#QAD User Organization MTF Improves Integration to Their Suppliers, Digitizing the Purchasing Process to Reduce Cycle Time and Improve Supplier Relationships Morristown, NJ Challenge: The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) is a non-profit service organization dedicated to providing clinically sound, safe allograft tissue. They are comprised of a national consortium of academic medical institutions,…
The cost of managing paper! Companies spend more than $200 billion each year on office paper expenditures. Digitizing business processes to connect people via the Cloud, mobile devices, and social networks can improve overall corporate efficiency. There is the money saved on paper – some 10,000 pages a year per office worker. But more importantly, companies…
As the Harvard Business Review notes in a classic paper on global manufacturing strategy, the chief goal is to manage large differences at the border. Manufacturers can do this through global process standardization. Are you confident in your company’s process standardization? Collaboration with ISS and its Business Process Orientation Benchmarking Assessment is one way to…
U.S. manufacturing continues to expand with 15 consecutive months of growth, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). As one manufacturer reported, “Business is solid…Awesome!” As the manufacturing sector grows, the clear winners in the race for market share will be those with the most efficient and connected organizations. The simplest way to…
Well, it was almost instant. That was the first message sent by Morse’s telegraph system in 1844. Prior to that, communication could take months and connectivity beyond one’s town was about nonexistent. Today’s connectivity power of the Internet can put manufacturers in touch with suppliers and buyers anywhere in the world at any moment. Our…
Each time you’re confronted with an important decision there is mental tension. This can lead to fatigue and stress. Harvard Business Review recommends the use of routines to reduce decision making. For instance, if you are a morning person, then get the difficult decisions out of the way before lunch. Rules-based approval routing and workflow…
For all those who attended our session at the QAD Midwest Users Group (MWUG) conference, we’d like to extend a big THANK YOU for joining us. We were delighted by the packed room and the buzz generated by the session we performed with Senthil Kumar Ragupathi of Avery Dennison. As promised please find a link…
This past summer, the University of Louisville learned the hard way what can happen with financial process controls are lax or MIA: six employees were accused with taking school money or grant funds when an audit uncovered evidence of embezzlement. In our experience, companies that have the right business process optimization can improve their financial controls,…
Manufacturers are on the cusp of a digital tsunami with digitalization poised to transform the way they’ve been doing their supply chain for the past two decades, according to MIT News. Companies that buck the digitization trend are not leveraging 21ST Century technology’s value to improve their business processes, including the Cloud, mobile devices, social media,…
Improve Process Cycle Time by utilizing Internet Connectivity Technology If you analyze the performance of your organization’s various business processes you will spot several roadblocks that can hamper productivity. These often involve time-sensitive communications between individuals and trading Partners, the routing and distribution of critical documents, and the enforcement of your organization’s approval policy which is…
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