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QAD

Cloud and on-premise ERP for manufacturers

Overview

What QAD does

QAD is a global ERP solution designed specifically for manufacturing companies, providing flexible deployment options and industry-specific functionality for complex supply chains and operations.

What people use it for

  • ERP for manufacturers covering production execution and scheduling
  • Supply chain planning, purchasing and inventory control
  • Quality management, traceability and supplier management for regulated manufacturing
  • Field service and enterprise asset management

The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about QAD.

  • No price, per user rate, minimum or contract term is published on the site; the only routes are a demo request and a Contact Sales link
  • Field service management, enterprise asset management and quality management are presented as separate functional areas rather than a single priced bundle

Cross-shopped

What people choose instead of QAD

Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.

Pricing

What QAD costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Standard

$2,000 /mo

  • Financial management
  • Manufacturing
  • Supply chain
  • Standard support

Premium

$4,000 /mo

  • Advanced modules
  • Analytics
  • Priority support
  • Custom integrations

Capabilities

Features

  • Financial management

    Financial management capability

  • Manufacturing

    Manufacturing capability

  • Supply chain

    Supply chain capability

  • Inventory management

    Inventory management capability

  • Quality management

    Quality management capability

  • REST APIs

    Integration with REST APIs

  • EDI

    Integration with EDI

  • IoT integration

    Integration with IoT integration

  • Third-party systems

    Integration with Third-party systems

  • Enterprise encryption

    Enterprise encryption security feature

  • Access controls

    Access controls security feature

  • Audit logging

    Audit logging security feature

Behind it

Who makes QAD

Company
QAD Inc.
Based in
Santa Barbara, California, USA

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