1. Automation Solutions – Product & Practice
Astrid Rommens, Director Automation Solutions Practice, February 8-9, 2016

2. Topics Product Overview Practice Overview
Automation Solutions – Product & Practice
Topics
Product Overview
Business Challenges Solved
Overall Value Proposition
Solution Differentiators
Release Status & Customers
Solution Summary
Practice Overview

3. Business Challenges Solved
Automation Solutions – Product Overview
Business Challenges Solved
Business Driver
Customer Pain
Industries
Error proofing business
Processes
Need real-time transaction validation and stop/notify user from processing transaction in case of error
All
Paperless task instruction
Eliminate stale, lost and hard to manage printed task lists
Alignment of system to material flow
Need ability to configure transaction flow to business needs
Automation
Need intuitive, easy to use system, with users completing activities in least amount of time

4. Value Proposition & Overview
Automation Solutions - Product Overview
Value Proposition & Overview

5. Automation Solutions - Product Overview
Value Proposition .
Personalize transaction processing – aligning manufacturing processes, material logistics timeliness/accuracy

6. Overview Automation Solutions - Product Overview Inventory Management
Inbound
Production
Outbound

7. Streamline Process with Error Proofing
Automation Solutions - Product Overview
Streamline Process with Error Proofing
Pick, Pack, Ship
Shipper Build
Pack Transfer
Weight Modify
Label Print

8. Real-Time Paper Task Instruction
Automation Solutions - Product Overview
Real-Time Paper Task Instruction

9. Touch or Single Scan Reporting
Automation Solutions – Product Overview
Touch or Single Scan Reporting
PC / Tablet / RF Device
Single login
2D label scan

10. Integrated Label Printing
Automation Solutions - Product Overview
Integrated Label Printing
Master
Container
Customer Item
License Plate

11. Data Collection & Label Printing
Automation Solutions - Product Overview
Data Collection & Label Printing
Automated Solutions
Toolset
Library
Framework
Configurability .
Flexibility
Speed
Control

12. QAD Solution Differentiators
Automation Solutions - Product Overview
QAD Solution Differentiators

13. Configuration vs Hard coding
Automation Solutions – Differentiators (1 of 5)
Configuration vs Hard coding

14. Automation Solutions – Differentiators (2 of 5)
QAD Serialization

15. Shop Floor Mobile Automation Solutions – Differentiators (3 of 5)
Information Required and Complexity
Material Handler
Receiving - Production – Quality - Shipping
Back – Office
Intervention User
100% Mobile
Desktop / Mobile
Primary PC Based / Some Mobile

16. Store & Forward? Automation Solutions – Differentiators (4 of 5)1
Automation Solutions – Differentiators (4 of 5)
Store & Forward?
Store & Forward has expired!! Let’s talk about QAD Cloud and alternative connectors
Shop Floor

17. Label Printing Services
Automation Solutions – Differentiators (5 of 5)
Label Printing Services
QAD ERP
QAD Label Printing
Barcode Print Server & Printer
EXT APP DC
Label Printer
EAM
EAM
EAM

18. Release Status & Customers
Automation Solutions - Product Overview

19. Release Status Automation Solutions – Product Overview Limited
Availability
GA Status March release 2016
Version
Compatibility
2014 EE and up
EAM 2.9 and up
SAQ 2.3 and up

20. Automation Solutions – Product Overview
Customers
Early Adopters
Aesica
(Serialization only)
Hendrickson
Stratford
Althea
Facet Technologies
Vit-Best
Apr
Sep
Oct
Jun
Jul
2014
2015 (
After a successful start with our Early Adopters we currently have
16 Projects ongoing in different phases
29 Customers engaged in 2016 and more to come

