Suppliers to 93 of the 100 Top-selling Cars in the World Use a QAD ERP Solution

New Delhi, July 19, 2019: QAD Inc. (Nasdaq: QADA) (Nasdaq: QADB), a leading provider of flexible, cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies announced today that suppliers to 93 of the 100 top-selling cars in the world use a QAD enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution.

QAD Adaptive ERP Automotive Edition is designed specifically for the automotive industry. It includes integrated supply chain management, provides for alignment to industry best practices and supports the evolving needs of automotive suppliers. It helps automotive suppliers effectively manage customer requirements and extends to lower-tier suppliers. The solution includes QAD embedded analytics to help global manufacturers monitor costs, reduce risks and enhance performance.

“To be a successful supplier in the growing global automotive industry, it is critical that a manufacturer employs an effective and agile ERP solution — one that grows and adapts to evolving business requirements in a rapidly changing automotive industry,” Country Director, QAD India Debajit Roy. “QAD Adaptive ERP can be rapidly deployed, easily extended and adapted without writing code. It gives manufacturers the ability to continuously adapt to changing business conditions and challenges and turn them into competitive advantage. QAD Adaptive ERP and the QAD Adaptive Application suite of solutions provide greater fit for today and the flexibility to meet tomorrow’s requirements, helping manufacturers become Agile, Effective Enterprises.”

QAD has won several automotive industry awards, including Frost & Sullivan’s 2018 North American ERP for Automotive Customer Value Leadership Award for the QAD Enterprise Platform, the technology that enables its ERP solutions.

QAD has customers in the automotive industry globally. QAD Adaptive ERP incorporates automotive best practices and processes developed through working closely with customers and active participation in leading industry groups such as the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and Odette. It includes important automotive industry functionality including web-based supplier communications, bar coding, release management, business process management, business intelligence, supply chain management, lean manufacturing and financials. It also features hundreds of common automotive industry KPIs and operational metrics. 

About QAD – The Effective Enterprise

QAD Inc. (NASDAQ: QADA) (NASDAQ: QADB) is a leading provider of flexible, cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies. QAD Adaptive ERP for manufacturing supports operational requirements in the areas of financials, customer management, supply chain, manufacturing, service and support, analytics, business process management and integration. QAD’s portfolio includes related solutions for quality management software, supply chain management software, transportation management software and B2B interoperability. Since 1979, QAD solutions have enabled customers in the automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, high tech, industrial manufacturing and life sciences industries to better align operations with their strategic goals to become Effective Enterprises.

About Strategic Information Group    Strategic Information Group (Strategic) is a QAD Channel Partner and provider of QAD ERP, QAD QMS and enterprise technology-related software and consulting services. Founded in and a partner of QAD since 1992, and with offices located throughout the USA and in Dublin, Ireland, Strategic has sold and successfully implemented QAD at hundreds of companies. Strategic supports QAD customers with a comprehensive suite of technical, EDI, DBA, project management and application professional services.