QAD Inc. announced that the Sauermann Group and HVACR markets, has selected QAD Adaptive ERP to support and consolidate their international structure into a globally manageable business. Sauermann has made the QAD solution its global platform in order to synchronize, centralize and manage the Group's different activities spread over 12 sites including four different manufacturing plants on three continents. 230 employees worldwide use QAD Adaptive ERP.

The cloud-based solution has allowed the Sauermann Group to expand quickly and with agility. Each of the Group's international entities has implemented the QAD solution, creating a more accurate view of the month's key figures. Thanks to this, Sauermann is able to measure, quantify and visualize the overall results with greater speed.

Delivery times for certain product lines are now shorter with improved order visibility. The project with QAD has been a real human adventure with a real change management challenge for the Sauermann Group. The company succeeded in involving employees on three different continents in order to create an Industrial Group spirit.

Usually an ERP in industry stops at the door of operations and manufacturing, but the teams at Sauermann succeeded in putting the cloud ERP solution in the hands of the operators.