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 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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• 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
• 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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• Forrest Mori – Principal Business Analyst, R&D Mfg- E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +1 805.565.4241
• Guido Van Den Broeck – Sr. Product Manager, R&D MFG- E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +34 93 327 2052
• Carianne Nieuwstraten– Sr. Product Manager, R&D MFG- E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +1 503 236 0025
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