QAD Inc. (Nasdaq:QADA) (Nasdaq:QADB), a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies, today announced that it is a finalist in Info Security Products Guide’s 2017 Global Excellence Awards® in the Compliance category. These prestigious global awards recognize security and IT vendors with advanced, groundbreaking products, solutions and leaders that help set the bar higher for others in all areas of security and technologies.

“We are proud to be recognized as an industry leader by Info Security Products Guide,” said QAD Chief Technology Officer Tony Winter. “Behind this distinguished success is our relentless focus on continuous improvement and customer outcomes. We believe this recognition from Info Security Products Guide further validates our commitment to our customers and their compliance needs.”

QAD is a leading provider of enterprise software and services designed for global manufacturing companies. It offers a variety of capabilities to help manufacturers automate compliance-related activity. QAD also tracks regulatory compliance trends and changes on behalf of its customers. 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) provides manufacturers with a comprehensive quality solution that assists customers in automating their processes for meeting industry compliance requirements and helps manufacturers produce higher quality products, increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty.
  • QAD Cloud ERP is available in two special editions, QAD Cloud ERP Life Science Edition and QAD Cloud ERP Automotive Edition, to help manufacturers meet 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 the UDI requirements.

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

About Info Security Products Guide Awards

SVUS (Silicon Valley United States) Awards are conferred in 10 annual award programs: The Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards, The IT Industry’s Hot Companies and Best Products Awards, The Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards, and Consumer World Awards, CEO World Awards, Customer Sales and Service World Awards, The Globee Fastest Growing Private Companies Awards, Women World Awards, PR World Awards, and Pillar Great Employers World Awards. These premier awards honor organizations of all types and sizes from all over the world including the people, products, performance, PR and marketing. To learn more, visit www.svusawards.com.

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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