Global MMOG/LE Implementation Training - Level 1

General
Begins: Nov 14 2011 - Nov 07 2012
Ends: Nov 07 2012
Venue: AIAG, Southfield, Michigan, USA

In light of global economic challenges and vehicle fluctuation and demand, it is more important than ever to focus attention on supply chain management issues including customer requirements, capacity constraints, contingency planning, sub-tier capability, resource allocation, and employee skills. This course is designed to improve materials management efficiency and effectiveness in your supply chain leveraging the Global Materials Management Operations Guideline Logistics Evaluation (MMOG/LE). MMOG/LE is the global standard for supply chain management processes that reduces costs from errors, waste, and workload for suppliers and customers. You will learn best practices to complete the MMOG/LE assessment tool, identify gaps and prepare action plans.

Registration includes an electronic copy of the Global Materials Management Operations Guideline/Logistics Evaluation (MMOG/LE Version 3).

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Database Conversion - QAD Enterprise Edition (ILT)

Education
Begins: Feb 22 2012 - Feb 24 2012
Ends: Feb 24 2012
Venue: QAD Office, Schiphol-Rijk, Holland

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Description: To provide an overview and training to technical staff on the Conversion process Topics Covered: Introduction and Overview of the Conversion Process Overview of the Pre-conversion stage & practical lab exercises Overview of the Conversion stage & practical lab exercises Overview of the Post-conversion stage & practical lab exercises Intended Audience: Technical Engineers who will be performing conversions. Students are expected to have an intermediate understanding of Progress (OpenEdge 10).

Prerequisites: Completion of the Installation and Administration class is required prior to attending this class. Completion of the following on-line training classes is required prior to attending this class:

• Introduction to Java and Tomcat for QAD Enterprise Edition
• Introduction to Georgia Softworks Telnet Server for QAD Enterprise Edition
• Introduction to Supported Operating Systems - QAD Enterprise Edition
• Introduction to the QAD .Net UI - QAD Enterprise Edition
• Introduction to the QAD Interoperability (QXtend) - QAD Enterprise Edition
• Introduction to the QAD Interoperability (EDI eCommerce) – QAD Enterprise Edition
• QAD Application Architecture – QAD Enterprise Edition

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.NET UI Reporting Framework - Report Development and Administration (ILT)

Education
Begins: Mar 05 2012 - Mar 09 2012
Ends: Mar 09 2012
Venue: QAD Office, Schiphol-Rijk, Holland

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Description: This course provides in depth training for developing and administering reports including:

• How to create new reports and add them to the QAD menu
• Tools and techniques for page layout design, including use of templates
• How to write the Progress code for a custom data source- Scheduled / batch report server administration

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Spring South & East User Group

User Group
Begins: Mar 11 2012 - Mar 13 2012
Ends: Mar 13 2012
Venue: TBD, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Join SEUG this Spring as we welcome QAD users from the Southeast and North East/Atlantic coast region for our next multi-regional user group event!

5-day Combo Class (Financial Mgt, GL Fundamentals, GL Report Writer)

Education
Begins: Mar 12 2012 - Mar 16 2012
Ends: Mar 16 2012
Venue: QAD Office, Schiphol-Rijk, Holland

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Description: Class based on 3-in- formula. For the full content please familiarize yourself with descriptions of the following courses: Financial Management, GL Fundamentals, GL Report Writer.Please note that class duration is 30 hours (5 days). Instructor: Janusz Kobyra

Contact Name: Karolina Gaj

Contact Phone: +48 71 380 3130

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Spring Midwest User Group

User Group
Begins: Mar 18 2012 - Mar 20 2012
Ends: Mar 20 2012
Venue: The Henry Hotel, Dearborn, Michigan, USA

Mark your calendars and plan to join MWUG in Dearborn, Michigan for our annual Spring user group conference at the fabulous Henry Hotel (former Ritz-Carlton). As always, we'll have two full days of valuable QAD training, edcuation, and networking opportunities with your Midwest peers.

