ABB Ability Solution Suite vs QAD

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Score 9.3 out of 10

Based on 7 reviews and ratings

Score 7 out of 10

Based on 28 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

API for custom integration

Plug-ins

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Inventory tracking

Location management

Manufacturing module

Automatic reordering

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Pricing

Order entry

Cost of goods sold

End-to-end order visibility

Order exception Resolution

Credit card processing

Order Orchestration

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Project Planning and Scheduling

Project Manager Dashboard

Resource Manager Dashboard

Task Insight for Project Managers

Project Manager Mobile Functionality

Team Member Task Collaboration

Team Member Mobile Functionality

Project Candidate Search

Project Candidate Comparison and Analysis

Defineable Resource Pools

Talent Profiles

Real-Time Project Reporting

Absence Management

Product Lifecycle Management

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Production Process Design

Supply Chain Business Flows

Production Management

Contracted Manufacturing Management

Configuration Management

Work Definition

Work Execution

Advanced Fulfillment

Manufacturing Costs

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Forecasting

Inventory Planning

Multi-tier Supply Chain Planning

Performance Monitoring

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Ideation Management

Requirements Management

Proposal Management

Innovation Portfolio Management

Product Master Data Management

Vendor Portal

Project Portfolio Management

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Pay calculation

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Global Financial Support

Primary and Secondary Ledgers

Intercompany Accounting

Localizations

Journals and Reconciliations

Enterprise Accounting

Configurable Accounting

Centralized Rules Framework

Standardized Processes

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Automated Invoice Processing

Shared Services Payments

Billings Management

Customer Receipt Applications

Customer Collections

Revenue Recognition

Asset Management

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Budgeting and Forecasting

Project Costing

Cost Capture

Capital Project Management

Customer Invoicing

Customer Contract Compliance

Project Revenue Recognition

Project Financial Performance Analysis

Project Financials Dashboard

Real-time Financial Reporting

Embedded Business Intelligence

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Award Lifecycle Management

Spending Control

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Sourcing Team Collaboration

Sourcing Analysis

Bids Analyzed and Compared

Catalog Shopping E-Commerce for Employees

Contract Compliance Management

Contract History

Contract Repository

Electronic Signatures

Purchasing Risk and Compliance Management

Spend Compliance Management

Supplier Assessment

Supplier Communication and Collaboration

Supplier Portal

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Risk Repository

Control Management

Control Mapping

Control Efficiency Assessments

Automated Control Assessments

Issue Detection

Automatic Notification

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Transportation Planning and Optimization

Transportation Sourcing Management

Transportation Process Integration

Transportation Execution Management

Freight Payment Automation

Customs Entry Management

Customs Document Management

Pros

Computation of data.
Presentation to right person.
Ability to perform critical task and sending to users.
Multiple control system connectivity.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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The QAD Enterprise application is great, we only started using this application a few years ago. The Master Scheduling Workbench has been a great improvement to our daily operations.
The Web-based QAD Supplier Portal has also been implemented recently in our company and has been a huge help to our purchasing and materials department.
The QAD support that we receive has helped our company grow and is a major asset in upcoming projects.

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Amanda Bell

Sr. Materials Specialist

CK Technologies, LLCTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 201-500 employees

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Cons

May be for smaller PLCs this can't be implemented.
Cost may an area ABB can look in to.
Improvement in GUI

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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Needs more flexibility to add/configure new indexes (if using the Progress Database) as the current indexes on key tables like transaction history are not helpful
Need a better support system for the TMS/Precision interface
Need better KnowledgeBase articles to understand the innerds of Pricing functionality

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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QAD 9.0

Based on 2 answers

The cost / benefit of changing to a different ERP will create a high cost and low benefit that's why I believe that we'll continue renewing QAD for a long time.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Automotive Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

ABB Ability Solution Suite 10.0

Based on 1 answer

One of the best solutions in the market with a user-friendly system. This is very useful when the ABB system (Like we had 800xA) is there, new or existing; all the ABB systems can be integrated using this rather than going to a 3rd party vendor, which may have interface problems.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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QAD 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Easy to use, zero or minimum cost to maintain the database (DBA etc) , no issue with OS ( Linux), stable database

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Pharmaceuticals Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

ABB Ability Solution Suite 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Good support in terms of quality and promptness. When we had problems with some of the commands not getting executed, their online support also provided a good solution to solve the problem. Even mission-critical task we were able to solve during this Pandemic time. The suggestion is to go for the online support 1st in the future, followed by a visit.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

Better suited for the ABB System as Microsoft is a third party for ABB Control System.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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QAD stacks up well against other similar software that I have used. All in all the ability to add or subtract modules from QAD is a great advantage in having a flexible system that you can start with and adapt as your needs changes. This allows for small companies to use QAD and not just limit it to bigger companies.

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Brian Caulfield

Head Of Operations

VerrixBiotechnology, 501-1000 employees

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Return on Investment

Positive is definitely ROI since manual intervention is minimized and the process is automated.
Cost wise, ABB has been looked upon considering the small industry.
Overall, a good solution for a large companies.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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QAD has made it easier for the operations engineering team to narrow down processes where reject rate relates to the highest cost so that they can solve those issues first.
QAD has made it easy for the production team to print work orders and track daily builds. This saves a lot of time from the old method of tracking in Word docs or Excel.
Sometimes QAD needs a lot of maintenance on the back end so we had to hire a full time employee to manage the data systems.

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Dat Nguyen

Principal Manufacturing Engineer

VerrixMedical Devices, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

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Rating Summary

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

ABB Ability Solution Suite

QAD

Likelihood to Recommend