QAD (Nasdaq: QADI), a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturers, announced today that the Omnia Group, a diversified, specialist chemical services company providing customised solutions in the chemical, mining and agriculture markets, has deployed QAD Enterprise Applications 2009.
In 2007, the Omnia Group embarked on its Quantum Initiative, with the key objectives of improving customer service, gaining operational excellence and lowering the cost of doing business.
“In order to achieve our initiatives, we developed a Business Component Model plan, which helped us look for an ERP solution. Omnia has 1 000 ERP users in 17 countries from three quite different operating divisions that span heavy manufacturing to distribution-intensive operations,” said Noel Fitz-Gibbon, Commercial Director for Omnia. “We needed an ERP solution that was able to support our wide range of functionality in different countries. After an extensive evaluation process, QAD was selected as our preferred ERP partner.”
QAD 2008 EE is designed to meet the ever-changing needs of customers and their employees in highly competitive and fast-moving manufacturing industries across all key functions and geographies. QAD provides a complete set of software, services and support for customers' manufacturing, supply chain and financial operations. The suite is also designed to quickly improve efficiency, whether employees are on the shop floor or at the corporate office, through the use of flexible workflows and automation.
In April 2009, Omnia went live with Phase 1 of the Quantum Initiative, with QAD 2008 EE and Demand Management in a multi-domain/multi-currency environment. The project covered the mining explosives division in seven countries in Africa, the group head office and the international trading division in Mauritius. Fitz-Gibbon commented: “We deployed the full range of functionality in QAD 2008 EE and Demand Management for a very complicated and diverse operational environment, as well as automating transactions between our operations in the different countries and currencies. We were able to do this almost entirely using standard QAD functionality - quite an accomplishment and a tribute to the robustness and flexibility of the QAD solution.”
Key to the applications suite is the emphasis on redefining the user experience. The state-of-the-art QAD .NET user interface is both intuitive and user-friendly and works by combining application flexibility and functional sophistication. “Our users particularly enjoy the new .NET user interface and browser functionality,” commented Fitz-Gibbon.
Omnia has worked closely with QAD Global Services throughout the project. “The support and dedication of the QAD services team was essential in getting us to this position and we expect to gain considerable business benefits in the coming years as QAD enables us to achieve our Quantum Initiative objective,” said Fitz-Gibbon. “We are currently in the process of implementing QAD's Enterprise Asset Management and Business Intelligence solutions in the mining explosives division and the further rollout of QAD to our chemical division.”
“QAD is focused on developing technology solutions that truly impact our customers' business needs,” says Jean-Claude Walravens, Vice-President, EMEA region, QAD. “It is critical that we continue to provide our customers throughout the world with easy to use applications that complement their existing business processes and lead to increased efficiency across the enterprise, including improved cost savings.”
For more information about QAD Enterprise Applications, go to http://www.qad.com.
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