QAD Item Attributes and Quality Control

Forrest Mori – Principal Business AnalystWest Coast User Group, February 11, 2013

• The Effective Enterprise• Item Attributes, Quality Control and the

Effective Enterprise• Business Challenges • QAD Solution• Value Summary & Metrics Impact• Availability & Release Support• Q&A

Agenda

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“An Effective Enterprise is one where every business process is working at peak

efficiency and perfectly aligned to the company’s strategic goals. ”

The Effective Enterprise

QAD Item Attributes and Quality Control

• QAD Item Attributes and Quality Control assist the Effective Enterprise by: - Enabling the elimination of manual and external

processes for managing item attributes for product, customer requirements, quality, and regulatory compliance

- Extending the reach of quality and test results to materials management and business operations

- Improving inventory track and trace

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Business ChallengesQAD Item Attributes and Quality Control

Business Challenges

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• Meet customers’ product requirements• Capture and record values for product, and

lot attributes from quality test results

Formula Definition

Raw Material

QualityControl Weighing Blending

Encapsulation

TablettingTablet

Coating

QualityAssurance Packaging Shipping

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Business Challenges – Forrest to evaluate

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• Ensure regulatory compliance of products and materials

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Business Challenges

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• Manage recalls• Track and trace inventory

QAD Item Attributes and Quality Control

• Meet customers’ product requirements• Capture and record values for product, and

lot attributes from quality test results• Ensure compliance to regulatory

compliance• Manage recalls • Track and trace inventory

Business Challenges

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QAD Solution

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• Extends item data management- Define item attributes- Manage attributes and &

specifications for items- Manage specifications at

order level to qualify materials

- Validate inbound & production receipts

- Select & validate goods to issue

- Full track & trace with lot attributes

Item Attributes

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• Test specifications, test records, quality orders

• Supports:- Multiple tests for an item - Multiple test records for

an order or operation

• Quality order/events automation

• Certificate of Analysis

Quality Control

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• Single access point to current lot-controlled inventory and historical data

• Backward & forward tracing- Extended list of relevant

information - Drill down capabilities- Ability to extract data for

further analysis

Lot Trace Workbench

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Lot Trace – Backward (to supplier data)

• Drill down from finished goods backwards across all product structure levels to verify what materials have been used.

• View transactional data related to a specific finished product, the components issued, and the related purchased product.

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Lot Trace – Forward (to customer data)

• Analyze stock position at each item level and access and export detailed transaction history data.

• Analyze to which customers goods have been shipped to take appropriate and targeted actions.

QAD Item Attributes and Quality Control

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• Supports customer service, product quality, and regulatory compliance by- Enabling the elimination of manual and

external processes for managing item attributes for product, customer requirements , quality, and regulatory compliance

- Extending the reach of quality and test results to materials management and business operations

- Improving inventory track and trace- Helping manage scope during recalls

Summarized Value Proposition

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QAD Item Attributes and Quality Control

• Compatible with 2012.1 EE• Delivered as add-on package• Part of Unified Bundle• Early Adopter phase

Availability & Release Support

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Questions?

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Building theEffective Enterprise

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• Forrest Mori – Principal Business Analyst, R&D Mfg- E-mail: flm@qad.com- Phone: +1 805.565.4241

• Guido Van Den Broeck – Sr. Product Manager, R&D MFG- E-mail: gvb@qad.com- Phone: +34 93 327 2052

• Carianne Nieuwstraten– Sr. Product Manager, R&D MFG- E-mail: czn@qad.com- Phone: +1 503 236 0025

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• Vertical Directors- Riya Cao, Life Sciences- Hank Canitz, FICE- Terry Onica, Automotive

• Vice-President Life Sciences- Dave Medina

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