QAD Adaptive ERP supports the core business processes and operations of global manufacturers, reducing the number of required add-ons and thereby lowering software costs. The platform is presented as ideal for medium to large-sized companies.
QAD Adaptive ERP focuses on the six industries QAD serves: automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, industrial, high-tech and life sciences. In addition, it brings industry-specific process maps, processes and nomenclature for these vertical industries, to increase workforce effectiveness and speed of onboarding.
The web-based user experience with native mobile access aims to speed up onboarding and enhance user productivity. It promotes personalization to address changing roles and user preferences. Decision-makers have access to real-time insights, helping them make better and faster decisions using embedded role-based and process/data-based analytics.
QAD tracks and implements statuatory tax compliance for 66 countries. It ensures that clients can do business with their customers and supply chain. The software follows
industry best practices, ensuring exceptional fit and
rapid implementation.ManufacturingQAD Adaptive ERP provides capabilities from back office to the shop floor. Planners and schedulers, material handlers, production operators, maintenance technicians, and quality analysts collaborate around shared business goals by being connected to a single source of truth. Shared contextual information can drive efficiency, higher product quality, lower inventory levels, and superior SLA’s in support of optimum operating costs.
Customer ManagementQAD Adaptive ERP empowers businesses to manage all aspects of the customer lifecycle, from acquisition through customer service, including quotes, orders, pricing, promotions, customization, configuration, fulfillment, returns, repairs and service. It helps organizations gain accurate and efficient management of scheduled orders and releases, as well as global orders with available-to-promise visibility across the enterprise.
FinancialsQAD Adaptive ERP connects with all solution areas of the platform, providing processes between financials and customer and service management, manufacturing, supply chain management and asset management. Enterprises can adapt to changes in the business while continually improving financial operational effectiveness. Furthermore, finance teams can deal with multi-entity, multi-GAAP, multi-currency, and global tax requirements and ensure fast, error-free closings.
Supply ChainQAD Adaptive ERP enables manufacturers to address the challenges associated with managing complex and ever-changing global supply chains. Whether to improve planning and forecasting, manage supply chain risk, or enhance customer service for more efficient warehousing and delivery, the platform offers a digital supply chain solution. Organizations can plan and manage global supply chain operations, to ensure cross-border trade compliance, optimize transportation execution and boost visibility to rapidly respond to supply chain turbulence.
Supplier ManagementQAD Adaptive ERP creates value for purchasing organizations by improving supplier collaboration, ensuring optimal sourcing and enabling faster response to changes in supply and demand. The solution facilitates real-time communication between buyers and suppliers to improve procurement processes, reduce inbound supply risks and eliminate manually intensive processes. It delivers value across direct and indirect procurement activities by improving strategic sourcing, contract management and supplier performance analysis.
Analytics and Reporting
Embedded Analytics gives users self-service analytics based on dozens of pre-built
Action Centers that include relevant KPIs and the ability to modify, add, and share KPIs and new analytics models. It introduces the insights tool to dynamically generate applicable analytics for users based on their current business process and data context. The QAD Reporting Framework has built-in standard reports, simplified report modification and sharing, and full spreadsheet integration.