

Managing business processes, materials, components and assemblies for the adaptive and sustainable industrial manufacturing enterprise.

The Industrial Manufacturing Adaptive Enterprise

Business planning, operation and supply chain processes must be supported by composable and adaptable processes based on collective intelligence and responsiveness.

Driving Business Impact for Industrial Manufacturers

• Adaptable to evolving Industrial Manufacturing business models
• Maximized investment via future-proof cloud-based technology stack
• Manufacturing best practices framework delivers fastest time to value
• Composable offerings for both vertical integration and compatibility with best of breed functions
• Proven productivity gains for manufacturing enterprise from supply chain, forecasting/planning through shop floor operations

QAD Technology Proof Points for Industrial Manufacturers

Noble Biomaterials

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ANCA

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Brunswick Boat Group

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Allied Wire and Cable

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Avery CCL

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TVH Parts

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Raja

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Cascade

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Solution Capabilities and Best Practices for Industrial Manufacturers

Collective intelligence and analytics

Collective intelligence and analytics via embedded analytics and reporting capabilities across the breadth of application data

Future proof business foundation

Future proof business foundation through QAD Adaptive ERP designed to evolve with global manufacturers addressing changing business conditions

Productivity gains via operator engagement

An average of 25% increase in productivity gains via operator engagement delivering higher quality product, predictable performance, hassle-free audits and a culture of winning

Lower cost of quality through the vertical enterprise

Quality applied through the vertical enterprise while reducing risk, increasing performance and delivering to increasing customer expectations

Optimized procurement and supplier performance

Digital, cloud-based solution delivers optimized procurement and supplier performance with real-time data access between suppliers and trading partners

Next generation digital supply chain planning

Material and production planning delivers instant visibility and intuitive decision support, greater agility and meeting the challenges of complex modern supply chains

Maximize asset utilization and maintenance resources

Drive equipment performance through preventive and corrective maintenance activity and integrated management of indirect MRO materials

Adapt to evolving commercial business models

Enabling mixed-mode commercial business models with a powerful and scalable e-commerce solution for both B2B and B2C

Strategic management of global transportation

Strategic management of global transportation streamlines import, export and delivery operations

Accelerate your business sustainability and governance

Improve business metrics while making sustainable progress by eliminating waste, managing risk, and enabling data-driven decisions across the manufacturing / supply chain enterprise

Data-based decision making through collaboration

Collective intelligence drives collaboration between planning and operations, improves response to customer demands and response to variability

Driving process intelligence through AI

Leading-edge data/process mining with industry best practices to enable radical and actionable business transparency

Production responsiveness via dynamic scheduling

Effective production scheduling and re-shuffling of production orders maximizes capacity usage and optimizes customer SLAs

Adapting to a Spectrum of Industrial Manufacturers

Engineered Materials

Industrial manufacturers of engineered materials transform raw materials into products adherent to strict physical characteristic specifications and delivered in unprecedented diversity in terms of sizes, shapes, and orientation. Operational effectiveness is an imperative to manage material costs, coordinate production schedules, align with tight quality expectations and exceed customer service levels.

Packaging

Packaging manufacturers face rapidly changing product configurations and pressure due to increased material costs, an increased focus on sustainability and changing customer requirements. Operational effectiveness is an imperative to manage costs, coordinate production schedules, and exceed customer service level expectations.

Industrial Equipment

Industrial equipment manufacturers are facing increased demand for machines and equipment that are tailored to fit specific requirements. In addition to meeting this variation in demand, optimizing supply chains while lowering costs and meeting traceability requirements is of the utmost importance.

Roll Stock, Wire and Cable

Uniform material quality at just the right physical dimensions is critical to delivering profitability in an industry with typically very tight financial margins. Operational effectiveness is an imperative to manage material costs, coordinate production schedules, align with tight quality expectations and exceed customer service levels.

Assembled Products

Semi-automated production of assembled products requires both connectivity and context for material management and end product traceability. Customers requiring tailored variants of standard products requires diligence across the entire supply chain.

Additional Industrial Manufacturing Segments

QAD’s adaptive enterprise solutions are successfully delivering value to the entire spectrum of Industrial Manufacturing. Industry best practice templates and deep experience allow QAD to deliver rapid time to value and a future-proofed technology stack.