QAD to Host Executive Briefings with Leading Thailand Manufacturers and Media
October 08 2010 - 11:03AM
Business Wire
QAD Inc. (NASDAQ: QADI), a leading provider of enterprise
software and services for global manufacturers, announced today
that Pam Lopker, president and founder for QAD, and Gordon Fleming,
executive vice president and chief marketing officer for QAD, will
join QAD Asia-Pacific and Thailand executives in unveiling QAD
Enterprise Applications 2010.1 and sharing QAD strategies and
global manufacturing insights with leading Asia-Pacific
manufacturers and media in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 14 – 15,
2010.
Thailand is a focused market for QAD in Asia-Pacific and has
experienced significant growth in recent years. QAD is proud that
QAD Enterprise Applications is used among leading Thailand-based
manufactured product companies, including Auto Alliance Thailand,
NHK Spring, NOK Precision Component, Ampol Food Processing, and
Thai Vegetable Oil.
On October 14, Lopker and Fleming will be joined by Paul
Henderson, QAD senior vice-President for Asia-Pacific, and Stefan
de Haar, QAD business unit manager, South Asia, in hosting a QAD
Customer Briefing event. QAD executives will discuss how global
manufacturing trends, including lean manufacturing and supply chain
trends, are impacting global enterprise resource planning (ERP)
development and adoption in the Asia-Pacific and Thailand
marketplace.
On October 15, Lopker and Fleming will concurrently host several
one-on-one meetings with mainstream and IT-based Thai media,
respectively. Lopker will share an overview of QAD’s corporate
vision and business direction, and global manufacturing trends as
they relate to Thai and Asia-Pacific based manufacturers.
Fleming will share insights on QAD’s local go-to-market and
customer support strategies for the Asia-Pacific region, and
discuss the latest feature enhancements to QAD Enterprise
Applications 2010.1, QAD’s latest product release, launched in
September 2010.
About the Presenters
Pamela Lopker is Chairman of the Board and President of
QAD. Lopker founded the company in 1979 and is responsible for
shaping the vision and strategic direction of QAD, as well as
directing the company’s global research and development
efforts.
Lopker has long been recognized for her entrepreneurialism and
leadership in the advancement in manufacturing software. In March
2001, Fortune magazine named Lopker a "Hero of U.S. Manufacturing."
She has been profiled four times by Forbes magazine and numbers
among Manufacturing Systems’ “Legends of Manufacturing,” as well as
START magazine’s manufacturing industry visionaries. She received
Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Greater
Los Angeles area in 1996.
Lopker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from the
University of California, Santa Barbara. She is certified in
Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) by the American
Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS).
Gordon Fleming is Chief Marketing Officer of QAD,
responsible for leading the company’s global marketing
organization. He is also responsible for the definition of
QAD’s key market strategy and development of the company’s
strategic vertical roadmaps. Fleming joined QAD in 1995 and was
responsible for QAD operations in Australia and New Zealand. In
addition to enterprise resource planning software, his previous
experience includes work in the corporate finance sector at
Schroders plc and Barclays Group plc in the United Kingdom. With a
background in electrical engineering, Fleming also has worked in
commissioning and manufacturing roles for the defense and
communications sectors.
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 2010 ended January 31, 2010.
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