QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADA) (NASDAQ:QADB), a global leader of enterprise
software and services for manufacturing
companies around the world, today announced new components of its Mobile
Framework now available in QAD
Enterprise Applications. The QAD
mobile applications (apps) extend management capabilities,
accelerate decision making and increase operational efficiency.
QAD has leveraged components of its existing infrastructure and made
them available in a secure environment designed for tablets and smart
phones. With this approach, users can access data using QAD browse
framework on their desktop or their tablet. QAD delivers applications
that support workflow and approvals as well as access to business
intelligence data -- all for the mobile environment. The QAD apps,
designed for simplicity and downloadable from the Apple App Store,
Google Play and the QAD
Store, deliver pragmatic functions for power users, decision makers
and IT staff considering an enterprise mobile strategy.
With components of the QAD Mobile Framework, users gain an extended
reach of QAD Enterprise
Applications to do the following:
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Global Requisition System Approval -- Easily review, approve, route or
reject purchase requisitions.
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Analytics – Rapidly apply QAD Mobile BI apps to access QAD BI
dashboards and operational reporting to monitor key performance
indicators (KPIs)
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Customizable Mobile Browses – Flexibly develop, build and review
browses for specific management roles
The QAD Mobile Framework is specifically designed to help drive
productivity and convenience for workers on the go. With QAD Mobile
Framework, mobile users have practical tools to optimize data access,
workflow and analytics. These capabilities allow mobile workers to
respond quickly to changing business conditions and react to action
items that need urgent attention.
Productivity is Just a Tap Away for the Effective
Enterprise
In a recent report entitled Accelerate ERP Value Through Mobility by
Sunil Padmanabh, analyst at Gartner Inc., he wrote: “Mobility in ERP
will increase end-user productivity by at least 15% and enable faster
decision making through access to real-time ERP data.” Recommendations
from the report include the need for companies to: “Develop
comprehensive mobility use cases covering business processes,
industry-specific functionality, user roles and online/offline
capabilities.”1 (1. From Gartner Research Document G00239683 Accelerate
ERP Value Through Mobility Published: 4 October 2012 Analyst(s):
Sunil Padmanabh)
“QAD customers with mobile access are making quicker decisions and
taking advantage of actionable data to respond more rapidly,” said Pam
Lopker, founder and president of QAD. “How often do you receive
information after you already had to make a decision? Mobile access to
ERP data can resolve that problem — and allows decision makers to be
more effective, on the go. That’s tapping the power of productivity.”
Mobile ERP Delivers a Streamlined User Experience
QAD works closely with its customers to develop a set of use cases that
identify business-led scenarios in which end users will gain business
benefits from using their mobile devices to access the ERP application.
“QAD knows customers do not need all their ERP functions deployed as
mobile apps,” said Gordon Fleming, chief marketing officer at QAD. “Many
new ERP functions — which were not possible until they became mobile –
create opportunities for innovation and allow customers to be more
productive on the go.”
QAD delivers the innovative and pragmatic solutions that allow customers
to get the most value out of QAD Enterprise Applications. The components
in the QAD Mobile Framework and QAD Enterprise Applications are
purpose-built to support the QAD vision to assist every manufacturing
company to perform at their best, and to become an ‘Effective
Enterprise’.
For more information about, visit www.qad.com.
About QAD
QAD is a leading provider of enterprise applications for global
manufacturing companies specializing in automotive, consumer products,
electronics, food and beverage, industrial and life sciences products.
QAD applications provide critical functionality for managing
manufacturing resources and operations within and beyond the enterprise,
enabling global manufacturers to collaborate with their customers,
suppliers and partners to make and deliver the right product, at the
right cost and at the right time. For more information about QAD,
telephone +1 805-566-6000, or visit the QAD web site at www.qad.com.
"QAD" is a registered trademark of QAD Inc. All other products or
company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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for the company's software products and products that operate with the
company's products; the company's ability to sustain license and service
demand; the company's ability to leverage changes in technology; the
company's ability to sustain customer renewal rates at current levels;
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company, its products and technology; the reliability of estimates of
transaction and integration costs and benefits; the entry of new
competitors or new offerings by existing competitors and the associated
announcement of new products and technological advances by them; delays
in localizing the company's products for new or existing markets; the
ability to recruit and retain key personnel; delays in sales as a result
of lengthy sales cycles; changes in operating expenses, pricing, timing
of new product releases, the method of product distribution or product
mix; timely and effective integration of newly acquired businesses;
general economic conditions; exchange rate fluctuations; and, the global
political environment. In addition, revenue and earnings in the
enterprise resource planning (ERP) software industry are subject to
fluctuations. Software license revenue, in particular, is subject to
variability with a significant proportion of revenue earned in the last
month of each quarter. Given the high margins associated with license
revenue, modest fluctuations can have a substantial impact on net
income. Investors should not use any one quarter's results as a
benchmark for future performance. For a more detailed description of the
risk factors associated with the company and the industries in which it
operates, please refer to the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
fiscal 2012 ended January 31, 2012, and in particular, the section
entitled “Risk Factors” therein, and in other periodic reports the
company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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