Registration / Vendor Fair Opens              Breakfast sponsored by:  

QAD Demo Center                                                                                                             
Come to the Product Demo room and experience live product demonstrations. QAD Consultants will be available for
on-demand demos of scheduled products. The informal setting allows for you to ask product questions specific to your needs.

QAD Item Attributes (10:30am - 12:00pm / 2:30 - 5:30pm )

QAD's new Item Attribute module supports unlimited profile characteristics by item/supplier/PO 

line/customer/SO line. It simplifies compliance by capturing all relevant attributes.  Attributes are user defined and can prompt for specific data during receiving, shipping and material movement, specific to the combination of item and function.

  
         
         
MANUFACTURING

FINANCIAL

TECHNICAL

BUSINESS
PROCESS

10:45 - 11:45am

Case Study: Lot Control/Traceability

KEN McCUTCHEN
Kobe Aluminum  
PAUL ELLIOTT   
Logan Consulting

QAD Enterprise Edition Financials

LANCE LaCROSS
QAD, Inc.

QAD's Enterprise Edition Financials is expanding its users.  Come see what's new, what's different from SE and discuss why it would benefit your company to begin planning your upgrade today.  View a live session of General Ledger, Financial Reporting, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable transactions.  Understand the net change notes from last year’s version.

Leveraging Virtualization With QAD for HA and DR

KIRK PATTEN
Strategic Information Group

The use of virtualization can provide HA without introducing the complexities traditionally associated with clustering at the OS or application level.  Further, virtualization may be leveraged for to enable disaster recovery.  What are the benefits, what are the complications, what are the compromises?

How to Become a Better Analyst or Consultant

DAVID KWO
Logan Consulting
  

Most people would agree that subject matter expertise is key to being a good Analyst or Manager. Our experience is that what is even more important is the ability to listen well and make sure we’re uncovering the root cause issue. In this one hour session, we will share some of the same training we provide to our own internal consultants. You will leave this session with skills you can apply

immediately.

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE ADDRESS:        Bridging the Chasm Between Stakeholders and IT         JOE TOPINKA CIO & VP, Multichannel Commerce Red Wing Shoe Co.

IT leaders often acknowledge the importance of driving value by partnering with the business; few however talk about how to make that happen.  In his presentation, Joe will share his “day in the life” story that illustrates the positive outcomes that occur when IT is proactively engaged with the business.  In addition, Joe will share ideas regarding how IT can successfully implement an IT Business Partner function that can sustainably drive business value.

  
         
         
MANUFACTURING

FINANCIAL

TECHNICAL

BUSINESS
PROCESS

2:30 - 3:30pm

MMOG/LE - Version 4

TERRY ONICA - QAD, Inc.

MMOG/LE is a supply chain assessment tool that is required by suppliers for annual submission to many OEMs and several large Tier 1 organizations.  This new version has undergone significant changes and will be released in March 2014.  Namely, both a Full and a Basic assessment will introduced. This session will review what is new, how to leverage both the Full and Basic assessments, and OEM expectations and submission dates. Additionally, the session will discuss the tools that QAD has to help you with the assessment and the solutions needed to comply.

Excel Reporting Against Cloud Data

DEANA GODWIN
PETE REYNOLDS
BizNet Software

Learn how you can easily put your QAD business reports in the cloud!  While providers let you simply drag-and-drop to local folders that automatically synch-ronize with the cloud, you’re still faced with the prospect of generating multiple versions to reflect the needs of different audiences.  Learn how you can respond to all these challenges by distributing reports to specific audiences in a variety of formats and all from within a Microsoft Excel worksheet.  

Case Study:
QXtend Interface

GARY YANG
Roundview Technologies
PAUL ZARAZINSKI   
Culligan
TIM LOVELY  
Logan Consulting
MIKE MONTGOMERY  
LiquidPrint

In order to build a robust B2B web site integrated with QAD EA, Culligan chose QXtend as the integration framework.  Thanks to its rich integration capabilities, such as Outbound Direct Data Publishing, Inbound Service Interface (SI) and UI API objects, the B2B web site achieved real time integration with QAD including order status inquiry, order verification, customer specific pricing  and order submission.

EE Implementation: One Time & On Budget

JOHN GRAHAM
Strategic Information Group

It is possible to implement QAD EE in a predictable timeline and budget. This session will outline how one QAD user implemented QAD EE, replacing an existing ERP in six months and within budget.

  
         
         
MANUFACTURING

FINANCIAL

TECHNICAL

BUSINESS
PROCESS

4:00 - 5:00 pm

The Future of a Networked Supply Chain

KEVIN McCORMACK
ISS Group/DRK Research

The supply chain world is more connected than ever before. Social media and collaborative-networked applications are commonplace.  Mobile apps make the office “everywhere”. How do you use this connectivity to improve supply chain performance? What are the best practices currently being used and under consideration?  This presentation presents recent research suggesting the future and what is needed to be successful.

EE Financials Reporting

LANCE LaCROSS
QAD, Inc.

Explore the General Ledger Financial Reporter in QAD's newest release of Enterprise Edition! In addition, we will review other options for GL reporting; whether it is Reporting Framework, Standard Reports, Role Dashboard, and Business Intelligence.  Come see how the EE Financials tools can assist in your daily financial reporting requirements. 

Don't Do That!
Common Programming Mistakes

TAMMY LONSBERRY
Sungate Solutions

QAD Implementation in China

TONY FANG
Total Solution & Technology

JIM McDONALD 

General Bearing Corp.

