MAUSER Upgrades to QAD Enterprise Applications Enterprise Edition

Industrial Packaging Company Stays Ahead of the Competition by Implementing QAD ERP Solution

QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADA) (NASDAQ:QADB), a leading provider of enterprise software and services, announced that MAUSER Group, a worldwide leading industry packaging manufacturer, has successfully upgraded to QAD Enterprise Applications Enterprise Edition. The upgrade has enabled MAUSER to manage global growth of its sustainable products line. Complete details of the implementation and its benefits are available in a recently published case study.

MAUSER, an eco-friendly packaging manufacturer, produces and reconditions a wide range of plastic, steel and fiber containers including drums, injection-molded packaging and bottles. Due to multiple acquisitions and joint ventures, MAUSER's global expansion presented challenges in dealing with a wide variety of customer needs, distribution and a volatile European economy. To accommodate the changes, MAUSER decided to upgrade to QAD Enterprise Applications Enterprise Edition.

"MAUSER's goal is to expand our business while producing products that are sustainable and help to make a better world. Upgrading our QAD ERP solution has helped turn this goal into a reality," said Dr. Bernhard Rohde, global chief information officer, MAUSER.

The benefits of the successful implementation include:

MAUSER's financial processes have seen many improvements mainly in the ease and speed of the financial closing process
Closing the books is much faster and more accurate, resulting in both an increase in effectiveness and decrease in costs
MAUSER is fully prepared for the general switch to the Single Euro Payments Area bank transaction required in Europe
The new user interface is sleek and has better reporting functionality. Overall, the company is experiencing process efficiencies
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