Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Bengt Johansson , CPIM Product Architect
Nicole Groves, CPIM Business Analyst
Manufacturing R & D
Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Thank You for Being a QAD Customer!
“The purpose of a company
is to create a customer. To
satisfy the customer is the
mission and purpose of
every business.”
Peter Drucker
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Safe Harbor Statement
The following is intended to outline QAD’s general
product direction. It is intended for information
purposes only, and may not be incorporated into
any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver
any material, code, functional capabilities, and
should not be relied upon in making purchasing
decisions. The development, release, and timing
of any features or functional capabilities
described for QAD’s products remains at the sole
discretion of QAD.
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
QAD Development Roadmap Cycle
QAD Strategic
Steering Committee
Roadmaps
• Vertical Roadmap
• Product Roadmap
• Product Definition
QAD Customers
• Collaborative Development
• Customer “Visions “
• Customer Requests
• Customer Advisory Groups
• Field & Support Feedback
QAD Product Review
Committee
Industry Trends
and Standards
• Vertical Standards
• Technical Standards
Market Evolution
• Industry Analysts
• Competitive Analysis
• Development Groups
• Technology Advances
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Building to an Effective Enterprise
• This Is What You Have Said
- Make Better Planning/Scheduling Decisions
• Workbenches
- More Automation for Manufacturing
• Manage by Exception
- Extending/Connecting the Enterprise
• Integration / Interoperability
- Better Access to Manufacturing Information
• Leveraging Mobile Devices
- “Next Level” of Manufacturing (Process and
Discrete)
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Making Better Planning / Scheduling Decisions
• Master Scheduling Workbench (MSW)
- Aligns Demand and Supply throughout the
Planning Horizon
• Highlights Supply Shortages
• Calculates Projected Inventory
- Calculates and Monitors Workload Capacity
• Highlights Overloads
- Provides Access to Processes and Information to
Put Decisions into Action
• Shows Immediate Effects
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Making Better Planning / Scheduling Decisions
• Production Scheduling Workbench (PSW)
- Aligns Demand and Supply throughout the
Scheduling Horizon
• Highlights Supply Shortages
• Calculates Projected Inventory
- Calculates and Monitors Workload Capacity
• Highlights Overloads
- Component Availability Check (CAC)
• Checks Material Availability before Committing to
Production
- Provides Access to Processes and Information to Put
Decisions into Action
• Sequencing (Drag and Drop)
• Shows Immediate Effects
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
More Manufacturing Automation
• Load-Leveling, Constraint-Based Master
Scheduler
- Order Smoothing
- EPEI
- Finite Capacity
• Builds Master Schedule Automatically
- Reduces Manual Effort and
Time
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Master Scheduling
4 Steps
• Demand/Supply Balancing
• Production Line Allocation
• Order Smoothing
• Line Leveling
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Batch or “on demand” MSW
By Item and Production Line Leveling
Sensitive To Type Of Demand Being Satisfied
Sensitive To Order Priority
Re-level and/or view with MSW
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Master Scheduling - Planning
Demand
SO, DO, Forecast
MPS
Review Plan
MSW
MRP
Finite Leveling
Engine
Review MSW
Release PSW
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
More Manufacturing Automation
• Periodic Costing
- Compliance Issue with (local) Legal Tax
Requirements in Many Countries
- Compliance Issue with the IFRS
- FiFo, LiFo, Weighted Average Valuation
• PO Re-Pricing
- Retroactive
Pricing
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Extending / Connecting the Enterprise
• Serialization
- Improve Supply Chain Efficiency (Operations)
• Trading Partner Regulations
- Brand/Product Protection
and Safety
• Counterfeit Products
• Tracking / Tracing
- Compliance Issues
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Serialization Features
Packaging Master Data
• Define different
packaging types
• Define
packaging
structures
• Assign default
packaging
structures per
item per
origin/destination
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Serialization Features
Serialized Inventory Management
• Serial Master & History Data
independent from lot
inventory
• Serialized Packaging
Hierarchies
• Serialization fully integrated
with inventory transactions
• Support of specific packaging
transactions
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Extending / Connecting the Enterprise
• Connectivity / Services
- Fully Integrated Inventory Transaction APIs
- Label / Bar Code Printing
Supplier
Receiving
Inventory
Production
Packaging
Shipping
Customer
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Serialization Features
RF UI / Barcode Data Collection
• API ready for 3rd party products.
