11:00 – 12:00 CONCURRENT TRACK SESSIONS

DONALD LINDSEY – 32 Soft Inc.

We’ve all seen how important Supply
Chain has become to the world’s
economy in the last few years, so having
more knowledge of the entire process or
becoming a Supply Chain expert can only
increase your value in the workplace. In
this presentation, Don Lindsey will
provide an overview of the concepts that
are applicable in a modern ERP system
and discuss the history of the
development of MRP in ERP. Don will
also provide guidance on additional
learning tracks available to those who
might want to pursue additional
knowledge or certification.

HOMERO RENDON – QAD, Inc.

Supply chain issues are dramatically
impacting manufacturers. Shortages of
key materials, increasing 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.

AMY VASQUEZ | WALTER LITTLE
Strategic Information Group

ADORA NGUYEN – Biocept

Learn how Biocept partnered with Strategic to implement
ETQ Quality Management System. Hear from Quality Manager,
Adora Nguyen the measurable value that Biocept is realizing
from this implementation and the integration with QAD ERP.

1:30 – 2:30 CONCURRENT TRACK SESSIONS

Extending QAD Adaptive ERP
Via Platform Development

JEFF STEELE – QAD, Inc.

Do you have spreadsheets that are used
to keep business critical records? If so,
then come watch and learn how easy it is
to extend the QAD Adaptive ERP. We will
create an entirely new “Improvement
Tracker” extension going from idea to
reality during this session. Starting with
the creation of an “app” within the
platform, then creating a Business
Component (the tables and fields and
screens) and finally creating KPIs and
Visualizations to better understand the
data. Come see how, within an hour, you
can create a fully functional extension
using the QAD Platform.

STEVE McHUGH – Broom Street Software

Welcome to the future of QAD! This session
will cover a general introduction into QAD’s
new front facing, cloud-based interface
known as WebUI. The focus of this course
will be on the Analytics of QAD’s WebUI
and how easy it is for users to create their
own action centers.

DAN MITCHELL – 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
Managed Services can help you manage
your data, maximize your database
performance, and facilitate quick and
efficient accessibility to reporting for all
your business needs.

3:00 – 4:00 CONCURRENT TRACK SESSIONS

ROMEO SEQUEIRA – QAD, Inc.

Join us to learn about our exciting new
flagship program – QAD Elevate.
Designed to seamlessly help you
upgrade to QAD’s modern Adaptive ERP
system with a dedicated QAD team to
quickly implement for a fraction of the
cost. Learn how you can benefit – it’s
affordable, easy and fast!

WALTER LITTLE
Strategic Information Group

The financial capabilities of QAD ERP provide
a powerful and critical solution for financial
reporting, accounting, management of
business performance, revenue recognition
and compliance and audit requirements.
Learn how to optimize QAD Financials with
powerful complementary tools that extend,
integrate, automate and simplify areas of
QAD Financials to significantly reduce the
time and cost associated with all
manufacturing financial workflows. These
proven solutions will ensure timely and
accurate financial reporting, Improve
efficiencies of accounting processes, and
reduce risk of errors or incomplete histories.

ROBERT SENDEK | CINDY KONG
CoorsTek

ALEX KIM – 32 Soft Inc.

Entering customer orders into ERP is a
crucial process as well as updating volume
Sales Order information later on. If you are
experiencing challenges in this area we
invite you to attend this presentation
where CoorsTek will share their experience
improving these practices with the use of
SO Data Loader. You will see a quick demo
of this tool.

9:00 – 10:00 CONCURRENT TRACK SESSIONS

AMANDA CRISSMAN | KRYSTLE KEESE – QAD, Inc.

In this interactive, user research session you will have the opportunity to provide feedback on enhancements to the Advanced Search in Adaptive UX, as well as participate in a discussion around what makes a modern user experience to influence future design.

