Conference Welcome & SEUG Business Update and Vendor Intro
Welcome to the SEUG 2024 Fall Conference from Co-Chairs Allison Lovinggood & Tony Patel.
KEYNOTE: Driving Industrial Transformation for Manufacturers & Supply Chains with Roy Arguelles
Keynote Summary: Driving Industrial Transformation for Manufacturers and Supply Chains
This keynote introduces QAD’s Industrial Transformation Platform, showcasing how it enables manufacturers and supply chains to achieve operational excellence and enhance workforce productivity. The platform focuses on transforming enterprises to become more adaptive by integrating people, processes, and systems.
The discussion centers on how QAD leverages people, processes, and AI to identify bottlenecks within supply chains, helping manufacturers overcome challenges that limit their potential. This approach provides end-to-end visibility, ensuring the optimization of processes for long-term success.
Roy Arguelles
SVP - Supply Chain Solutions at QAD
Break / Visit the exhibitors and vendors
Lunch
Break / Visit the exhibitors and vendors
Panel Discussion with Q&A: When and How to Upgrade Your ERP System Jeff Neidorf•Jen Matz•Scott Dulecki•Thomas Reiter
Jeff Neidorf
Chief of Sales at ProStar Software
Jen Matz
Director of Finance at Sparks Belting Company
Scott Dulecki
Applications Senior Leader at Autokiniton
Thomas Reiter
Sr Principal Business Consultant at QAD
Break / Visit the exhibitors and vendors
Evening Reception
Buffet Breakfast / Roundtables
Break / Visit the exhibitors and vendors
Break / Visit with Exhibitors & Vendors
Closing lunch
Customer Case Study: New to QAD and Now What Do I Do for Reporting/Analytics? Mike Main
Cyberscience Customer Case Study: Con-Air Filtration Group
My company is new to QAD and what are my options for Business Analytics? Find out what Con-Air Filtration Group did to evaluate their options and how Cyberquery was chosen to be their preferred B.I. tool set. Also, find out the issues that were overcome and the new reporting that was put in place. Replacing manual daily reports with Cyberquery scheduled scorecards and dashboards was one of the solutions. Cyberquery is a full B.I. system consisting of Automated Scheduling, Easy Web Access to Reports, a fully functional Report and Dashboard Builder, a Report Library, a QAD complete Data Dictionary with Relationships and expert knowledge of all versions of QAD. No B.I. vendor knows QAD as well as Cyberscience.
Presenters: Tonya Kennedy - Manager, ERP – SC, US - Con-Air Filtration Group Tom Oldham - Product Manager Manufacturing Solutions - Cyberscience Corporation
Mike Main
Regional Manager at Cyberscience
SRM: Supplier Relationship Management Thomas Reiter
Successful supplier collaboration relies on transparency and aligned objectives with suppliers. Collaborative processes provide a foundation for a responsive and flexible supplier network that responds instantly to market volatility and changing customer demands. QAD SRM provides manufacturers and their suppliers a solution to facilitate real-time communication, streamline onboarding, interactive sourcing, improve procurement processes and reduce inbound supply risks.
Thomas Reiter
Sr Principal Business Consultant at QAD
Procure to Pay and Supplier Onboarding Solutions for QAD Users Andy Weinstein
Operating streamlined Procure to Pay Solutions results in labor and material savings, in addition to providing the tools necessary for growth without increasing costs. Come learn how QAD User Detroit Chassis has streamlined their Procure to Pay processes and is generating a significant ROI by implementing the ISS Group iPurchase™ and iVoucher™ Solutions, and hear how Detroit Chassis plans to utilize the new ISS Group Supplier Onboarding Solution to improve compliance and fraud prevention. Time permitting, a demonstration of both the ISSG iPurchase™ and Supplier Onboarding Solution(s) will be provided.
Andy Weinstein
CEO of ISS Group
Cyber Attacks: How to Protect Your QAD Data Nectar Daloglou
Attacks in the US are up over 50% and threats like Pipedream are targeting critical operations.
