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The article emphasizes that in the face of fluctuating demand and supply challenges, manufacturers must adopt an Adaptive Enterprise model that enhances efficiency, agility, and resilience across their operations to effectively meet customer commitments.

Application Development and Integration

Oracle EBS Customers can’t use Web ADI after Windows Update

The article discusses the challenges faced by Oracle EBS users due to Microsoft Office upgrades breaking the Oracle Web Applications Desktop Integrator (Web ADI), particularly for those using outdated versions, while promoting the More4apps EBS Toolbox as a reliable alternative that ensures compatibility and functionality with current Office versions.

Cloud Platform and Technology

The Rise of Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP: A Game-Changer in ERP Solutions

Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP has become a top choice for organizations aiming to modernize their systems due to its advanced features, scalability, cost savings, accessibility, integration capabilities, robust security, and commitment to continuous innovation.

Quality and Testing

Benefact Group: Embracing no-code test automation

Ecclesiastical Insurance has begun testing its applications using Original Software's platform, which promises significant time and cost savings through automation, with the aim of achieving near 100% automation for user interface testing.

Quality and Testing

Test today. Or be in the news tomorrow 😥

A recent wave of technical failures at major brands like McDonald's, Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Greggs, attributed to untested software updates, highlights the critical need for rigorous testing in the business sector to prevent revenue losses and damage to brand reputation.

Quality and Testing

What’s the best test management process?

This article outlines a simplified approach to managing software testing by addressing three key questions—what to test, how to test, and when to test—while emphasizing the importance of having a comprehensive testing plan, utilizing proper tools, and optimizing processes for better software delivery.

Cloud Platform and Technology

ERP migrations and the shifting dynamic between vendors and clients

The shift to cloud-based ERP systems offers enterprises benefits like reduced capital expenditure and simplified management, but also results in less control over pricing and updates, potentially leading to vendor price increases that clients may feel compelled to accept due to the complexities of migration.

Quality and Testing

Busting testing myths #1: “We can automate UAT”

While test automation can assist with certain aspects of user acceptance testing (UAT), it cannot fully replace the human element required for effective UAT, though regression testing components within UAT can be automated to enhance efficiency.

Quality and Testing

Should you be paying more attention to the risks of bad UAT?

The article discusses the increasing risks to business continuity posed by user acceptance testing (UAT) as organizations shift core applications to the cloud, highlighting that inadequate testing processes may allow bugs to enter production, leading to costly operational disruptions.

Quality and Testing

Most ERP transformations projects fail. Testing can change that

According to McKinsey, the average success rate for transformation projects is only 31%, with significant value loss during implementation, underscoring the critical importance of effective software testing to improve ERP migration outcomes.

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Systems Administration

What is an Enterprise Applications Platform?

Read our comprehensive guide to EAPs to understand some of the key benefits of choosing an EAP Platform instead of an ERP system.

Systems Administration

Why we’re not an ERP, and why you probably don’t need an ERP for your business

Companies often seek ERP systems to centralize and streamline their operations, improve data consistency across departments, and support growth by replacing outdated applications with integrated solutions, while the Nextworld platform offers a more flexible and customizable alternative through its Enterprise Applications Platform (EAP).

Security

Identity Security Spotlight – Delinea acquires Fastpath

Delinea's acquisition of IGA vendor Fastpath is analyzed by Veza's CEO and CMO, highlighting key lessons and future expectations for 2024.

Financial Management

Internal Audit

Fastpath is an internal audit solution designed to streamline compliance and access management by automating processes, improving accuracy, and enabling efficient management of audit activities and cross-application risk.

Security

SAP Controls Series: Get SAP Under Control

The article discusses the complexities and risks associated with SAP access controls, highlighting issues such as improper provisioning, role bleed, and the challenges of managing user access, while emphasizing the need for regular reviews and clear policies to mitigate these risks.

Application Development and Integration

Tricentis: software testing is the ‘most valuable’ AI investment

A report by Tricentis reveals that testing is increasingly recognized as a critical area for AI investment in the DevOps lifecycle, with practitioners highlighting its potential to enhance efficiency and software quality while addressing challenges such as skills gaps and cost reduction.

Supply Chain Management

How Pragmatic AI can leverage your product lifecycle management

A webinar featuring experts in customer experience management will explore the integration of AI, data analytics, and personalization technologies, offering strategies for leveraging customer data, optimizing journeys, and enhancing engagement, along with real-world case studies and live demonstrations to help participants improve their CXM initiatives.

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

QAD ERP O³: Optimizing People, Processes and Systems

The upcoming webinar will provide insights from industry leaders on digital transformation trends, practical implementation strategies, and live demonstrations of tools, while also featuring case studies and interactive Q&A to help attendees enhance their business processes and remain competitive.

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

Webinar: Introducing the Industrial Transformation Platform

The upcoming webinar will feature industry experts discussing the integration of advanced technologies into ERP systems, strategies for optimizing workflows, and successful case studies, while also providing a Q&A session and demonstrations of innovative ERP solutions to help organizations navigate common challenges and enhance their enterprise technology strategies.

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Manufacturing Systems and Automation

Customer Case Study: HAPM MAGNA SEATING SYSTEM

HAPM Magna Seating System rapidly implemented QAD Adaptive ERP within five months to establish a new production facility for BMW, significantly improving operational efficiency and production rates while ensuring adaptability in the automotive industry.

Close up view of a man holding an axel grinder with sparks flying off the metal | manufacturing IFS

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

Customer Case Study: GHSP’s Move to QAD Adaptive ERP

GHSP, a leader in automotive and appliance components, upgraded to QAD Adaptive ERP to overcome challenges with their custom QAD ERP system, resulting in improved data accuracy, enhanced global processes, and significant time savings in operations.

A manufacturing shop floor showing several, orange robot arms ready to start assembling | Global Shop Solutions planning

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

Customer Case Study: Integration Success with the QAD Industrial Transformation Platform

Beckett Air, Jel Sert, and Pharmacal successfully enhanced their manufacturing operations by integrating the QAD Industrial Transformation Platform with QAD Redzone, resulting in significant productivity improvements and better employee engagement amidst modern challenges.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Customer Case Study: NOBLE BIOMATERIALS

Noble Biomaterials, facing challenges from rapid growth and an outdated ERP system, implemented QAD Adaptive ERP to unify operations, enhance data accuracy, and improve efficiency, ultimately supporting their growth and operational excellence.

Supply Chain Management

5 Ways to Avoid Risk When Moving on to a New ERP

Manufacturers often hesitate to upgrade their ERP systems due to fears of disruption and complexity, but by proactively addressing risks such as business disruption, system dependency, compliance, and costs, they can successfully transition to more efficient systems.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Top 5 Warning Signs Your Business Needs a New ERP System

Investing in a new ERP system can yield long-term benefits despite initial challenges, particularly if your company faces excessive manual processes, lacks real-time visibility, struggles to scale, has cybersecurity concerns, or experiences declining customer service.

Manufacturers face deployment hurdles for smart technologies: SYSPRO

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

Manufacturers Need to Leave Periodic Transformation to the Cicadas

Cicadas' synchronized emergences symbolize a fleeting transformation in nature, paralleling the concept of digital transformation in manufacturing, which should be understood as an ongoing process of continuous adaptation and innovation rather than a one-time event.

Computer code on a screen that is in focus at the top and out of focus at the bottom | Capgemini

Analytics and AI

Will AI Pose a Threat to the ERP Marketplace

The live panel discussion explores how AI could reshape the ERP marketplace by highlighting both its potential benefits and challenges for resource management, featuring insights from industry leaders on the future of enterprise resource planning.