 Stryker Suzhou Goes Live With QAD Enterprise ApplicationsQAD Offers Medical Device Manufacturer a Healthy Prognosis for its Suzhou Plant
Stryker Corporation is a Fortune 500 company, providing innovative orthopedic implants, and medical and surgical equipment globally. In 2008, the company opened its first manufacturing plant in China, the world’s fourth largest medical device market. Stryker Suzhou manufactures instruments used in orthopedic-implant surgeries and plans to supply all of Stryker’s divisions. Stryker Suzhou had a complex manufacturing environment operating at full capacity, and needed an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to accelerate production and support its growth strategy. Stryker Suzhou deployed QAD Enterprise Applications and will be relying on QAD Applications Managed Services (AMS) to efficiently and effectively support its production, supply chain, and finance needs. “We are pleased with our decision in choosing QAD. QAD Enterprise Applications are easy to implement, flexible to configure, simple to use, and scalable to our growth,” said Chiam Tze Chong, director of Finance and IT at Stryker Suzhou. “We are confident that QAD can support our rapid business growth into the future.” Stryker Suzhou leveraged best practices from a previous QAD implementation at its Stryker Spine Division in France to streamline its operations and enhance workflow from production through distribution. QAD Enterprise Applications enabled Stryker Suzhou to replace a combination of basic systems and consolidate critical data into a single source, while simplifying data access and reducing human error across all functional groups, including finance, quality, production and supply chain. "China presents an extraordinary opportunity for medical device companies to build a production infrastructure from the ground up that takes advantage of the latest technology and standards," said Pam Lopker, president and founder of QAD. "Having focused on the manufacturing sector for more than three decades and offices in China for over 15 years, QAD offers medical device manufacturers in China cost effective systems to support manufacturing while meeting strict international regulatory requirements." Additionally, by relying on QAD Application Managed Services (AMS), Stryker Suzhou now can focus on its core business rather than its IT needs. QAD AMS provides all of the services needed to support the system and help deliver high availability to a 24 x 7 critical production environment. About Stryker Corporation Stryker Corporation is one of the world's leading medical technology companies with the most broadly based range of products in orthopedics and a significant presence in other medical specialties. Stryker works with respected medical professionals to help people lead more active and more satisfying lives. The Company's products include implants used in joint replacement, trauma, craniomaxillofacial and spinal surgeries; biologics; surgical, neurologic, ear, nose and throat and interventional pain equipment; endoscopic, surgical navigation, communications and digital imaging systems; as well as patient handling and emergency medical equipment. For more information about Stryker, please visit www.stryker.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 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 +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. Note to Investors: This press release contains certain forward-looking statements made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. A number of risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are not limited to, evolving demand 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; the publication of opinions by industry and financial analysts about the 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; # # # Founded in 1979, QAD has been recognized as a leading provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software applications for global manufacturing companies. Today, QAD enterprise applications leverage advances in Internet and enabling technologies to 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. QAD enterprise applications are focused and optimized for select manufacturing industry segments: automotive, consumer products, electronics, food and beverage, industrial and life sciences. End
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