QAD selects ACCESS COMMERCE Solution to help increase efficiency and accelerate Quote-to-Cash" cycle.

Cameleon Channel Selling provides guided selling to QAD Global sales force.

Chicago, Illinois and Toulouse, France (PRWEB) May 18, 2003 - ACCESS COMMERCE (EURONEXT: 7424), a leading provider of CRM, Guided Selling and Product Configuration software, today announced that QAD Inc. (NASDAQ: QADI) has selected ACCESS COMMERCE Cameleon Channel Selling to enhance the companys lead-to-order process. QAD turned to ACCESS COMMERCE to harness the power of the Internet and provide their global sales channels with a flexible and powerful configuration and quotation system.

Cameleon Channel Selling will enable QADs direct sales team and distribution partners to configure and price QAD software solutions, apply discount rules, generate accurate quotes, and place and transfer orders directly to MFG/PRO via the Internet. The result will be an optimized lead-to-order" process that will further improve QADs already high customer satisfaction rates and eliminate quotation and order errors.

At QAD, we are implementing Cameleon Channel Selling from ACCESS COMMERCE to provide our sales team with a system that is flexible and allows them to respond quickly to each and every customer request" said Daniel Lender, Vice President of Global Sales Operations at QAD. Cameleon Channel Selling provided all the ingredients we require -- state-of-the-art guided selling functionality, strong product configuration, multi-language and currency support, a web-native architecture and seamless integration to the Back-Office system."

ACCESS COMMERCEs ability to interface 16 QAD regional databases and two shipping centers across the globe was also an important factor in the selection process. We are delighted that QAD, one of our oldest partners, has joined other ACCESS COMMERCE partners that use Cameleon solutions." said Kurt Haller, Executive Vice President and North America General Manager at ACCESS COMMERCE. Cameleon offers strong benefits for technology companies and will help QAD reduce the cost of sales, eliminate delays and continue to maintain their high levels of customer satisfaction."

ABOUT ACCESS COMMERCE
ACCESS COMMERCE provides Product Configuration, Guided Selling and CRM software that simplifies the sale of complex products and services over the Internet and through traditional sales channels with proven quick-to-market solutions. Using its customer and partner relationship management applications, manufacturers can guide their employees, partners and customers through needs analysis, configuration, pricing, quotation and order fulfillment processes, improving order accuracy, shortening sales cycles and accelerating revenue growth.

ACCESS COMMERCE customers include innovative mid-sized companies, as well as, members of the Fortune 1000, such as Alcatel, Alstom, Clipack, Continental, Invacare, Lapeyre, Manitou, Nordx/CDT, Pinguely, Potain, Schlumberger, Socomec, Speedline, SR Telecom, Stahl, Technal, Thomson and Thyssen.

ACCESS COMMERCE is headquartered in Toulouse, France and Chicago, Illinois and has offices located in Australia, Canada, France and Germany. For more information, please visit the ACCESS COMMERCE web site at www.access-commerce.com.
Cameleon is a trademark of ACCESS COMMERCE SA and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other product and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

About QAD
QAD delivers value through collaborative commerce for manufacturers, empowering enterprises to integrate diverse business processes and increase profitability. Manufacturers of automotive, food and beverage, consumer, electronics, industrial and medical products use QAD applications at more than 5,400 licensed sites in more than 80 countries and in as many as 26 languages. For more information about QAD, telephone +1 805 684 6614, or visit the QAD web site at: www.qad.com. To receive any of QAD's press releases via facsimile, contact +1 800 356 0747, or outside the U.S. contact +1 213 253 5647.

"QAD" and "MFG/PRO" are registered trademarks, and "QAD eQ" is a trademark, of QAD Inc.

CONTACTS
NORTH AMERICA
Kurt Haller, EVP and General Manager, +1 (514) 694-9944, khaller@access-commerce.com