List Recognizes the Top 100 Technology Providers for the Food Industry

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) December 17, 2008 -- QAD Inc. (NASDAQ: QADI), a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturers, is pleased to be recognized by Food Logistics magazine as a part of the Food Logistics 100 (FL100). The annual listing recognizes technology and solution providers that help grocery and foodservice distributors and manufacturers reach their business goals. This honor reinforces QAD’s commitment to provide an integrated set of solutions to more than 300 global Food & Beverage manufacturing customers to achieve manufacturing excellence.

We understand the business pressures facing manufacturing management including increasing consumer demands, the proliferation of products and channels and increasing regulatory requirements. To be successful food and beverage manufacturers must conquer these challenges while simultaneously enhancing product quality, addressing global marketplace opportunities and building closer end-consumer ties

“We understand the business pressures facing manufacturing management including increasing consumer demands, the proliferation of products and channels and increasing regulatory requirements. To be successful food and beverage manufacturers must conquer these challenges while simultaneously enhancing product quality, addressing global marketplace opportunities and building closer end-consumer ties,” said Phil Friedman, Vice President, Consumer Products / Food & Beverage Vertical Marketing, QAD, Inc.

“We are committed to enable food & beverage manufacturers to build a lean manufacturing environment and support them in achieving their market goals in brand development, demand management, new product introduction, while embracing food security and quality requirements. We believe that QAD is uniquely positioned to help global food and beverage manufacturers streamline their operations without sacrificing customer satisfaction.”

QAD supports the entire supply chain, from source to end consumer. The QAD Food and Beverage (F&B) offering addresses all aspects of a Food and Beverage business from supplier management through processing, recipe development and management, customer and channel management, transport and logistics, demand planning, as well as accommodating eCommerce throughout the supply chain.

For more information about QAD Enterprise Applications, go to www.qad.com.

About QAD

QAD is a leading provider of enterprise applications for global manufacturing companies. QAD applications provide critical functionality for managing manufacturing resources and operations within and beyond the enterprise, enabling global manufacturers to collaborate with their customers, suppliers and partners to make and deliver the right product, at the right cost and at the right time. Manufacturers of automotive, consumer products, electronics, food and beverage, industrial and life science products use QAD applications at approximately 6,100 licensed sites in more than 90 countries and in as many as 27 languages. For more information about QAD, telephone +1 805 684 6614, or visit the QAD at www.qad.com, or join the QAD Community.

"QAD" is a registered trademark of QAD Inc. All other products or company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Note to Investors: This press release contains certain forward-looking statements made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. A number of risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are not limited to, evolving demand for the company's software products and products that operate with the company's products; the company's ability to sustain license and service demand; the company's ability to leverage changes in technology; the company's ability to sustain customer renewal rates at current levels; the publication of opinions by industry and financial analysts about the company, its products and technology; the reliability of estimates of transaction and integration costs and benefits; the entry of new competitors or new offerings by existing competitors and the associated announcement of new products and technological advances by them; delays in localizing the company's products for new or existing markets; the ability to recruit and retain key personnel; delays in sales as a result of lengthy sales cycles; changes in operating expenses, pricing, timing of new product releases, the method of product distribution or product mix; timely and effective integration of newly acquired businesses; general economic conditions; exchange rate fluctuations; and, the global political environment. In addition, revenue and earnings in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) software industry are subject to fluctuations. Software license revenue, in particular, is subject to variability with a significant proportion of revenue earned in the last month of each quarter. Given the high margins associated with license revenue, modest fluctuations can have a substantial impact on net income. Investors should not use any one quarter's results as a benchmark for future performance. For a more detailed description of the risk factors associated with the company and the industries in which it operates, please refer to the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2008 ended January 31, 2008.

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