System integrationERP sets the standard, the shop floor executes, AI judges
Beyond ERP,connecting your entire manufacturing operation
We connect MES, QMS, PLM, groupware and EDI to QAD. Different departmental systems, one period close.
Connected systems
Systems that integrate with QAD
With QAD Adaptive ERP at the center, MES, QMS, PLM/PDM, groupware and banking systems connect in real time through REST APIs. The shop floor and management work from one flow of data.
- REST API
Peripheral system integration
Peripheral systems such as MES, groupware and the Supplier Portal connect through REST APIs. Customer EDI connects through EDICOM, our global EDI partner.
- EDI
EDI eCommerce
We process the electronic documents exchanged with customers and suppliers in standard formats. We implement whichever EDI format an OEM requires, whatever its type.
- VAATZ
Hyundai · Kia VAATZ
We connect the order and delivery information of VAATZ, the supplier portal of Hyundai Motor and Kia, to the ERP. Orcait has experience developing VAATZ integrations.
Interfaces to systems outside QAD are built with OrCore custom development.
MES, QMS, PLM, groupware, EDI and the Supplier Portal connect through REST APIs that run the same logic as the screens. We build them on three standard patterns, query, transaction and event, and consolidate the specialist solutions of each department into a single close in the QAD financial hub.
Shop-floor connection
Three steps to connect the shop floor
The first step is connecting the shop floor to the ERP. AI can find problem processes only when shop-floor data is gathered to match the ERP standard. What we provide today is step 1.
Three steps follow one another: connect, diagnose and optimize. The connect step is available now. Diagnose and optimize are on the roadmap.
- Step 1 · AvailableConnect: ERP and shop-floor dataWe match POP, MES, equipment and barcode results to the QAD production, inventory and quality modules. Plan and actual become one set of data.
- Step 2 · RoadmapDiagnose: AI finds the problem processesAI picks up signals that differ from the ERP standard, such as lower yield, utilization swings, concentrated defects and lead-time delays, and breaks down the causes.
- Step 3 · RoadmapOptimize: put process improvement into effectWe simulate the work sequence, layout and equipment allocation of bottleneck processes, and check the effect on cost and delivery in ERP figures.
Steps 2 and 3 are prepared together with the roadmap for the AI platform's Production, Quality and Equipment agents.
What we provide
ERP integration and AI process analysis
We show what we provide now separately from what is on the roadmap.
ERP integration
We match the QAD production, inventory and quality modules to shop-floor data. We also integrate with WMS, ESL and QMS.
AI process analysis
Detecting problem processes, root-cause analysis and improvement simulation. We plan to use the same engine as the AI platform's Production, Quality and Equipment agents.
We provide Orcait POP/MES for shop-floor connection.
FAQ
Common questions before an integration consultation
How do you connect peripheral systems such as MES and groupware?
With QAD Adaptive ERP at the center, we integrate MES, QMS, PLM/PDM, groupware and banking systems in real time through REST APIs. The shop floor and management work from one flow of data. Customer EDI connects through EDICOM, our global EDI partner.
Can data from shop-floor equipment go straight into ERP production results?
Orcait POP receives running time, downtime and cumulative stroke counts directly from the equipment PLC and posts them as QAD results.
Can we use AI process diagnosis and optimization now?
AI process diagnosis and optimization are at the roadmap stage. The AI platform's Production, Quality and Equipment agents are planned to use the same engine. What we provide now is POP, MES and ERP integration.
Where should we start?
First, we assess where you are today. In a process improvement assessment consultation, we start by checking where the ERP baseline data and the shop-floor results break apart.