Distinctive on Demand: Dacor Deploys QAD Enterprise Applications on Demand

QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADI), a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturers, announced today that Dacor, a globally respected manufacturer of high-end, luxury kitchen appliances, has deployed QAD Enterprise Applications On Demand, enabling Dacor to deliver more product, faster, to a competitive market.

From a single, retail appliance store in Northern California founded in 1933, Dacor has evolved into a complex, multi-location design, manufacturing and distribution operation. As a luxury brand closely impacted by market fluctuations in real estate and construction, Dacor recognized that to assuage the impact of the economic slowdown, it needed to improve its manufacturing, supply chain and IT efficiency and turned to QAD On Demand, a Software as a Service solution, to meet this goal.

Dacor boasts 250 users of QAD Enterprise Applications. The company upgraded from its on premise solution to QAD On Demand to augment its IT resources without adding additional staff or cost to the company. QAD Enterprise Applications On Demand infrastructure resides in Denver, Colorado, connecting and centralizing Dacor's three US manufacturing plants and six distribution centers and providing data and hardware backup and redundancy.

“QAD On Demand has given us the ability to run the applications we need as if we have dedicated database administrators on staff,” said Hugo Valldejuli, chief information officer at Dacor. “We can now rely on 99.9% system availability, while saving on our IT budget, and improving our technical resources with the extension of the QAD On Demand team.”

In concert with its corporate commitment to rely on technological innovation as a key to growth, Dacor also turned to QAD Enterprise Applications to help improve its manufacturing resource planning performance and deliver product to market faster.

With QAD Enterprise Applications, Dacor has been able to improve its shop floor flow control and work in process (WIP) and, in turn, improve accuracy and inventory movement. “We are now able to more closely manage our data and transactions and, as a result, have improved our inventory turns and lowered inventory overall,” Valldejuli added.

Through improved efficiencies and cost savings, Dacor credits QAD Enterprise Applications in helping it become more nimble and responsive to the desires of “aspiring consumers,” a previously untapped market segment, and launch a new line of products to meet their needs.

“In a year when the economy and our competition were not encouraged to release new products, we launched eight new models,” noted Brett Hunt, director of marketing at Dacor. “With the technological efficiency of QAD Enterprise Applications, we were able to move very quickly. Not only did we launch our new Distinctive line, we found a distinctive solution to help us get there.”

About Dacor®

Dacor® is a market leader in luxury kitchen appliance design, manufacturing and distribution primarily within North America. Its product lines comprise four primary brands: Epicure, Millennia, Preference, and Integrated, and are targeted at design professionals, builders and consumers. They are sold through specialty appliance retailers in the US, as well as through Dacor® showrooms in Atlanta and San Francisco.

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 science 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 [phone], or visit the QAD web site at www.qad.com.

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