QAD Commences Ground-Breaking for New Facility in Limerick, Ireland; Ireland Tanaiste Welcomes QAD President to Ireland.LIMERICK, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 1998--QAD Inc. (Nasdaq:QADI), a leader in supply-chain-enabled ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. software that delivers some of the fastest implementations, Thursday announced that it is commencing site development for a new research and development facility in Limerick. On Thursday, Mary Harney Mary Harney (Irish: Máire Ní Áirne; born 11 March, 1953) is an Irish politician and the leader of the Progressive Democrats.[1] , T.D., tanaiste and minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, met Pamela Lopker, president and chairman of QAD QAD Quality Assurance Division QAD Quality Assurance Department QAD Quick And Dirty QAD Quality Audit Division QAD Quick Attach/Detach QAD Question Answer Detail (language arts education) QAD Quality Application Development , who is in Ireland to perform a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the commencement of construction of the new facility. QAD's new R&D center will create 100 new jobs for skilled software graduates at the National Technological Park, Limerick. The investment, supported by the Irish Development Authority (IDA Ida (ē`dä), city (1990 pop. 91,859), Nagano prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tenryu River. It is an agricultural market and railway junction. ), was announced in January this year. Recruitment is already under way, and QAD will be located temporarily in Hamilton House Hamilton House is the name of a Scottish country dance. The name alludes to the peculiar succession of the earldom of Selkirk: if the Duke of Hamilton, head of the house, has a younger brother, the earldom passes to the latter rather than to the duke. , Plassey, Ireland, until construction of the new facility is completed. The Limerick Center is part of QAD's commitment to deliver state- of-the-art supply-chain software solutions to meet the needs of multinational companies and to bring QAD in closer contact with its European customers. It is being located at Plassey as QAD plans to develop a close working relationship with the College of Information and Electronics at the University of Limerick The university is located along the River Shannon, on a 200 acre (0.8 km²) site in the 600 acre (2.4 km²) National Technological Park at Plassey, 5 km from Limerick city centre. The university has currently in excess of 11,000 full-time undergraduate students and 1,500 part-time students. . Transitions Optical Ltd. of Tuam, County Galway County Galway (Irish: Contae na Gaillimhe) is located on the west coast of Ireland. It is in the Irish province of Connacht. The county takes its name from the city of Galway. , is in the process of implementing an MFG/PRO system and is happy to see QAD move into the region. "We are very pleased to see QAD's R&D Center opening up in Limerick. It demonstrates QAD's commitment to Ireland, to Irish industry and to Irish education. MFG/PRO is perfectly suited to Irish manufacturers, and we expect On/Q to make global trading even easier for Irish businesses," said Rory Coll, financial controller of Transitions Optical. The Center will develop QAD's new On/Q global supply-chain management software applications for the extended enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP) market. Additional functions to be carried out at the center include R&D, customer support and product distribution. On/Q is designed to lower costs throughout the extended global supply chain. It provides applications for high-volume complex order entry and logistics, advanced planning and scheduling Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) refers to a manufacturing management process by which raw materials and production capacity are optimally allocated to meet demand. APS is especially well-suited to environments where simpler planning methods can not adequately address complex , and extended enterprise procurement. On/Q supports dynamic collaborative relationships and manages complex processes throughout the entire supply chain, accessible through the World Wide Web. On/Q applications build on QAD's long-standing expertise in supply-chain technology, which the company began implementing in its MFG/PRO ERP software in the mid-1980s. About QAD Founded in 1979, QAD is a leading provider of ERP and extended supply-chain management software for multinational and other large manufacturing companies. Available in 26 languages and able to support multiple currencies, QAD software helps speed business processes for more than 300,000 licensed users at more than 3,600 licensed sites in more than 80 countries. Ideal for distributed operations Distributed Operations (DO) is a new warfighting concept being adopted by the United States Marine Corps and is being developed by their Warfighting Laboratory as a response to the changing environment of the Global War on Terror. , QAD's MFG/PRO software is designed specifically for global manufacturers in the following targeted industries: automotive, consumer products, electronics, food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. , and industrial and medical products. Another important advantage is MFG/PRO's fast installation wherever sites are located; a single-site MFG/PRO implementation typically takes just four months, much faster than the implementation times of other enterprise system providers, which often take 18 months or longer. With the addition of the Limerick R&D Centre, QAD will have 20 offices worldwide, including other R&D facilities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Australia. European headquarters are in Hoofddorp in the Netherlands, and QAD United Kingdom Ltd. is based at Ocean House, The Ring, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1AX. For more information about QAD, visit the QAD Web site at http://www.qad.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: QAD is a trademark and MFG/PRO is a registered trademark of QAD Inc. 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