QAD Inc. (Nasdaq:QADA) (Nasdaq:QADB), a leading provider of enterprise business software and services for global manufacturing companies, announced today that Carter Lloyds, QAD’s Chief Marketing Officer, will discuss QAD’s Customer Engagement program on The Peggy Smedley Show March 15 at 12:30 p.m. Central Time, USA. To hear the interview, click on Listen Live at either Connectedworld.com or Peggysmedleyshow.com.

“I am looking forward to talking with Peggy,” said Mr. Lloyds. “She is not only a well-respected journalist and radio host, but also an expert on topics like connected devices and the Internet of Things, and how they can impact manufacturers. It will be a great chance to exchange ideas and for me to discuss some of the innovative ways QAD helps customers reach their business goals.”

The Peggy Smedley Show features weekly discussions on the Internet of Things, connected devices and machine-to-machine (M2M) technology. It includes interviews with technology and manufacturing industry leaders from around the world. The show broadcasts live each Tuesday from 12-1 p.m. Central Time USA on wsRadio.com and its weekly podcasts are downloadable through iHeartRadio and iTunes.

QAD’s Customer Engagement program is unique in that QAD consultants meet with every customer at least once per year, free-of-charge. The purpose of the engagements is to understand a customer’s business goals, to identify the challenges standing in the way of meeting those goals and to develop a strategy to overcome the challenges. QAD invests over 5,400 non-billable consulting days in its program each year.

“The objective is to help every customer become a more effective enterprise through continuous improvement,” said Mr. Lloyds. “QAD has developed a key performance indicator, KPI, framework for manufacturers that helps customers focus on achieving better business outcomes by linking performance metrics to underlying business processes.”

Mr. Lloyds joined QAD in 2004 and became Chief Marketing Officer in 2014. In addition to leading marketing at QAD, he is a technology enthusiast who is deeply interested in the role of additive manufacturing and the Internet of Things. In his spare time, he enjoys coding, Arduinos and 3D printing. Some of his recent projects include: Dew Point - an iOS app for offline Google Drive, a Web-enabled moisture sensor to watch for leaks, a parking sensor for his garage, voice-enabled 3D printed holiday ornaments, and an M&M color counter for his daughter.

Peggy Smedley is an internationally known speaker and highly respected personality in the media world, educating businesses and consumers on the latest technological advances shaping everyday lives. An outspoken advocate and supporter of connected devices and M2M technology, Ms. Smedley hosts The Peggy Smedley Show, is the editorial director of Connected World magazine and its sister publication Constructech, and serves as President of Specialty Publishing Co. She is also the founder of the Peggy Smedley Institute, which is about education and networking of enterprise leaders within smart cities, energy, utilities, infrastructure, and manufacturing, and developing a contextual understanding of the Internet of Things. Based in the Chicago area, Ms. Smedley is a renowned author and an award-winning editor, having earned numerous honors for editorial excellence. She has also been a guest on television business and news programs and has been a voice on many national commercially syndicated radio shows.

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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