Worthington Plastics Chooses QAD Internet-Enabled Applications With Services for Automotive-Specific Solution
13 December 1999
Worthington Plastics Chooses QAD Internet-Enabled Applications With Services for Automotive-Specific Solution
CARPINTERIA, Calif.--Dec. 10, 1999--Easy-to-Implement ERP, Supply Chain Planning Applications
and Streamlined EDI
QAD , developer of industry-specific e-business software for manufacturers and distributors, announced that Worthington Custom Plastics has signed a contract for QAD applications and services.
Worthington ranked QAD above competitors for its easy-to-implement ERP and supply chain planning applications combined with a streamlined EDI e-commerce system.
Based in Salem, Ohio, Worthington Custom Plastics manufactures plastic injection molded grills and dashboards for the automotive industry, including key customers like Saturn, Honda and GM. The automotive supplier was faced with a number of issues such as a need for streamlined EDI e-commerce, pressure from partners to seamlessly deliver very high quality products, and a need to implement its new solution within six months at three sites.
"We chose QAD and the power of its ECommerce system to deliver a fast, simple-to-implement solution to enhance customer service. QAD will make it possible for us to seamlessly share EDI information without re-keying data, thereby saving us time and improving efficiency in scheduling jobs," explained Cliff Croley, president of Worthington Custom Plastics. "QAD delivers a fast, easy-to-implement solution."
QAD's ECommerce system eliminates the need for additional EDI programming and prepares companies to do business at a fraction of the time and cost of most conventional ERP software systems. With the EDI functionality embedded into QAD applications, users simply download EDI templates from a variety of libraries.
ECommerce then edits and transforms electronic data traveling in either direction based upon trading partner tables. Worthington will implement QAD's MFG/PRO with its Java Network User Interface (NetUI), ECommerce, Qwizard, The Planner, Release Management and Supply Chain Planning applications.
RCM Technologies Inc. served as QAD's sales agent during the selection process. "Worthington quickly recognized the value of reducing the complexity and costs related to implementing EDI transactions," said John Andri, account executive of RCM. "Most companies don't realize this until it's too late." Deloitte and Touche LLP, a QAD Service Alliance Partner, will coordinate the Worthington implementation in cooperation with RCM.
Worthington signed the contract in September of 1999 to implement QAD applications at three sites. All sites are expected to go live by April 2000.
About Worthington Custom Plastics
Worthington Custom Plastics is one of the country's top custom plastic injection molders serving the automotive and transportation industries. With headquarters in Salem, the company, employs more than 2,000 people. It operates three plants, located in Salem, Mason, and Upper Sandusky, Ohio as well as a sales, engineering and design office in Troy, Mich.
About RCM
RCM Technologies is a premier provider of business, technology and resource solutions in information technology and professional engineering to customers in manufacturing, corporate and government sectors. RCM's Business Support Group division is licensed to represent market-leader QAD software to mid-market clients in the automotive, electronic, industrial, consumer products, food and beverage, and medical vertical markets.
They also provide implementation, technical and programming services for a full enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and service solution. In addition, RCM is a Premier IBM Business Partner to complete the offering with industry leading UNIX and NT hardware technology.
About Deloitte & Touche
Deloitte & Touche, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, provides assurance and advisory tax, and management consulting services through over 28,000 people in offices in more than 100 U.S. cities. Deloitte & Touche is part of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a global leader in professional services with more than 82,000 people in over 130 countries.
For additional information, visit Deloitte & Touche's Web site at www.us.deloitte.com. or contact Rick O'Connor, Managing Director of Deloitte & Touche's Michigan Practice at 313/396-3696. Deloitte & Touche refers to Deloitte & Touche LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLC, and related entities.
About QAD
Founded in 1979, QAD is a leading provider of industry-specific e-business software and services to multinational manufacturers and distributors of all sizes, with special focus on the mid-market. 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 4,000 licensed sites in more than 80 countries.
QAD software is specifically designed for global manufacturers in the following targeted industries: automotive, consumer products, electronics, food and beverage, industrial, and medical. Another important advantage is QAD's quick results wherever sites are located.
QAD revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 1999, totaled $193 million. For more information about QAD, telephone 805/684-6614, or visit the QAD Web site at http://www.qad.com. To receive any of QAD's news releases via facsimile, contact 800/356-0747, or outside the United States contact 213/253-5647.
Note to Editors: QAD is a trademark and MFG/PRO is a registered trademark of QAD Inc. All other products or company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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