21. Automation Solutions - Product Overview
In Summary

22. Solution Summary Automation Solutions - Product Overview
Data Collection Toolset
Core product solution
Tool set to build transactions using library components
Configured barcode scan, fields, transaction flow, validation
Transaction Processing
Integrated error handling/ validation / record locking management
Core ERP security/ access
SI API’s
Label Printing
Data driven framework – integrated with DC/QAD Core
Point of print control
User friendly label format/ printer routing and monitoring
Serialization & License Plating
DC transactions built using new packaging, license plating, serialization transactions
Extends
Extends capabilities of core ERP
Data Collection for EAM transactions

23. Automation Solutions Practice - Overview

24. Topics Product Overview Practice Overview
Automation Solutions – Product & Practice
Topics
Product Overview
Practice Overview
Goal of the Practice
Products Supported
Services Products Supported
Implementation Approach
Practice Organization
Readiness
Practice Summary

25. The Effective Enterprise
Automation Solutions – Practice Overview
Goal of the Practice
Support your Effective Enterprise/Users
The Effective User
Where users tasks are streamlined, accelerated by supporting systems, and perfectly aligned with the company’s business processes.
The Effective Enterprise
Where manufacturers’ business processes are operating at peak efficiency and perfectly aligned with their strategic goals.

26. Products Supported Automation Solutions – Practice Overview
Data Collection, Label Printing
Serialization, Item Attributes and Quality (SAQ)
Warehouse Management
EAM Integration
MES Integration (2016)

27. Services Products Supported
Automation Solutions – Practice Overview
Services Products Supported
Implementation Services and Training
Custom Services
Managed Services
Specials
Serialization
Automation Solutions
Automation Solutions Toolkit
From assessment to go live/post go live
Personalizing the transactions and labels
Serialization customizations
Support custom transactions and labels
Library management
Installations and deployments
Managed Label Services (Honda/UDI)
Focused Q-Scans
Upgrades

28. Implementation Approach
Automation Solutions – Practice Overview
Implementation Approach
Following QAD’s Easy-on-boarding (EOB) implementation methodology
With QAD Automation Solutions specific activities
Assessment workshop
Extended Plant tour
DC Assessment
Label Workshop
Validation Assessment
End user training
Cut over planning
Go live
Post Go live support
Deploy
Engage
CRP test cycles
Tune transactions & labels
Training transactions, labels toolkit
User acceptance test
Test
Plan
Detailed implementation plan
Installation QAD AS Product
Selected Transactions & Labels
Business process walkthrough
Tune transactions & Label
Design

29. Practice Organization
Automation Solutions – Practice Overview
Practice Organization
Business Development
Business Solution Architect
Data Collection & Label Experts
Managed Services
Extended Teams (CoE)
Assistance (Pre)Sales Process, Q-Scans
Application Consultants
Selecting and tuning of transactions & labels
Library management
Transactions – India
Support “personalized” transactions & labels
Labels - Poland
Presented are the key disciplines to align QAD’s application to enable an efficient and effective material handling process
Release management
Regional Teams
Managed Label Services (e.g. Honda, UDI)
Corporate Teams

30. Readiness Keep the QAD gears moving!
Automation Solutions – Practice Overview
Readiness
Pricing
Skills
Financials
Customers & Prospects
Technical
(Service) Products
Keep the QAD
gears moving!

31. Practice Summary Automation Solutions – Practice Overview Goals
Helps you reaching the effective enterprise and
Especially efficient and effective material handlers
Products
Data Collections & Label Printing
Serialization, Quality & Attributes
Warehouse Management
Services Products
Implementation
Customer Services
Managed Services
Implementation Approach
Alignment with EOB Methodology
With special Workshops & Tuning Transactions/Label
Option to be trained in underlying QAD AS Toolkit
Organization
Business Solution Architects
Trandaction & Label Experts
Managed Services
Readiness
Pricing & Financials
(Services) Products
Skills

32. For More Information … Brent Shooltz – Product Manager
Automation Solutions - Product Overview
For More Information …
Brent Shooltz – Product Manager
Adam Kacala – Business Development Manager
Astrid Rommens – Director Automation Solutions Practice /

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