QAD Advisory Services | Accelerate Strategic Goals & Maximize ROI

Whether you are implementing a new solution or exploring ways to get more out of what you already have, your organization can accelerate accomplishment of its strategic goals by engaging with seasoned professionals who can:

Maximize your ROI from QAD Adaptive Applications
Mitigate total risk by quantifying current state and future options
Optimize business processes, prioritizing low-hanging fruit
Transform challenges into catalysts for business growth

Customer Requirements - From product to process change, failure to scalably adapt leads to loss of revenue and profit
Staff Turnover - No matter how good your company culture is, employees leave and take their knowledge with them
New Markets - Bringing legacy practices into growing segments carries the same limiting factors that your business faces today
Digital Transformation - The technology race has started but the only thing harder than deciphering fact from fiction is finding experts who know your industry

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Success Factors

Outline critical business metrics and link them with KPIs in QAD Adaptive Applications

Process Alignment

Map your processes to industry best practices and advise where standards can succeed legacy customizations

Project Planning

Work with executive stakeholders to define key project outcomes and create a path to achieving ROI

Governance

Establish change management procedures that balance adaptability and control

Everyone knows that growth is critical, yet we all can think of a growth opportunity that was stunted or prevented by outdated systems customized to fit old challenges. Adaptability is key to unlocking opportunities, but major transformation investments fail to deliver all the time.

Companies are often disappointed by projects that start without a plan to align the business with industry best practices, or that sacrifice the plan once a challenging scenario is raised during implementation. When this happens, the outcomes of repeating the same problems in a new interface range from employee burnout to losing business. Have you done all you can to prevent these losses?

QAD’s Advisory Services brings industry best practices, diverse manufacturing experience, and unparalleled expertise in QAD Adaptive Applications to your doorstep. At the start of your transformation, veteran consultants will create a roadmap for achieving your business goals that encompasses systems and processes. When delivered alongside an ELEVATE upgrade project, the Advisory Services will provide governance and control throughout, ensuring all parties keep their eyes on the outcomes.

Alignment between executives, business and IT personnel
Adherence to industry best practices
Protection of long-term success through shorter technology upgrade cycles
Confidence that business leaders can address their needs using standard solutions
Understanding the risks and total cost of ownership associated with customizations, an outdated method of attempting fit

The consultants providing Advisory Services will engage with executive, business and IT leadership to:

Understand and illustrate the current baseline
Demonstrate the drivers for agile, rapid and effective implementations
Quantify costs and risks, including evaluation of customizations
Uncover low-hanging fruit for business optimization
Map processes to the appropriate industry best practice
Outline the critical success factors
Illustrate the potential ROI and required path to achieve it
Convey governance and change management factors

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