At 32 Soft, we have helped manufacturing customers achieve their goals with our results-driven software since 2001. We've learned that every business person wants results. Not promises, not improvement for improvement's sake. Just tangible, measurable results.
We strive to deliver results for our clients and believe with the right tools, businesses can become more nimble, lean, and responsive to market changes. With multiple case studies, our clients affirm that our solutions help them boost performance in the supply chain, production planning, inventory management, finance, and many other areas.
Most of our solutions work with QAD ERP, but many can be used with any ERP or as powerful tools all on their own.
We invite you to try our Data Loader software to experience the results with our complimentary 60-day trials. They are easy to install and easy to use. They save hundreds of staff hours and help you comply with auditor's regulations.
Give us a try. You won't be disappointed.
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We’re closing out 2026 with three sessions worth your time...
September: Making Cost Sets Make Sense, an on-demand session featuring Don Lindsey translating manufacturing operations into the "language of money" your finance team already speaks.
October: Production Planning That Works, a live session of digging into what actually drives reliable scheduling and how real customer challenges shaped our Production Planner with solutions architect, Olena Stepovyk.
November: Finding the Why Behind Production Cost Variances, a live workshop and first-time topic with Olena Stepovyk on tracking down what's really driving unfavorable variances before you close your books.
To learn more and register: www.32soft.com/blog/our-upcoming-webinar-lineup/
—Alex
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Our September newsletter should be landing in your inbox this morning!
Inside: Faster AR payment processing in QAD EE, Production Planner updates, PO Workbench improvements, and what’s happening this fall—including the QAD User Group Conference in Chicago on September 21st.
Check your inbox or catch it here: mailchi.mp/32soft/2026-09-newsletter
—Alex
#QAD #ERP #32Soft #ManufacturingExcellence
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Our Customer Schedule Data Loader, now with enhanced features, gives teams an easy way to download and compare schedule changes as they happen. You can then react quickly, adjust inventory or production plans, and keep customers happy instead of caught off guard.
It also helps close out schedules tied to outdated part numbers, which quietly create duplicate demand if left unresolved, which is one more source of costly errors eliminated.
More on how it works here: www.32soft.com/blog/flexible-management-of-custome…
—Alex
#QAD #SupplyChain #EDI #ManufacturingOperations
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Don Lindsey has been in ERP and manufacturing long enough to know that not every problem deserves equal attention, and he's written a great piece on why Pareto Analysis (the 80/20 rule) has become one of his go-to decision-making tools.
Don’s take is that most of your operational pain— scrap costs, late deliveries, inventory risk, downtime—traces back to a small handful of causes. Find those, focus there, and the rest gets a lot easier to manage. He breaks down 10 ways this plays out in manufacturing, from inventory classification to quality control to audit planning.
Definitely worth a read if you're looking to cut through the noise and focus where it actually moves the needle: www.32soft.com/blog/10-reasons-why-i-use-pareto-an…
— Alex
#Manufacturing #ParetoAnalysis #QAD #ContinuousImprovement
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One of the most rewarding things we hear from clients is how they use our webinars as real training and onboarding tools. Teams lean on them to bring new hires up to speed, reinforce best practices, and align cross-functional teams. It's a use case that emerged organically, and one we're proud to support.
With that in mind, I want to highlight a series that's especially useful for anyone evaluating or transitioning from Work Orders to Production Orders, because it covers setup, the full order cycle, scheduling and accounting challenges, and a dedicated session on the transition itself.
If your team is considering that move, these are worth sharing internally as a training resource, a discussion starter, or a way to align everyone before the transition.
More in our June newsletter: www.32soft.com/blog/production-order-webinars-for-…
—Alex
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NEW SESSION ALERT! We just added Finding the Why Behind Production Cost Variances to our webinar calendar for November.
This one tackles a problem a lot of QAD users quietly struggle with—production cost variances that erode margins and delay financial close. Olena Stepovyk, one of our brilliant Solutions Architects, will walk us through how these variances happen today, how costs flow through WIP, and how to investigate the drivers behind unfavorable numbers with far less manual digging.
Join live for a Q&A with Olena! —We’ll transcribe and post questions and answers alongside the replay, so nothing gets lost if you can't attend live.
Wednesday, November 18 at 1:00 PM EST
Registration is now open: www.32soft.com/blog/finding-the-why-behind-product…
—Alex
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We've noticed growing skepticism among QAD users when we talk about our software and web solutions. I get it, and I respect it.
Skepticism usually means someone's been burned before: overstated capabilities, vague contract terms, promises that didn't survive reality. That's exactly why the best software decisions start with tough questions, not blind trust. Some of our most skeptical prospects have become our best clients—because they did the homework first.
My advice: ask hard questions, check references, get scope and terms in writing before you sign.
More in our latest newsletter: www.32soft.com/blog/healthy-skepticism-is-a-smart-…
Stay skeptical. Stay in control.
—Alex
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MRP got its start in the 1960s, and yet it's still doing the heavy lifting at the core of nearly every modern ERP system.
It's easy to think of it as legacy technology. But the truth is, MRP has quietly delivered exactly what manufacturers still need most: coordination and control over materials and production, at scale.
Nice breakdown from @Don Lindsey on why the "old" tools are old for a reason — they work, and everything else gets built on top of them: www.32soft.com/blog/mrp-isnt-old-news-its-still-ru…
#QAD #ERP #Manufacturing #MRP #32Soft
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Two webinars worth your time:
This Wednesday, Don Lindsey presents Building a Sales Order Process for Sustainable Growth—rethinking order management through rhythm, not just volume.
In October, Olena Stepovyk presents Production Planning That Works.
Learn more and register here:
🔗 www.32soft.com/blog/our-upcoming-webinar-lineup/
#QAD #SupplyChain #ProductionPlanning
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Most sales order processes are judged by one thing: volume. But volume alone doesn't tell you if your process is actually healthy.
Next week, Don Lindsey is presenting some sharp thinking from Khoa To on a different way to look at it — using the rhythm of your sales orders, not just the count, to catch problems early and build a process that scales predictably.
It's a genuinely fresh way to think about order management, and Khoa will be there live for Q&A.
📅 July 22 | 1:00 PM EDT
Can't make it live? Register anyway — we'll send the recording.
🔗 www.32soft.com/blog/volume-to-rhythm-building-a-sa…
#QAD #SupplyChain #OrderManagement
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