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MWUG Spring2023
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Thank You Conference Sponsors...
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HOTEL INFORMATION
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Sleeping Rooms have been blocked at the Cleveland Marriott Downtown and are available to conference attendees at a discounted group rate of $149/night (sgl/dbl). Please be sure to reference the "QAD Midwest User Group" when making your reservations.
CUT-OFF DATE The cut-off date for reservations is March 3rd. After that date, rooms in the MWUG block will be released for general sale and may not be available. Please call before that date to guarantee your reservation. Reservations: (216) 696-9200 | BOOK YOUR ROOM ONLINE 
HANDS-ON DEMO AREA
Open the duration of the Conference, our Hands-On Demo Area will feature four workstations with QAD consultants on-hands to guide attendees through the entire QAD portfolio including Redzone and Live Journey -- connecting directly to the QAD Demo center. |
5:00pm Vendor Fair Set-Up / Registration Opens
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5:30pm
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PRE-CONFERENCE BONUS SESSION
Flying With MRP SCOTT DULECKI - Autokiniton MRP is a complex beast that's at the core of the manufacturing process. Yet for all its complexity, the building blocks are amazingly simple. But which elements of implementing MRP should you consider, and at what time? Which ones can cause you grief if you're not careful? In this presentation, Scott will share pointers and ideas for leveraging MRP for your greatest benefit. |
8:00 am Registration / Vendor Fair Opens / Buffet Breakfast
9:00 am Welcome & Program Overview / Sponsor Introductions
9:00 am Welcome & Program Overview / Sponsor Introductions
WELCOME KEYNOTE ADDRESS
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10:00am
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ANTON CHILTON Chief Executive Officer QAD, Inc. |
LAWRENCE GREEN SVP Sales QAD Redzone |
Please join us for a special dual keynote featuring QAD CEO, Anton Chilton, and Lawrence Green, QAD Redzone SVP Sales of Medium Enterprises. Learn about the new era at QAD, including QAD's new brand, vision and acquisitions – such as QAD Redzone, the #1 Connected Workforce Solution on the planet for manufacturers. You don’t want to miss it!
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11:00 am
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Break / Visit the Exhibits
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QAD PLATINUM TRACK
Introducing QAD’s NEW Platinum Track – a new path for upper management at the Midwest User Group Conference. Designed for management to engage with the QAD Executive Team in a private setting, QAD’s Platinum Track will include – exclusive QAD Platinum Sessions, the QAD Redzone Showcase and a Platinum Dinner. For details, please contact Carolyn Arndt at cfa@qad.com.
Introducing QAD’s NEW Platinum Track – a new path for upper management at the Midwest User Group Conference. Designed for management to engage with the QAD Executive Team in a private setting, QAD’s Platinum Track will include – exclusive QAD Platinum Sessions, the QAD Redzone Showcase and a Platinum Dinner. For details, please contact Carolyn Arndt at cfa@qad.com.
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11:30am
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QAD Redzone Showcase:
LAWRENCE GREEN - QAD Redzone The QAD Redzone Showcase session will include:
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11:30 am
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BUSINESS PROCESS
Optimize QAD Cycle Counting TANYA CANNON - Adaptivity Learn how to optimize your QAD cycle count program to improve inventory metrics, save money and reduce or eliminate the need for expensive physical inventories. We will review setting and maintaining ABC parameters, setting count requirements, how to provide objective root cause analysis and how to improve inventory accuracy based on root cause and corrective action plans. |
FINANCIAL
Customer Case Study: QAD Financial Integrations ANDREW WEINSTEIN - ISS Group NATHAN GOLDWASSER - Abbott Come hear how Abbott is using ISS Group’s Data-Driven Approval Routing and Workflow technology to reduce process cycle time and costs, improve process visibility and tracking, and more for their Purchasing, Inventory Lot Management, and ACH Payment Processes. A demonstration of the technology will be also provided. |
TECHNICAL
How to Make Your Browses Race Like Rockets SCOTT DULECKI Autokiniton One of the greatest things about browses is that anyone can create one! You don’t need to be a high-level programming geek to do it… you just need access to a mouse! If you’re not careful, though, your browse could sputter off the launch pad. In this session Scott will share key tips and tricks to speed up your browses, avoid the most common pitfalls, and send them racing into the stratosphere. |
SUPPLY CHAIN
The Love Hate Relationship Between Financial Forecast and Operational Plan STEPHEN DOMBROSKI - QAD, Inc. Low maturity organizations let financial budgets dictate their operational plan. Medium maturity organizations focus on reconciling the difference between the two. This session pushes Supply Chain Planning Leaders to integrate Financial Planning and Sales & Operations Planning processes by aligning the input and assumptions early on and layering on financial risks and opportunities on top of the S&OP outcome. |
