QAD Announces Partnership With Minisoft

June 10, 2011 - PRLog -- QAD Inc. (NASDAQ- QADA, QADB), a leading provider of enterprise business software and services for global manufacturing companies, announced today it has partnered with leading document management solutions provider Minisoft, Inc., to provide QAD customers with its value-added, eco-friendly, electronic forms automation software: eFORMz.

QAD supports many customers running multiple divisions, brands and images. These companies are seeking more sustainable document management programs. Minisoft’s eFORMz extends the standard output of QAD Enterprise Applications to help customers automate their entire document management process, improve their brand management and customer service, and eliminate unnecessary waste and costs associated with pre-printed forms.

With eFORMz, QAD customers can format and personalize any standard QAD print stream or spool file to create attractive, functional and efficient documents that can be distributed via print, fax, email and the web, or stored in a digital archive for later retrieval. In addition, eFORMz can populate forms directly from the company’s databases.

eFORMz is fully integrated into QAD Enterprise Applications and supports all QAD platforms. QAD customers can use eFORMz to produce purchase orders, shipping labels, barcodes, bills of lading, analysis reports, checks, invoices, and more, and incorporate logos and other customized graphics for a pre-built, out-of-the-box experience.

“We’re pleased to partner with Minisoft,” stated Craig McKay, senior director of alliances for QAD. “Not only does Minisoft share QAD’s commitment to customer satisfaction and service, its eFORMz solution helps QAD customers save time and money, while promoting eco-friendly document management practices.”

About Minisoft
Headquartered in Snohomish, Washington, Minisoft is a worldwide leader in developing and delivering document management solutions, connectivity, and client-server and web development tools. Minisoft offers a new generation of forms automation software that provides users with the power to quickly and easily create high-quality business documents. Having received multiple awards for its innovative technology and customer service, Minisoft prides itself on building lasting relationships with their customers. To learn more about how Minisoft can modernize a company’s forms environment, increase its productivity and save money, visit: www.minisoft.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; 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 2011 ended January 31, 2011.

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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.