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QAD Food and Beverage Industry Solutions

QAD provides solutions for global food and beverage companies, including alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, baked goods, daily fresh food, and a global leader in full process production. The goal of QAD is to assist food and beverage manufacturers in achieving brand development, demand management, and setting market goals for new product launches, while also meeting food safety and quality requirements. QAD Enterprise Applications provide solutions for food and beverage manufacturers, not only helping them meet customer shelf and profit requirements, but also complying with increasingly stringent food regulations; And to cope with the pressure brought by the continuous improvement of food quality and sustainability requirements. The solutions provided by QAD enable food and beverage companies to optimize inventory; Significantly improve cooperation with suppliers and customers to make promotional plans more effective. QAD solutions can achieve a more efficient production environment, improve supply chain efficiency, effectively control costs, and increase profits.


Key issues in the food and beverage industry


Becoming a market leader in the food and beverage industry requires the ability to anticipate and exceed customer demands, and develop close supply chain partnerships; Improve customer service level, control costs, and streamline operations. QAD understands these requirements and provides solutions and services to meet their needs.
Effectively launching new products: In the fast-paced food and beverage industry market, profits are extremely thin and competition is fierce; Brands and SKUs are increasing day by day, new flavors are constantly emerging, and innovative products are entering the market one after another. To win the competition, food and beverage companies must develop processes that can effectively launch new products.
QAD enterprise applications support effective processes for launching new products, managing costs, and cost forecasting.
Customer information on food safety and quality: Customer concerns about food quality have intensified, which will affect manufacturers' ability to sell food to new markets.
The QAD enterprise application provides complete tracking and query functions, so the company can always accurately understand the source of ingredients and where they are sold.
Global norms: Concerns about terrorism have intensified, redefining global business rules. The increasingly stringent compliance reports have imposed new constraints on the supply chain and support systems.
QAD enterprise applications can strengthen company policies and procedures, accurately track all transactions, including dates, times, and users, and issue warnings against system security vulnerabilities.
Global sustainability initiatives: Global retailers require manufacturers to implement sustainability plans, address emissions in the environment, save natural resources, and improve material utilization.
QAD enterprise applications support environmental initiatives through various means, including managing reusable packaging and containers, effectively handling by-products and concurrent products.

The value chain of the food and beverage industry


Manufacturers in the food and beverage industry collaborate with many different suppliers, distributors, and channels to bring their products to market. QAD food and beverage solutions can enhance communication at all levels of the value chain, providing tools for managing demand, promotion, packaging, and contract manufacturing. QAD enterprise applications provide functionality to help customers in the food and beverage industry achieve their business goals, regardless of their position in the food and beverage industry value chain. QAD collaborates continuously with clients in the food and beverage industry through customer advisory and development teams to discover and develop new features such as wireless radio frequency identification (RFID), serialized container codes, and product information management.




















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Market segmentation of the food and beverage industry


Daily fresh food and primary agricultural products: By providing a complete product package for fresh food producers, QAD enterprise applications meet all requirements in the value chain, including advanced production technology, supply and demand, channel management, and direct store delivery.
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages: The QAD enterprise application provides an end-to-end integrated solution that meets the needs of beverage manufacturers. The advanced production technology products provided by QAD can help manufacturers optimize product planning, production, and warehousing.
Processed foods: Processed foods depend on demand and require close cooperation between manufacturers, their customers, and retail trading partners to ensure that the products provided are tailored to time, place, and price. QAD provides demand products that can manage all aspects of sales and service support.

Functional advantages of solutions for the food and beverage industry


The solutions provided by QAD enable food and beverage companies to optimize inventory, significantly improve cooperation with suppliers and customers, and make promotional plans more effective. QAD solutions can achieve more efficient production environments, improve supply chain efficiency, help control costs, and increase profits.
QAD solutions can meet the production process needs of food and beverage enterprises, including:
• Trade and Promotion Management
• Enterprise asset management
• Demand planning and forecasting
• Inventory management
• Transportation management
• Quality management
• Supplier management and collaboration
• Direct delivery to the store
Electronic Data Interchange
Inventory managed by delegation and suppliers
• Electronic record management
• Customer management
On site management data collection
• Return management
The following flowchart illustrates the scope of application of QAD's food and beverage industry solutions.