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12:30 pm
1:30 pm |
LUNCHEON / Vendor Introductions
Break / Visit the Exhibits |
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2:00 pm
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SPONSOR TRACK
Time to Value: A Streamlined EQMS Implementation Success Story JOSEPH ST. CLAIR - St. Gobain MIKE NIELSEN - TechMahindra Implementing any enterprise-wide software solution will consume company resources and can become a lengthy process. However, with the correct methodology and team, you can ensure a smooth transition into the cloud. In this session, Saint-Gobain ENC and Tech Mahindra implementation team highlights the successes and learnings they realized from past and ongoing EQMS implementation projects. Looking for a successful methodology to benchmark? This workshop is a “must attend” session! |
FINANCIAL
Tips & Tricks to Improve Your Finance Experience in QAD AMANDA GOODSON Strategic Information Group Saddle Up and join us as we gallop through some of QAD’s most powerful and complementary tools that will significantly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your financial processes. These proven solutions will save you time, save you money, reduce risk and liability, improve communication, and empower you to make better business decisions. |
TECHNICAL
Managing QAD Access Security DON LINDSEY - 32 Soft Inc. Is your team constantly tightening and untightening access for existing users? Or often unlocking incorrect passwords in various databases so testing, development, and production can proceed in parallel? If so, your team needs the skills to understand and manipulate user files, roles and membership, Segregation of Duties, and QAD Security. This presentation will give you a broad base of security devices in QAD and point toward a tool for more automated and validated security access. |
SUPPLY CHAIN
Streamline Your Global Trade Compliance Processes JERRY PECK - QAD, Inc. Changes in trade regulations, sanctions and restricted parties along with the growing complexity of trade laws and regulations make global trade compliance increasingly challenging. Supply chains have become global, and an increasing number of companies are engaged in cross-border trade. As a result, more companies are turning to automated international trade compliance software. This workshop will help you understand how to turn global trade into a competitive advantage by reducing risk while maximizing trade optimization strategies. |
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3:00 pm
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Break / Visit the Exhibits
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3:30 pm
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SPONSOR TRACK
Panel Discussion: IT Project Selection and Execution in a Challenging Environment CLIFF OMAN / ANDREW HALL Logan Consulting CLARK REXRODE - PPG Aerospace Developing an IT Roadmap that supports your business strategy can be challenging. In today’s uncertain economic and geopolitical world, more flexibility is required when accounting for the additional risks. This panel discussion will provide participants with insights into the various ways companies maximize their ERP investment while at the same time minimizing risk. What technology projects offer the biggest opportunity to increase cash flow/EBITDA? |
FINANCIAL
Make Your Business Better With the Right Type of Costing RON WEBSTER - Adaptivity When costing is mentioned, most people think of standard cost, average cost, and actual cost. The evaluation around what type of costing to use should be a lot more involved. In this discussion we are going to explore the types of costing that are prevalent in different industries, and we will expand the conversation to cover topics such as process costing, job costing, direct costing, throughput costing, and mirror costing. |
TECHNICAL
The Effective QAD Administrator: New Users & New Responsibilities CARLOS COLMENARES Sungate Solutions The arrival of a new employee is an opportunity to expand the talent pool that your company has with new ideas and experiences. Turning a new employee into an effective QAD user means that they can hit the ground running and that the ideas and experiences they bring with them can be used to add value to your organization. In this session, Carlos will share some ideas and experiences to help you improve your process of onboarding new users. |
SUPPLY CHAIN
Turn Transportation Into a Competitive Advantage MICHAEL TEW - QAD, Inc. Whether you ship goods domestically or globally, to businesses or to consumers, a well-planned transportation strategy is a competitive advantage. Enterprises need the ability to plan and execute shipments across all modes of transportation, seamlessly switch between carriers, track all deliveries from a single portal, proactively manage delivery exceptions, standardize production and non-production shipping across all locations, verify freight costs and get real-time insight into transportation operations. This session will delve into how companies can take advantage of well-defined transportation strategies. |
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4:30 pm
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NETWORKING RECEPTION / Visit the Exhibits
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7:30 am Vendor Fair Opens / Buffet Breakfast
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8:30 am
