QAD Cloud ERP is a powerful platform designed for businesses seeking a comprehensive enterprise resource planning solution to streamline operations within the cloud environment.
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
|---|---|
| QAD Cloud ERP | 1.3% |
| SAP ERP | 8.6% |
| SAP S/4HANA | 5.8% |
| Other | 84.3% |
| Title | Rating | Mindshare | Recommending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAP ERP | 4.0 | 8.6% | 87% | 108 interviewsAdd to research |
| IFS Cloud Platform | 3.9 | 2.4% | 87% | 32 interviewsAdd to research |
Designed to cater to the needs of global manufacturers, QAD Cloud ERP provides an integrated suite with robust capabilities in financial management, supply chain, and production. Its cloud-based design supports real-time access to vital business information, aiding companies in achieving operational efficiency. QAD Cloud ERP emphasizes flexibility and scalability, making it easier for companies to adapt to changing market demands while maintaining compliance with industry standards.
What are the important features of QAD Cloud ERP?Industries such as automotive, life sciences, and consumer products have successfully implemented QAD Cloud ERP to manage complex supply chains and production processes. Its ability to integrate seamlessly into existing IT infrastructure makes it a preferred choice for companies aiming to enhance operational efficiency within specific sectors.
QAD Cloud ERP was previously known as MFG/PRO.
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| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Sr. Project Manager at YASH Technologies | 5.0 | I use QAD Cloud ERP for end-to-end business processes in the manufacturing sector, appreciating its quick implementation, supply chain, and compliance management. While integration is seamless, improvements are needed as it transitions to modern architecture and technologies. |
| Information Technology Business Analyst at Caterpillar Inc. | 2.5 | QAD Cloud ERP is the most stable solution I've used, remaining simple without customizations, despite its limited features and technology. It requires improvements in manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, and purchasing. We chose it over SAP due to lower complexity and cost. |
| Head of IT and General manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees | 4.5 | We use this ERP for supply chain finance. It's stable, scalable, and secure with good support, doing what we need. Implementation was lengthy, and some reports cost extra, but overall, we're very happy, rating it nine out of ten. |
My customers usually use QAD Cloud ERP mainly in manufacturing from automobile industries, specifically tier two and tier three manufacturing companies, not the tier one auto manufacturers.
They mainly use QAD Cloud ERP for the entire end-to-end business processes, from purchasing, sales, marketing, manufacturing, collections, finances, and financial reporting; it's used for everything.
One of the major advantages of QAD Cloud ERP is related to the easy and quick implementation that I have found the most valuable.
The entire application of QAD Cloud ERP itself is very valuable for my customers.
My impression of the advanced supply chain management feature in QAD Cloud ERP is that it's a very comfortable tool and, if rightly configured, it really helps the business to have clear visibility of the entire supply chain.
My impression of the compliance management in QAD Cloud ERP is that it has reduced many overheads of doing manual compliance, and it is quite easily manageable; it is connected with the regulatory authorities, making it a fantastic tool.
The positive impact my customers have experienced from using QAD Cloud ERP includes easy integration with multiple different applications, connectivity with regulatory authorities and banks, having bank drivers for easy payments and receiving money, and it has fantastic web UI reporting, which satisfies many different stakeholders within the entire organization worldwide.
Areas of QAD Cloud ERP that could be improved include the ongoing enhancements they are making; it has grown significantly over my last 25 years, incorporating many different business needs, and they are continuously enhancing the entire product.
They could improve by moving away from the architecture of Progress 4GL as currently they are undergoing a very drastic change by redoing the entire application with Java and web-based technologies, projected to be released by 2026 with the incorporation of analytics, process intelligence, and AI to help business users.
I have been working on QAD Cloud ERP, which was the earlier non-cloud version, for 27 years, while QAD Cloud ERP, the cloud version, has been available for approximately the last 10 years.
Regarding stability, I find that it starts stable, taking around one year to become stable in any particular organization, while the implementation lifecycle can be as short as six weeks for smaller organizations, which get stabilized within six months and start seeing ROI by then.
As for downtime, while QAD Cloud ERP is not a truly cloud product per se as of now, there are necessary downtimes depending on the setup; managing those downtimes involves having different instances for different time zones.
I evaluate the scalability of QAD Cloud ERP as highly scalable because it can easily be implemented into any different type of business across various verticals such as food and beverages, medical, automobile, and packaging industries.
My experience with the initial setup and deployment process of QAD Cloud ERP is that it's very straightforward, with wonderful deployment tools that can complete deployments within one day.
