QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADA) (NASDAQ:QADB), a leading provider of cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions and services for global manufacturers, today announced that Facet Technologies, a leading contract manufacturing organization, has deployed QAD Cloud ERP to meet current and anticipated production needs for manufacturing high-quality medical devices.

Facet, an FDA-registered, ISO 13485:2003-certified engineering and manufacturing company, specializes in manufacturing lancing devices, lancets for blood glucose testing and insulin injection pen needles for their global life science company customers. Facet was burdened by technology that did not have the capability to keep up with business needs. Many departments relied on spreadsheets for tracking and reporting. There were timing and accuracy issues when transactions were entered into the system and getting custom reports was frustrating and time-consuming.

Following a comprehensive search of potential technology solutions, Facet chose QAD Cloud ERP as the technology most capable of meeting current production challenges as well as future growth projections. Facet Technologies also chose Strategic Information Group (SIG) as its implementation partner based on SIG’s experience implementing QAD software, extensive knowledge of the life science industry, and proven track record. As a result of the deployment of QAD Cloud ERP, Facet has improved material requirements planning activities, reduced inventory carrying costs and eliminated errors associated with manual data entry.

“The new system is versatile, easy to use and required very little customization,” said Bobby Yeomans, Manufacturing Technology Director at Facet Technologies. “It is providing many positive results. These include helping lower inventory carrying costs and making more information readily available through new reports and browsers; allowing more people to make accurate decisions to improve business operations.”

One key selection element was QAD’s cloud-based, FDA-qualified IT infrastructure. “QAD’s qualified IT infrastructure provides clients with an environment that is in a demonstrable state of control and compliance. It is a key building block to help them ensure that they have a solid foundation upon which to base their software validation requirements. It is one of the primary drivers of the increase in cloud deployments by our life sciences customers,” stated Bart Reitter, Director of Marketing, QAD Life Sciences.

Facet’s future plans include implementing electronic data interchange (EDI), business intelligence (BI), enterprise asset management (EAM), supplier scheduling and additional data collection capabilities.

Learn more about Facet Technologies’ deployment of QAD Cloud ERP.

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 30 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 as on-premise software, in the cloud with QAD Cloud ERP 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.

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