GBC is a bearing company, operating four plants and a trading company in China in different locations. There is a long supply chain between GBC HQ in New York and China. This presentation will show how work has been done in GBC China to successfully implement QAD at two manufacturing plants and one trading company in four months  -  by a joint team of global business process, local teams and consultants.

QAD Demo Center                                                                                                             
Come to the Product Demo room and experience live product demonstrations. QAD Consultants will be available for
on-demand demos of scheduled products. The informal setting allows for you to ask product questions specific to your needs.

QAD Dashboards (10:30am - 12:00pm / 2:30 - 5:30pm )

Come see how ready-built drill down capability on top of the .NET UI Browses gives access to detailed transactions with just a single click. Browse in to get close; drill in to the cause.

  
         
         
MANUFACTURING

CASE STUDY

TECHNICAL

BUSINESS
PROCESS

8:30 - 9:30 am

Simplifying Compliance, Materials Management and Quality Control

CARIANNE NIEUWSTRATEN
QAD, Inc.

Learn how to simplify materials management and compliance for your quality plus industry regulatory requirements by integrating specific item, inventory, and quality data with QAD's upcoming Item Attributes, Quality Control, and Serialization solutions.

Case Study:
EDI Implementation

STEVE CROMER
Stein Industries
   

Are you thinking about automating transactions such as purchase orders and invoices? This session will  review the reasons Stein Industries invested in an EDI solution using the QAD eCommerce module and the benefits realized.  Emphasis will be placed on techniques used to overcome significant project challenges such as testing with trading partners, developing scripts to automate 850’s, 855’s, 856’s, 846’s and 810’s, using email alerts and optimal configuration for the supporting technical environment.

Performance Metrics

PAUL KOUFALIS
Progresswiz Consulting

CPU, memory and disk bottlenecks: we hear about them all the time!  Many people are not sure how to interpret data coming out of the various performance monitoring tools.  Sar, vmstat, iostat, nmon, topas, glance …all of these tools throw screen after screen of numbers at you but cannot tell you if the values are “good” or “bad”. This session will explain how to interpret the data so that you can more easily identify system bottlenecks.

Business Process Management: Let Process Be Your Guide

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ROBERT CRAMER
QAD, Inc.

Improved process quality, reduced errors, managed bottlenecks, and ensured compliance are all benefits available through a process orientation rather than a dependency on menus, This combined presentation and demo begins with a review of how BPM eliminates the need for application menus and proceeds to implementation experiences plus best practices.   

  
         
         
MANUFACTURING

CASE STUDY

TECHNICAL

BUSINESS
PROCESS

10:00 - 11:00 am

What's New in the QAD Learning Center?

BERNADETTE BAGLEY
QAD, Inc.
     

Join us for a guided exploration of the QAD Learning Center.  This session will cover how to locate training courses by role, where to find information about our latest product release, and how to access virtual learning environments for hands-on practice. In addition, we'll review the new self-service option that allows designated administrators to assign courses and track progress directly.

Managing QAD Data Massively Without IT

GENE TONNE 
Art's Way Manufacturing
ALEX KIM  
32 Soft, Inc.

In today's dynamic business environment companies have to process larger volume of ERP data quicker, more accurately with less number of staff. We will share how 32Soft Data Loaders technology is helping Art's Way Manufacturing daily to create and update Item Master, BOM's and Routings massively, safely and accurately, without help from IT.

10 Ways to Mess Up Your Upgrade

MARIA BALLUCH
QAD, Inc.

Planning for a New Upgrade

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JOHN GRAHAM
Strategic Information Group

Upgrading your ERP system can seem to be a daunting process.  There are steps you can take to streamline the process and set your company up on an attainable plan to upgrade on a more frequent timeframe.  This session will discuss the planning steps necessary in reducing the pain and maximizing the benefits.

  
         
         
MANUFACTURING

CASE STUDY

TECHNICAL

BUSINESS
PROCESS

11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Don't Understimate the Importance of QAD Master Data

ANDREW HALL
Logan Consulting

Are you having trouble reporting on manufacturing metrics across sites? Do personnel use different terminology for the same concepts or data segmentation? This session will address the importance of data standards, best practices around master data and how this impacts your QAD implementation.

Case Study:
QAD Monitoring Framework

DAVID SZACIK
Freudenberg-NOK
Sealing Technologies

This session will cover Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies' implementation of the QAD Monitoring Framework Tool, the initial setup and configuration, the number of production databases being monitored, and the many benefits the company is realizing by the tools graphics and alerts.

QAD .Net UI Load Balancing & Clustering

NECTAR DALOGLOU
Dalo Consulting

This session will look at load balancing and clustering strategies for QAD .NET UI with the ultimate goal of helping to ensure business continuity and scalability with your QAD implementation. We will also look at monitoring techniques and how to avoid trouble spots in your .NET UI installation as we review the architecture, with and without load balancing/clustering.

QAD Reporting Framework

JEFFREY STEELE
QAD Inc.

In this session, Jeff will cover the QAD Reporting Framework as part of the QAD .Net UI. This will include an overview of the functionality and availability of the solution, focusing on the newest enhancements available. Some of these new features include 2D bar coding and email bursting capabilities. This will be a dynamic and interactive session focused on live demo and direct feedback from the attendees. Be prepared to ask questions.