QAD Inc. (Nasdaq:QADA) (Nasdaq:QADB), a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies, was named the Gold Winner in the Compliance category of the 2017 Info Security Product Guide’s Global Excellence Awards®. These prestigious global awards recognize security and information technology vendors with advanced, groundbreaking products, and solutions and leaders that set the bar higher for others in all areas of security and security technology.

“QAD serves manufacturers around the world by delivering unique functionality that helps them meet a wide range of global compliance requirements,” said QAD Chief Technology Officer Tony Winter. “These requirements include country-specific financial reporting regulations and governmental standards that global manufacturers must meet. This award acknowledges QAD’s leadership as a provider of these solutions, and it validates our emphasis on empowering manufacturers to become Effective Enterprises.”

More than 40 judges from across the globe participated in this year’s program, and their scores determined the 2017 Global Excellence Awards finalists and winners. Winners were announced during an awards dinner and presentation Feb. 13, 2017, in San Francisco.

While QAD offers a long list of compliance capabilities, it has four primary solutions:

  • QAD Internationalization helps global manufacturers using QAD ERP to comply with local government tracking and reporting regulations, tax laws and common practices in each country where they do business.
  • QAD Quality Management System (QMS) gives manufacturers a comprehensive solution that automates their processes for meeting industry quality compliance requirements, assisting them in producing higher quality products.
  • QAD Cloud ERP is available in two special editions, QAD Cloud ERP Life Sciences and QAD Cloud ERP Automotive. These applications assist manufacturers with meeting industry-specific compliance requirements in the life sciences and automotive industries respectively.
  • QAD Unique Device Identification (UDI) includes traceability, serialization and reporting functions to support medical device manufacturers in meeting UDI requirements.

For a complete list of the winners of the 13th Annual Info Security PG's Global Excellence Awards®, visit http://www.infosecurityproductsguide.com/world/.

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About QAD – The Effective Enterprise

QAD Inc. (Nasdaq:QADA) (Nasdaq:QADB) is a leading provider of enterprise software and services designed for global manufacturing companies. For more than 35 years, QAD has provided global manufacturing companies with QAD Enterprise Applications, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that supports operational requirements, including financials, manufacturing, demand and supply chain planning, customer management, business intelligence and business process management. QAD Enterprise Applications is offered in flexible deployment models in the cloud, on-premise or in a blended environment. With QAD, customers and partners in the automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, high technology, industrial products and life sciences industries can better align daily operations with their strategic goals to meet their vision of becoming more Effective Enterprises.

For more information about QAD, call +1 805-566-6000, visit www.qad.com.

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