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SPONSOR TRACK
Cyberquery Case Study: Henry Schein Orthodontics TOM OLDHAM - Cyberscience JASON BOURQUE - Henry Schein Jason Bourque of Henry Schein Orthodontics (HSO) will present their latest sales and financial analytics built with Cyberquery. One of the projects to be presented involved replacing their "Marketing Cubes" based on MS SQL Server and Excel. Cyberscience QDB technology was the answer with a design that closely resembled the "cubes" but in a user-friendly way. Also, Tom Oldham will briefly present the latest version of Cyberquery along with major enhancements coming soon. |
CUSTOMER SUCCESS
Autokiniton Eastgate Disaster Recovery Case Study with QAD Cloud ANDREW AMSTUTZ - Autokiniton How can the Cloud help you when the storms come to your manufacturing plant? In March 2020 a tornado outbreak affected Tennessee including a high-end EF3 tornado and a violent EF4 tornado becoming the 6th costliest tornado in United States history... and QAD was there. This session will describe the disaster recovery actions that were taken by Autokiniton when their Eastgate manufacturing plant sustained unrecoverable damage from a tornado and still managed to supply critical parts to their customer. |
TECHNICAL
QAD Elevate Technical Overview ELAINE MARSHMAN - QAD, Inc. WASEEM SAFIRI - QAD, Inc. This session will provide an overview of QAD Elevate with a focus on delivery process aspects such as: advisory services, data migration toolset, and the Historical Data Initiative. A customer case study will also be presented. |
SUPPLY CHAIN
The Changing Face of International Trade QAD GTTE Panel China is projected to lose the number one position in global trade growth in 2023. The IMF notes that with high inflation and slowing economies, trade’s power to accelerate growth, lower prices and diversify sources of key inputs is more crucial for companies and countries than it was before the present wave of crises. Logistics leaders should join this session to learn how they can take a leadership role in shaping this new direction. |
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9:30 am
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Break / Visit The Exhibits
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10:00 am
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SPONSOR TRACK
ERP and QMS Integration for Enhanced Collaboration, Efficiency and Visibility WALTER LITTLE Strategic Information Group In this session, we will demonstrate a Receiving Inspection integration between QAD and ETQ Reliance that leverages QAD’s receiving functionality and ETQ’s sampling-based inspection functionality to ensure that the right level of inspection is occurring and inventory status is up to date, without duplication of data entry or unnecessary manual handoffs, so that non-conforming material is detected and dispositioned as early as possible. |
CUSTOMER SUCCESS
Picking & Shipping Project Success Story JOSH ENCARNATION - Valmont SHELTON KING - Logan Consulting Join us for this case study as we tell the story of how the Valmont Irrigation business leadership began a cycle of continuous improvement activities to increase operational efficiencies. Through a series of cross functional, business led, IT supported value stream mapping and Kaizen events, the results four months later are across-the-board improved KPI metrics, more responsive end point technologies, and teams built to adapt more efficiently to external factors such as supply chain, customer demands and labor constraints. |
TECHNICAL
Customer Case Study: Penetration Testing SCOTT RICHARDS - Exactech DANIEL DIMM - Adaptivity Come hear about lessons learned from a dedicated Linux ERP cyber penetration test. This session will discuss the importance of specialized penetration testing to the Linux ERP environment and how to identify common elements that can jeopardize your business systems. |
SUPPLY CHAIN
Improving Supplier Transparency & Compliance BERNHARD SOLTMANN - QAD Supply chain issues are dramatically impacting manufacturers. Shortages of key materials, fluctuating prices. Add to that the critical issue of ethical supply chain management. And you do not really have enough people to handle the situation well, do you? Optimizing your supplier relationships through digitization is a great start to managing everything involved in building, maintaining and improving a supplier network. In this session we will show you how quickly QAD’s Supplier Relationship Management can help you tackle the challenges and succeed in difficult times. |
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11:00 am
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Break / Visit The Exhibits
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11:15 am
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SUPPLY CHAIN
EQMS Implementation Case Study: Penn Engineering MIKE PAYIONK PennEnginnering There is no better endorsement for EQMS than from the manufacturers using it. This session focuses on how you can improve your EQMS journey from the perspective of an EQMS customer. From implementation to deployment, you will learn about the success they have had using the software and how it has positively impacted their business. |
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12:30pm
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Closing Luncheon / Conference Wrap-Up / Prize Drawings
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