If you think you can rely on your IT department's efforts alone to keep your QAD environments safe, think again. Cyber attackers are getting more sophisticated and are targeting US manufactures.
In this presentation, Nectar will discuss the specific ways you can protect your Progress & QAD environments from cyber attacks.
Topics discussed include: Data Encryption (Data At Rest, Data In Motion) and Disaster Recovery best practices.
Nectar Daloglou
President at OmegaServe
Quality Features: Basic to Full Featured Bobby Yeomans
BOBBY YEOMANS - Adaptivity
The QAD system provides quality control of inventory from basic to full featured. In this session we will review three methods you can use to control inventory from receiving to shipping. We will start with basic features included in every version of QAD, item status and inventory status. We will then review item attributes and quality orders to determine if inventory is conforming or non-conforming and how to produce a certificate of analysis. Lastly, we will touch on the eQMS modules and its full featured capabilities.
Bobby Yeomans
Sr. Business Systems Consultant at Adaptivity Inc
Soft Skills David Kwo
David Kwo
Partner at Logan Consulting
Future-proofing your Road to QAD ERP O3 & Harnessing the Potential of Extensions Amanda Goodson•Lonie Erlich
Are you wondering what the road looks like to QAD’s Latest Cloud SaaS offering, QAD ERP O3? Join Strategic Information Group and learn how to future-proof your investment. Learn why O3 will be worth the investment and why getting prepared now will set you up for success. The QAD ERP O3 architecture is changing and for the better. Do you have a large amount of custom programs and integrations? Learn how to analyze these customizations and develop strategies for eliminating them completely. Join Amanda Goodson, from Strategic Information Group, as we journey down the path to O3.
Amanda Goodson
Sr. Solutions Architect at Strategic Information Group
Lonie Erlich
Senior Solutions Architect at Strategic Information Group
AUX Implementation Case Study: Under Budget & Ahead of Schedule David Kwo•Jen Matz
In July of 2023, Sparks Belting and Logan Consulting began an implementation of QAD’s AERP. As a result of the realistic expectations set, the senior leadership provided and the commitment of both teams, Sparks Belting went live one month early while coming in under budget. Please join us for this presentation to learn how this was accomplished as well as the lessons learned from this journey.
Applicable QAD Version(s): AUX
DAVID KWO - Logan Consulting JEN MATZ & CHRIS ROBERSON - Sparks Belting
David Kwo
Partner at Logan Consulting
Jen Matz
Director of Finance at Sparks Belting Company
Keeping Legacy QAD Running Carlos Colmenares
Carlos Colmenares
Principal Consultant at Sungate Solutions, Inc.
Chicken Soup for the QAD Soul: Browses Scott Dulecki
Just like chicken soup was my grandmother’s answer to whatever ailed you, browses can fix just about anything in your QAD world. In this session, Scott is going to show how to build and use browses to address almost everything: finding information in QAD, building workbenches to show related information, creating dashboards to highlight useful information, and more! And it all starts with a simple browse...
Scott Dulecki
Applications Senior Leader at Autokiniton
3 Ways to Reduce Reporting Overhead Steven Harmelin
Reporting can impact your application performance significantly. Especially with the current competitive state of industry and business, where we need even more information to run our business efficiently. This talk will give you options to write in-depth reports using business standard tools, or the OpenEdge programming language (i.e. ABL) you know and love, without impacting your production application. It’s your data. You should be able to get it anyway you’d like.
Steven Harmelin
Manager at Progress Software
Transforming Material Handling: Mobilizing QAD Automation Solutions for Enhanced Productivity Lonie Erlich
QAD Automation Solutions revolutionizes material handling from receipt of purchased goods, through production and the shipment of finished products. Discover firsthand how integrating the use of mobile devices and QAD Automation Solutions can empower your workforce, streamline operations, and enhance overall productivity. Join us as we go mobile and demonstrate Automation Solutions live.
Lonie Erlich
Senior Solutions Architect at Strategic Information Group
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