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by CHRISTINA WARDELL, Director, Service Operations - ViaLase I attended the QAD West Coast User Group Meeting in Carlsbad this week and wanted to share a few highlights. Based on prior user feedback, QAD adjusted the format this year. The sessions focused more on getting the most out of existing systems rather than promoting new upgrades. QAD experts were available throughout the conference to troubleshoot issues and answer questions in real time. Those face-to-face conversations ended up...

Last month at Hanover Messe 2026 in Germany, QAD-Redzone showcased its AI-powered manufacturing platform that empowers the entire workforce, from the top floor to the shop floor. Redzone showed how manufacturing is entering a new phase where AI turns traditional systems of record into systems of action, empowering manufacturers to move from fragmented systems and delayed decisions to real-time, coordinated execution across the business. “Manufacturers don’t have a data problem, they have an...

QAD’s Tom Roberts explains how agentic AI is transforming automotive ERP, enabling planning, resilient supply chains, and faster decisions. Automotive manufacturers are navigating a period of fundamental change. Electrification, shifting regulations, ongoing supply chain disruption, and the growing complexity of software-defined vehicles are challenging OEMs and suppliers to rethink how they plan, build and deliver at scale. These forces are also prompting a closer examination of the digital...