Simplifying Industry Compliance, Materials Management, and Quality Control
Carianne Nieuwstraten – Sr. Product Manager, QAD R&D MFG
Midwest User Group
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• Value Proposition• QAD Serialization • QAD Item Attributes/Quality Control• QAD Lot Trace Workbench• Summary• Q & A
Agenda
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• Fully supports key customer requirements for lot and serial product tracking/tracing:- Supports unlimited item/lot attributes carried
through all key business processes- Eliminates manual quality tracking- Simplifies regulatory compliance- Manages high volume serialization while
enabling logistics control at lot level- Provides simple yet complete chain of custody
tracking
Value Proposition
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QAD Serialization, Track & Trace
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Item Unit & Logistic Unit Serialization
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QAD Serialization, Track & Trace
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• Inability to provide product authenticity• Non-compliance of items with industry and
government regulations• Capturing high volume/variability
lot/serialized inventory is inefficient
Business Challenges
QAD Serialization, Track & Trace
• Traceability in QAD Enterprise Applications- Lot/Serial Control- WIP lot tracking- Installed Base Recording (SSM)- Device History Recording- NEW – Serialization, Track & Trace
• Item serialization• License plated packaging• Packaging structures (BOP)• Label printing services
Solution Overview
Lot ID
Serial ID
Item / Package Traceability
QAD Serialization, Track & Trace
• Packaging• Serial data • Serialized inventory• Label printing• Communication and integration
The Building Blocks
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QAD Serialization, Track & Trace
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• Serialization for warehousing & shipping• Global serialization standards• Flexible and scalable• Track & trace
Solution Key Benefits
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• QAD Serialization- Early adopter phase
• QAD Label Printing- Limited availability- Bolt-on 2012.1 EE and up
Availability
QAD Serialization and Label Printing
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QAD Item Attributes & Quality Control
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“Quality is never an accident, it is always the result of an intelligent effort”
John Ruskin, English author and art critic (1819-1900)
QAD Item Attributes and Quality Control
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• Need to differentiate item and lot characteristics
• Inability to capture and validate unique customer requirements
• Non-compliance of items with industry and government regulations
Business Challenges
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• Supports unlimited item/lot characteristics and (test) specifications
• Enables customer/order-specific (test) specifications and generates CoA
• Simplifies compliance• Integrated in all key business processes
Solutions Overview
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Customer: Vitatech Nutritional Sciences, Inc.
– A leader in the nutritional supplement contract manufacturing industry
– Headquartered in Tustin, CA, USA– 2012.1 EE, discrete & process
manufacturing
Pain Point– Paper-based quality control reporting
Go Live– September 16, 2013– Focus: inbound receiving
Benefits Received– Improved controls, reporting,
processing time frame & traceability
Customer Reference
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• Enables product tracking capability• Streamlines receiving process• Supports regulatory compliance• Reduces customer returns• Reduces inventory• Reduces time and effort
Solution Key Benefits
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Lot Trace Workbench
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• Need product track and trace insight
Business Challenges
QAD Lot Trace Workbench
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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
Solution Overview
QAD Lot Trace Workbench
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• Reduces recall scope and effort• Satisfies regulators and auditors
Solution Key Benefits
QAD Lot Trace Workbench
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• QAD Item Attributes & Quality Control- Limited availability as per 2nd week April - Bolt-on 2012.1, 2013.1, 2014 EE
• QAD Lot Trace Workbench- General available as per 2nd week April- Bolt-on 2012.1 through 2013.1 EE- Core 2014 EE
• Documentation- Installation guide- User guide- Training guide- Case study
Availability & Documentation
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Summary
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• New serialization, item attributes, and quality control solutions:- extend existing tracking & tracing functionality- support regulatory and industry compliance - support item/lot identification and
management- integrated with key business processes
Summary
Midwest User Group
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