Customer Management Certification

Education
Begins: Mar 19 2012 - Mar 23 2012
Ends: Mar 23 2012
Venue: QAD Office, Schiphol-Rijk, Holland

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Description: This course will assist you in preparing for the QAD Customer Management Certification test. During this course students will receive training in the functionality that could be included in the certification test. Throughout the course there are hands-on exercises to allow practice of the key concepts and processes. Topics covered include the topics listed in Customer Management section of the QAD Certification Program Study Guide.

Intended Audience: QAD R&D, Pre-sales, Services and Support

Expected Outcome/You will learn: By the end of this class, students will have an overall understanding of the topics listed in the Customer Management section of the QAD Certification Program Study Guide.

Pre-requisites: Participants should review the Customer Management section of the QAD Certification Program Study Guide, and should know the modules, test topics and key terminology very well.

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Service and Support Management (ILT)

Education
Begins: Mar 26 2012 - Mar 30 2012
Ends: Mar 30 2012
Venue: QAD Office, Schiphol-Rijk, Holland

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Description: The course will cover the basics of service and support management module within MFG/PRO. This will include the set-up required, Installed base, service pricing, contracts, warranties, call management, call activity recording, material orders, return material authorizations and returns to suppliers.The training method will consist of a presentation with class discussion and ‘hands on’ exercises using the appropriate functionality.

Intended Audience:

• All personnel associated with the customer service and support.
• Staff who wish to broaden their knowledge of MFG/PRO.
• New employees requiring basic product training.

Prerequisites:

• MFG/PRO basic setup and navigation.
• Basic understanding of the service and support environment.

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QAD Explore 2012

General
Begins: May 07 2012 - May 10 2012
Ends: May 10 2012
Venue: Atlanta Hilton, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

QAD Explore 2012 will be held at the Atlanta Hilton in Georgia, USA, May 7-10! Registration will be open soon, but until then be sure to check out the Explore Website, view photos from Explore 2011 and watch videos!

Installation and Administration - QAD Enterprise Edition (ILT)

Education
Begins: May 21 2012 - May 25 2012
Ends: May 25 2012
Venue: QAD Office, Schiphol-Rijk, Holland

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Description: This course is designed to provide advanced training in the installation and administration of QAD Applications : Enterprise Edition. Topics Covered: Installation Configuration and Administration Reporting Daemons Database Administration Validation and Troubleshooting.

Intended Audience: The course is intended for technical staff, particularly technical installers, technical consultants, systems administrators and database administrators.

Pre-requisites: Students are expected to have an intermediate understanding of Progress (OpenEdge 10). In addition, students will be assigned the Prerequisites: Installation and Administration Learning Path as prework for this course.

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Enterprise Financials Fundamentals - QAD Enterprise Edition (ILT)

Education
Begins: Jun 18 2012 - Jun 22 2012
Ends: Jun 22 2012
Venue: QAD Office, Schiphol-Rijk, Holland

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Description: This course is designed to teach the basic features and functions of QAD Enterprise Financials and the business requirements to consider prior to implementation. Topics include: Key concepts, setup, process flows, as well as navigating and reporting features. The scope of the course is limited to Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger. For further topics, please check advanced classes. Topics will be presented, discussed and then practiced with hands-on exercises. On the final day of the course, students will have the opportunity to test their understanding and knowledge by working on an extended exercise covering most of the topics discussed during the class.

Intended Audience: This class is intended for accountants, controllers, financial managers and accounting clerks, as well as QAD R&D, and Services and Support, as a first step to gain understanding of the overall QAD Financials product.

Pre-requisites: Please note that this class includes pre-work to satisfy the course prerequisite. Prior to class, prior knowledge of accounting and finance best practices is important. For those students who do not have an operational accounting or finance background, completion of the QAD On Demand (Learning Portal) course "Finance for Non-Financial People: Concepts" (Course ID# fin_non_fin_people) is mandatory prior to class.

Special Instructions for Students: The course contains extensive hands-on exercises using a Web-based, virtual training environment.

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Progress Programming (Open Edge 10) - QAD 2008 Standard/Enterprise (ILT)

Education
Begins: Jun 28 2012 - Jun 29 2012
Ends: Jun 29 2012
Venue: QAD Office, Schiphol-Rijk, Holland

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Description: QAD designed this course for programmers working with QAD Enterprise Applications code. The intent of this course is to introduce basic database and programming concepts as they apply to QAD Enterprise Applications. Additionally, basic Progress Programming syntax will be covered to include custom report writing or changes to existing reporting capability. A working view of the data structures is also presented. Course includes hands-on programming to understand key concepts, as well as sample program takeaways for later reference.