-
Eagle,
Factivity
Freedom
Radley
• Warehousing RFUI expanded
• Programmatic (Progress)
• QDOCs (QXtend)
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Serialization Features
Label Printing
• Label formats by Item, Site, Pack,
partner
• Printer Definitions
• Data to Format Mapping
• Print server interface (e.g. Loftware)
• Printing from key transactions
• Label Reprint
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Better Manufacturing Information Access
• Business Intelligence
- Connects People to Data
- Analyzes Data and Disseminates Measurement
Information
• Provides Visibility to Historical Trends Resulting in
Operational Insight
• Supports Better, Faster
Business Decision-Making
- Cut Costs
- Identify Opportunities
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Effective Enterprise - Manufacturing
Business Intelligence
Available now
• Purchasing
• Inventory
March 2012
• Manufacturing
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Effective Enterprise - Manufacturing
Business Intelligence - Dashboard
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Manufacturing to the Next Level
Process Industry Projects
• Configured Attributes
• Quality Extensions
• Potency and Concentration
- For Early Adopters
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Effective Enterprise - Manufacturing
Configurable Attributes
• Challenges:
- Disparate and variable Item characteristics
- Ever changing regulations
- Capture Item/Lot Information at transaction processing
• QAD Solution
- Flexible definition descriptive attributes
- Enable attributes by function
- Fully Integrated to Core Operation
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Effective Enterprise - Manufacturing
Configurable Attributes
Inventory
Management
Purchasing
Item Profile
Attribute
Specifications
Business Order
Attribute
Specifications
Inventory
with Attributes
Production
Sales and
Fulfillment
Certification
with Attributes
Lot Master
with Attributes
Transaction History
with Attributes
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Effective Enterprise - Manufacturing
Color
Configurable Attributes
Diameter
Fiber Content
Transportation
Inventory
Item Profile
Requirement
Management
Attribute
Ethanol%
Specifications
Business Order
Kosher
Purchasing
Attribute
Hazardous Class
Specifications
UL Listing
Inventory
Production
Define Item
Attributes
ppm granulars
with Attributes
Default value
CE Certification
Sales and
Lot Master
Specifications
and
tolerances
Fulfillment
Process
Temperature
with
Attributes
Validations
Certification
Royalty
Supplier
Item, Customer
Item Cost
with
Attributes
Transaction History
Clarity with Attributes
Trans Fat Content
Rating
Best Before Date
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Effective Enterprise - Manufacturing
Configurable Attributes
Inventory
Management
Purchasing
Production
Sales and
Fulfillment
Item Profile
Attribute
Specifications
Business Order
Attribute
Specifications
Inventory
with Attributes
Optionally specify business
Lot Master
order specifications
with Attributes
Override specification
Certification
Validated
with
Attributeswith inventory transactions
Transaction History
with Attributes
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Effective Enterprise - Manufacturing
Configurable Attributes
Inventory
Management
Business transactions
Item
Profile
Quality
Orders
CaptureAttribute
values
Specifications
Purchasing
Validate specifications
Business Order
Keep history
Attribute
Specifications
Inventory
with Attributes
Production
Sales and
Fulfillment
Certification
with Attributes
Lot Master
with Attributes
Transaction History
with Attributes
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Effective Enterprise - Manufacturing
Configurable Attributes
Inventory
Management
Purchasing
Item Profile
Attribute
Specifications
Business Order
Attribute
Specifications
Material Certifications
Inventory
Item attributes
with Attributes
Production
Lot attributes
Printable
document
Lot Master
Sales and
Fulfillment
Certification
with Attributes
with Attributes
Transaction History
with Attributes
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Extending / Connecting the Enterprise
• Quality Extensions
- Establish Improvements in Quality Management
Through Inspection Result Processing
• Document Quality Test Results
- Associated with Attribute Values
- Multiple test results
• Consistent Product Specifications
• Quality Criteria and Supplier Certification
• Supplier Performance
- Product Traceability
• Backward / Forward
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Effective Enterprise - Manufacturing
Quality Extensions
Quality
Management
Inventory
Management
Purchasing
Production
Tests
with Attributes
and Specifications
Item and Test
Cross Reference
Quality Order
Results
Test Results
Test Sample Results
Test
Sample Unit
Results
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Effective Enterprise - Manufacturing
Quality Extensions
Quality
Management
Inventory
Management
Purchasing
Production
Tests
with Attributes
and Specifications
Define Quality
tests with
Order
Results
attribute specifications
Item and Test
Cross Reference •Target value Test Results
•Specifications
•Tolerances Test Sample Results
•Capture results at
Test
•Test
Sample Unit
•Test sample
Results
•Test sample unit
•Apply to Certification