BORIS GONCHAROV – Amatas

Those days when organizations in manu-
facturing felt in control of their Linux-based
ERP environment are now a distant memory.
The ransomware threat actors are unleashing
highly sophisticated, nearly impossible to
detect parasitic malware unlocking the door
of the Ransomverse, full of extortion and
madness. This presentation will debunk the
most common Linux security urban legends
and demonstrate how some of the most
widespread ransomware strains can cause
the extinction of our Linux-based ERP
environments. Attendees will receive
practical advice on how to cope with these
evolving threats and ensure their businesses’
survivability.

AMY VASQUEZ
Strategic Information Group

In these days of do more, do it faster, and
do it even faster are you sure that you are
leveraging all the QAD Adaptive ERP has to
offer? Strategic’s Amy Vasquez loves to be
efficient with QAD. In this session she will
educate you on her favorite QAD modules
and tips on how to navigate them for
improved usability and operational
efficiency. Amy will also share what’s new
in the Fall Release of QAD and give specific
emphasis to on: Collaboration,
Attachments, Drill-Downs and Action
Centers. Don’t miss this informative
session to find out what’s new in QAD and
how you can best utilize QAD for
maximum impact to your organization.

10:15 – 11:15 CONCURRENT TRACK SESSIONS

ARVIND RAGHOTHAMA – QAD, Inc.

This session will provide insights on the
hidden costs associated with having
manufacturing quality issues. Even a
minor quality spill can have major,
unforeseen consequences and
implications and we would like to
highlight those impacts both with
industry examples as well as with
quantitative data. Furthermore, we will
also provide the audience guidelines on
how to prevent quality spills from
happening and what immediate steps
they can take to mitigate risks using the
EQMS software.

WALTER LITTLE
Strategic Information Group

ERIC CRUZ – Lubrizol Corporation

Are you preparing for an upgrade to QAD?
Is your QAD data Incomplete?, Inaccurate?,
Separated by silos?, Outdated?, Flooded with
duplicates? You’re not alone. Managing
Master Data is one of the biggest challenges
during any ERP upgrade. The Lubrizol
Corporation didn’t wait until they were in
the middle of their QAD upgrade project to
tend to their Master Data and open
Transactional Data struggles and they
reaped the rewards of those efforts during
the upgrade process. Come to this session
and learn valuable steps to prepare your
data for an upgrade. Whether you are
looking to upgrade to the latest version of
QAD or if you are looking to clean up your
existing version of QAD, this session is for
you!

SHELTON KING – Logan Consulting

Production Execution (PE) is a new QAD
module that provides production insights
needed to rapidly respond to unplanned
inventory shortages, equipment failures
and productivity slowdowns. The solution can
scale from manual production and labor
reporting through touch friendly Human-
Machine interface, up to automated reporting
from PLCs with interfaces with QAD QMS and
EAM for end-to-end operational control. PE
transactions include production reporting,
downtime reporting and tracking, Material
Requests, Supervisor management, Seriali-
zation and Label Printing, and interfacing
with eQMS. This session will offer an overview
of PE’s capabilities and functionality,
considerations necessary for setup and
configuration, and the effort and steps a
typical project plan includes to implement PE.

11:30-12:30 CONCURRENT TRACK SESSIONS

MICHAEL OCHI – QAD, Inc.

Sustainability and ESG are appearing everywhere we look.
The imperative for more sustainable products, methods, and
supply chains is clear but the path to progress is murky.
This session will cover what ESG is, advise on what manu-
facturers should be paying attention to, outline mutual business
and environmental benefits, educate on how QAD products and
services can advance your ESG goals, and initiate a collaborative
dialogue around short and long-term sustainability progress.

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. They came to the US and found a
solution that involves QAD QXtend, Boomi and Roundview’s
Integration Portal. The solution proved successful in addres-
sing very high transaction volumes (over 50K inventory related
messages on daily basis) and complex processes, with the
business being empowered with a role-based Integration
Portal to control the exception handling of their integration
process / data. It is considered to have set a new bar for
integrating different IT systems for automotive component
manufacturers in China.

TOM OLDHAM – Cyberscience

Cyberscience is going to unveil a new Cyberquery
application called “Discovery Center” and also present
new features in Version 9. For those interested in easy
to build dashboards and a brand new way of navigating in
Cyberquery will not want to miss this.