Topics Covered:

• Database and Environment
• Procedural Coding
• Working with Records
• Blocks
• Transactions & Record Scoping
• Predicates, Indexes & Field Lists
• Variables, Messages & Conversions
• Validation & Help
• Frames
• Reporting & Input/Output

Intended Audience: Beginning programmers who plan to customize reports within QAD Enterprise Applications Project managers who want to understand the fundamentals of QAD Enterprise Applications as it pertains to Progress Members of QAD Enterprise Applications implementation teams.

Prerequisites: A general understanding of QAD Enterprise Applications functions and an interest in how they work. Prior programming or database admin is suggested, but not required.

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Enterprise Financials Advanced - QAD Enterprise Edition (ILT)

Education
Begins: Jul 16 2012 - Jul 19 2012
Ends: Jul 19 2012
Venue: QAD Office, Schiphol-Rijk, Holland

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Description: This class is designed to teach advanced features and functions of QAD Financials for QAD Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Edition. Topics include: budgeting, allocations, structures reports, consolidation, Excel integration, screen customization, and ERS. For QAD Financials fundamentals (Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Ledger...), check the QAD Financials Fundamentals class. Lessons will include business considerations for implementation when applicable, a presentation of the topic, and an exercise in most cases. At the end of the class, an evaluation will give you the opportunity to test your newly acquired knowledge. Topics Covered: GL coding structure, daemons, Excel integration, budgeting, allocations, structured reports, report variants, consolidation, logistics accounting, ERS, GL mask, lock box, payment format file, installation, user-defined fields, screen customization.

Intended Audience: This class is intended for accountants, controllers, financial managers and accounting clerks, as well as QAD R&D, Services and Support.

Pre-requisites: An understanding of financial principles is required to get the full benefit of this class. Students must have completed the QAD Financials Fundamentals (or equivalent) class.

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Customization - QAD Enterprise Edition (ILT)

Education
Begins: Sep 10 2012 - Sep 14 2012
Ends: Sep 14 2012
Venue: QAD Office, Schiphol-Rijk, Holland

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Description: This course is presented in two parts. Part I, Customization of Component-Based QAD Applications, covers back-end and UI front-end non-intrusive customization of QAD component-based applications. The areas covered include standard component-based functions and reports. This training is for developers/designers with Progress 4GL experience, who want to learn non-intrusive customization techniques for component-based programs and functions (typically the new financials functions). Part II, Customization using QAD Applications Features and Functions, covers the .NET UI application features that can be used by non-developers to customize both component-based and non-component based applications. This training is for developers/designers with Progress 4GL experience. Topics Covered: Agenda also available bellow under Expected Outcome Part I: Overview of the architecture, and relevance for customization Configuring your system for NI customization Typical customization cases Overview of supporting tools in the system Overview of possibilities to customize reports Part II: UI design mode in financials screens Configurable screens User-defined fields Browse features Browse maintenance Saving browse settings Operational metrics Process maps Menu system maintenance Configuration of the UI client Prerequisites: Students are expected to have an intermediate understanding of Progress (OpenEdge 10). Completion of the following on-line training classes (available on the Learning Portal) is required prior to attending this class:

• Introduction to Java and Tomcat for QAD Enterprise Edition
• Introduction to Georgia Softworks Telnet Server for QAD Enterprise Edition
• Introduction to Supported Operating Systems – QAD Enterprise Edition
• Introduction to the QAD .Net UI – QAD Enterprise Edition
• Introduction to the QAD Interoperability (QXtend) – QAD Enterprise Edition
• Introduction to the QAD Interoperability (EDI eCommerce) – QAD Enterprise Edition
• QAD Application Architecture – QAD Enterprise Edition

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QXtend Fundamentals (ILT)

Education
Begins: Sep 24 2012 - Sep 27 2012
Ends: Sep 27 2012
Venue: QAD Office, Schiphol-Rijk, Holland

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