QAD Demand and Delivery Overview | Integrated Supplier Collaboration & Communication

Boost supplier collaboration and supply chain visibility, allowing for faster responses to changes in supply and demand.

Increase on-time deliveries
Reduce transportation expediting costs
Improve supplier performance
Lower invoice processing costs

Pressure to cut costs - Your team is under pressure to cut costs, eliminate non-value-added activities and jointly focus on continuous improvement with your suppliers
Lack of real-time information - Ineffective collaboration with suppliers results in poor decisions and slow responsiveness to unexpected supply disruptions
Outdated communication and processes - Your team still relies on email or overlooks the role supplier integration plays in maximizing global supply chain performance

Capabilities

Supplier self-service

With QAD, your suppliers around the globe can get answers to questions on their own, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year - including information about inventory, schedules, purchase orders, shipments, Kanban, invoices, bills of material and more.

Performance measurement

Your team can track and report supplier performance against defined metrics and key indicators, enabling constant monitoring and dialogue with suppliers about quality and performance.

Internationalization

With your suppliers located around the globe, QAD’s solution provides multinational, multicurrency and multi-language capabilities.

Enterprise integration

You can leverage pre-built adapters that synchronize data with existing ERP and other enterprise systems, eliminating the need for costly software development efforts.

Alerts and exception notifications help improve communication effectiveness and responsiveness to inventory, delivery and other issues
Allows suppliers to create ASNs and serialized barcode labels without the need for EDI. ASNs include container information for receipt validation
Scanning of serialized container shipment labels on receipt improves both accuracy and productivity, and validates against the supplier’s ASN
Provides suppliers insight into manufacturing needs and lean supply processes, including schedules, orders, Kanban, VMI and min/max information – specific for each supplier
Calculates and communicates supplier performance metrics
Integrates with Supplier Data Management, Sourcing and other QAD Adaptive ERP solutions to ensure comprehensive supply visibility and lets manufacturers communicate purchasing and replenishment requirements with suppliers
Can be used with any manufacturing ERP while using a single user interface by all users, including suppliers, regardless of the ERP(s) being used

QAD made procurement easier to manage and enabled ANCA to streamline supplier collaboration with cloud-based inventory visibility.

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When it comes to managing multiple suppliers, clear and effective communication is critical to operational success.

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Further Information

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QAD Demand and Delivery

Key Challenges

Capabilities

ANCA Simplifies Communication Complexity with Suppliers

YFAI India Improves Supplier Performance with QAD

Further Information

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