Alkor Draka Chooses QAD Cloud ERP

October 14, 2015 | By Business Wire News

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.

QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADA) (NASDAQ:QADB), a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies, announced today that Alkor Draka, part of Group Vulcalux, has chosen to deploy QAD Cloud ERP. Alkor Draka, a leading manufacturer of PVC plastic film based in the Netherlands, is celebrating its 50th year in business. Alkor Draka based its decision to select QAD Cloud ERP on the need to lower risks, ensure services levels and establish a core ERP solution to optimize business alignment for Alkor Draka’s future.

“We had already decided to upgrade our ERP to benefit from technology advancements and richer features, particularly in the financials area,” said Rubens Leite, CFO at Group Vulcalux. “When we looked closer, however, we saw that QAD Cloud ERP adds further value by reducing the impact on IT through fewer customizations, enabling us to more quickly adopt new features and helping align the business to more quickly take advantage of future business opportunities.”

QAD Cloud ERP is a full-featured ERP with extensive multi-GAAP and internationalization capabilities. QAD Cloud also runs other cloud applications including QAD Cloud EDI, QAD Cloud DSCP (demand and supply chain planning), QAD Cloud QMS (quality management system), QAD Cloud TMS (transportation management system), QAD Supplier Portal and others. QAD Cloud ERP scales effortlessly to thousands of users. The associated development and support processes are ISO 9001:2008 certified, data centers are SSAE 16 compliant and support is available 24x7x365 globally in all major languages, staffed by QAD personnel.

“We are pleased that Alkor Draka has decided to deploy QAD Cloud ERP to support its future,” said J.C. Walravens, Senior Vice President of QAD EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). “We are confident that Alkor Draka will quickly enjoy the exceptional service levels, support and flexibility of QAD Cloud ERP, as have many other customers around the world.”

About Alkor Draka – Group Vulcalux

Alkor Draka is one of the leading producers of technical PVC plastic films. With operations in the Netherlands, France and Italy, our products are sold globally and cover various markets such as screens for cinema, nuclear films, coat, packing, floor, pool, decoration, tapes and stationery. We develop high quality films meeting the needs of a broad range of industries around the world. Our mission at Alkor Draka and Group Vulcalux is to exceed our customers’ expectations by providing the finest quality films and excellent global service. We do this with passion, creativity, social responsibility and our longstanding experience. For more information, please visit www.alkordraka.com.

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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