The usual deployment process for QAD Cloud ERP involves pre-mandated setups available for additional packages on your PC and server, followed by running one command with their installable, while monitoring for error messages or warning messages.
Regarding stability, organizations typically become stable within one year, while smaller organizations can see ROI within six months with an implementation lifecycle as short as six weeks.
My impression of the modular architecture of QAD Cloud ERP is that it's a 4GL, Progress 4GL based database system, so it is a server-client technology as well as web-based, making it a really convenient way of making the data easily available to the users as well as for data entry.
The modular architecture of QAD Cloud ERP has a positive influence on managing costs and complexity from a cost perspective, as it can be easily deployed on Azure or AWS, providing easy connectivity, so it helps significantly.
I assess the role of QAD Cloud ERP's analytic capabilities as something I do not have experience with yet, as it's a recent product that is not yet open to the market completely.
On a scale of 1-10, I rate QAD Cloud ERP a 10.
It is the most stable solution that I've ever worked with. It is a simple tool. We use the standard software since we have a rule not to customize the products.
The product lacks a lot of features and technology. It is really limited. The tool must improve in almost all areas. There are a lot of things that should be improved in the manufacturing and shop floor, logistics and warehousing, and master data both from a functionality and technology standpoint.
The solution must have a better WMS to improve the logistics and workflow and handle the processes within the system. The collaboration must be improved. The product must be more flexible and allow customization. It must allow the users to personalize the application in a better way.
The tool lacks a lot in the purchasing area. The documents and process of purchasing are limited and simple. In the sales domain, there are no enhancements to calculate forecast and shipment programs. We cannot optimize transportation.
I have been using the solution for five years.
The solution is really stable. I rate the tool’s stability a nine out of ten.
I rate the tool’s scalability a one out of ten. It’s impossible to scale the tool. If we have to install a patch, we need to install a huge number of patches that they release weekly. There's no real product maintenance. Everything is added piece by piece to the standard version, which becomes a custom version. Around 60 people use the solution in our organization, including those working in the manufacturing, warehousing, shipment, purchasing, finance, and technical departments.
The organization’s support is not at the top. They are located in India and the USA. There are not many teams around the world, but the competency is acceptable.
Neutral
On average, I rate the ease of setup a five out of ten. The deployment took eight months.
The initial setup was done by QAD’s consultants.
I have seen an ROI on the product.
I rate the pricing an eight out of ten on a scale where one is cheap and ten is expensive.
We evaluated SAP, but the complexity and the cost were too high. So, we chose QAD.
I am part of a customer facility that is using QAD. I am using the enterprise edition. Overall, I rate the solution a five out of ten.
We are using the solution as a general agent financial module in the supply chain.
It's easy to find information on the solution. You can simply Google it and do a lot of research that way.
The solution has been very stable.
The scalability is very good.
The pricing of the product is fair. It's not overly expensive.
The solution serves its purpose and does what we need it to do.
We have found the security to be very good.
Technical support has been very good.
The solution is quite secure.
I can't speak to finding any missing features. It works well for us.
We've had a few small security issues.
Just implementing an ERP system takes a lot of time. It takes a lot of time to analyze everything.
We cannot get all of the KPIs and reports as we were not always on the system. While we could generate them, we'd be charged extra. That's not really the fault of the ERP. That's more on our side. If we need information, we can run it through Tableau which we just connected to our database.
Changing QAD would involve a significant investment.
I've been using the solution for five to seven years.
We have been five years in the cloud and two years on-prem for our on-premise data center.
The stability of the solution is very good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable and the performance is good.
The solution can scale effectively. If a company wants to expand, it can.
We have 50 users on the solution right now.
Customer service is very friendly and helpful. We're happy with the level of service we receive from them.
If we have any issues, we raise a ticket. As soon as we raise a ticket for any issue, they basically take care of any issue irrespective of geographic boundaries. They are very good.
We also use a few other built-in solutions on top of this product. If we need something specific, we just build our own thing.
We did not handle the initial setup. Therefore, I cannot speak to how easy or difficult it was. I was not a part of the process.
All the maintenance and everything is being done by QAD itself.
We had a third party install the solution for us.
The pricing is reasonable. We do not find it too high. In comparison with other ERP solutions, it's very good.
My understanding is that we pay a yearly licensing fee and they take care of everything for us.
We've looked into many other ERP solutions. For example, we are familiar with SAP and the Oracle E-Business Suite.
As a cloud-based solution, we are always on the latest version.
I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. We're pretty happy with its capabilities overall.
