QADB - QAD Expands Partnership Signs North America Reseller Partnership with Scott Sheldon LLC
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- QAD Inc. (Nasdaq: QADA) (Nasdaq: QADB), a leading provider of flexible, cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies announced today it has entered into a channel partnership that affords Scott Sheldon LLC the ability to resell QAD Adaptive Applications in North America.
QAD began working with Scott Sheldon in 2016, signing a consultancy partnership agreement in North America, giving Scott Sheldon the right to provide services in relation to QAD's enterprise and supply chain software. In 2017, Scott Sheldon received the QAD New Partner of the Year award recognizing the company's success aligning its core expertise with QAD during its first year as a partner. In 2019, it earned QAD's Rising Star award. Expanding the partnership from a consultancy to a reseller relationship lets Scott Sheldon market and sell QAD solutions in addition to providing professional services.
"I am very excited to be expanding our partnership with Scott Sheldon, which will help drive our expansion plans in the North America market," said QAD Senior Vice President, Global Sales Ed Boclair. "This expanded partnership is very timely because QAD has been focused on enhancing our next generation QAD Adaptive ERP solution powered by the QAD Enterprise Platform. We look forward to the Scott Sheldon team's continued support as we work to help our customers reach their business objectives."
The Scott Sheldon organization is laser-focused on ensuring the success of QAD customers by leveraging its knowledge of the entire QAD Adaptive Applications suite of solutions. Customers will benefit from the combination of QAD's next generation, cloud-based software applications, including QAD Adaptive ERP, and the technology-related consulting services delivered through Scott Sheldon.
"We look forward to the results from this expanding partnership with QAD," said Scott Sheldon CEO Scott Spyker. "We will continue to leverage the success we've had providing services for QAD Demand & Supply Chain Planning (DSCP) while expanding into the rest of QAD's solutions. Our rich history and proven capabilities will help QAD's current and future customers become more agile and respond quickly to business change."
About QAD – The Effective Enterprise
QAD Inc. (NASDAQ: QADA) (NASDAQ: QADB) is a leading provider of flexible, cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies. QAD Adaptive ERP for manufacturing supports operational requirements in the areas of financials, customer management, supply chain, manufacturing, service and support, analytics, business process management and integration. QAD's portfolio includes related solutions for quality management software, supply chain management software, transportation management software and B2B interoperability. Since 1979, QAD solutions have enabled customers in the automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, high tech; industrial manufacturing and life sciences industries to better align operations with their strategic goals to become Effective Enterprises.
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