Records
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Effective Enterprise - Manufacturing
Quality Extensions
Quality
Management
Inventory
Management
Purchasing
Production
Tests
with Attributes
and Specifications
Item and Test
Cross Reference
Quality Order
Results
Define Item
Testing
Test Results
•Assemble test sequences
•Pass/Fail Test Sample Results
•Observation
Test
Sample Unit
Results
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Effective Enterprise - Manufacturing
Quality Extensions
Quality
Management
Inventory
Management
Purchasing
Production
Tests
with Attributes
and Specifications
Quality Orders
Item
and detail
Test
•Results with
every
Cross Reference
•Linked to original document
•Inventory Lot
•Certification
•APIs for data collection
Quality Order
Results
Test Results
Test Sample Results
Test Sample
Unit Results
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Effective Enterprise - Manufacturing
Lot Trace – Backward (Supplier Data)
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Effective Enterprise - Manufacturing
Lot Trace – Forward (Customer Data)
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Manufacturing to the Next Level
• Mixed Mode Manufacturing Environments
- Single Solution Design
- Integrated Features
- Consolidated
• Business Processes
• Consistent UI
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Mixed Factory Environments
• Hybrid Mode
- Batch/Process
• Mixed Mode
- Work Orders
- Repetitive
- Flow
• Lean/Kanban
One Factory
One System
Hybrid Mode
Mixed Mode
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Production Orders – The Next Level
Planning
Scheduling
Freeze BOM /
Routing
Batch
Balancing
Report
Labor
Component
Availability
Check
Scrap
Allocate
Material
Print Picklist
Backflush
Close Order
Produce
Issue Material
Transfer
Material
Subcontract
Processing
Production
Accounting
Print Shop
Papers
Release Order
Receive FG
Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Manufacturing to the Next Level
• MRP/Gross Requirements Calculation
- Material Planning for Lean Production
Environments (Pull Systems)
• Provide forecasts to suppliers for mid/long term
• Capacity planning for kanban production
- Component Demand
• Average Demand Calculation
• Kanban Sizing and Kanban Workbenches
- Process
- Loop
• Mid and Long Term Material plans for suppliers and
subcontractors
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
MRP /Gross Requirements Calculation
• Plans order release date for gross
Conventional MRP plans orders with
requirement
due dates to satisfy the requirement
due date
Order Policy: POQ, FOQ, LFL
Inventory
Supply inventory
to be consumed by
the requirement.
Planned Order
Release Date
Backward
Scheduling
Requirement
Due Date
Planned Order
Due Date
Planned Order
Release Date
Signal Replenishment
for inventory consumed
by the requirement.
MRP with gross requirements
calculation plans order release dates
based on the projected consumption
of inventory using the requirement
due date
Order Policy: GRC
Shipping
Forward
Scheduling
Planned Order
Due Date
Requirement
Due Date
Inventory
Shipping
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Lean – Continual Improvement
• Kanban Sizing Workbenches
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Manufacturing to the Next Level
• Lean Transactions
- Cumulative Orders
- Accountability
- Improved Integration (Closed Loop)
• Move Loop Modeling
- Model flow of material from Supermarkets to a
customer, subcontractor, warehouse or
process.
• Dispatching
- Calculate Dock Dates
- Create Supplier Shipping Schedules
- Dispatch to subcontractors
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Subcontract and Supply – The Next Level
Provide financial
accounting for materials
Support high volume of
shipments and materials
to multiple subcontractors
Provide schedules to subcontractors to
manage limited warehouse space
Promote the efficient and uninterrupted
flow of materials to subcontractors
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Manufacturing to the Next Level
• Subcontract Supply Subsystem
- Manage Subcontract Supply based on
subcontract schedules
- Automatic creation of supply orders based on
BOM
• Supplied WIP Items
• Raw Materials
- Plan Components for Outbound Shipment
• Pick / Ship (Sub-Location)
• Ownership Accountability
• Subcontractor Sends Kanbans
- Drop Ships
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Building to an Effective Enterprise : Summary
Automotive
Consumer
Products
Food and
Beverage
High
Technology
Industrial
Manufacturing
Life
Sciences
Periodic Costing
H
H
H
H
H
H
Information Requirements
H
H
H
H
H
H
Business Intelligence
H
H
H
H
H
H
MSW/PSW
H
H
H
H
H
H
Kanban Workbenches
H
H
L
H
H
H/L
Extended Attributes
H
H
H
H
H
H
Serialization
H
H
H
H
H
H
Quality Extensions
H
H
H
H
H
H
Connectivity / Services
H
H
H
H
H
H
Constraint-Based MS
H
H
H
H
H
H
Lean Material Planning / Extensions
H
H
L
H
H
H/L
Subcontract Manufacturing
H
H
M/L
H
H
M/L
Retro-Pricing
H
M
M
M
H
L
Enhancement
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
Questions
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Manufacturing Product Strategy and Direction
For More Information, Please Contact
Bengt Johansson, CPIM
bjj@qad.com
Nicole Groves, CPIM
ncg@qad.com
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