QAD Announces Initial Sponsors for its 2018 Explore Customer Conference

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- QAD Inc. (Nasdaq:QADA) (Nasdaq:QADB), a leading provider of flexible, cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies, today announced the initial eight sponsors of the QAD Explore 2018 customer conference.

QAD Explore 2018 takes place May 7-10, 2018 at the Sheraton Dallas in Dallas, Texas. Customers, sponsors, and other members of the QAD community will come together for a week of informative sessions, hands-on training and industry-specific presentations. Attendees will hear from over 75 speakers, including QAD executives and customers, and choose from an extensive agenda of more than 45 workshops and training classes.

Explore 2018 offers four sponsorship levels: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Each level of sponsorship includes a booth at the Explore Solutions Expo, where QAD customers, sponsors and executives network throughout the event. Examples of sponsorship benefits include pre-event QAD Blog posts, on-site solution demonstrations, event receptions and dinners, depending on the level of sponsorship.

QAD Explore 2018 Initial Sponsors

• Gold
• Eagle Consulting & Development
• Logan Consulting
• Prophix Software Inc.
• Silver
• Factivity, Inc.
• Bronze
• AbeTech
• Minisoft Inc.
• PICS
• Radley Corporation

"Each year, Explore gives QAD a chance to spend significant time with important customers, partners and other members of the QAD community," said Pam Lopker, President and Chairman of the Board, QAD. "It's our biggest annual customer event and a key part of the dialogue that we maintain with our customers. We can announce important company news, introduce new features and enhancements to our solutions and just as importantly, learn what's important to the people who use our solutions every day. Whether you're an existing customer looking for new ways to leverage QAD solutions, or a manufacturing company looking for an in-depth introduction to QAD, mark your calendar for QAD Explore 2018."

For more information about sponsorship at QAD Explore 2018, please visit https://explore.qad.com or email: alliances@qad.com. For the latest updates on QAD Explore 2018, follow @QAD_Community on Twitter.

AboutQAD – 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 Cloud 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.

To learn more, visit www.qad.com or call +1 805-566-6000.

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Contacts:

QAD Inc.
Scott Matulis
Public Relations
818-451-8918
publicrelations@qad.com

or

Evan Quinn
Analyst Relations
617-869-7335
industryanalyst@qad.com

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