Aberdeen Group's recent assessment of five major ERP software suites found that QAD's customers outperform the others in vital areas of business impact that contribute to total cost of ownership (TCO). Aberdeen surveyed more than 1,100 companies of all sizes to benchmark ERP in manufacturing, and found that functionality and total cost of ownership (TCO) were clearly the top two selection criteria in ERP software decisions. Recognizing that ERP software and services costs and cost per user are not the only indicators of ERP value, Aberdeen researchers also measured the business impact of the software applications.

"Average improvements across all of these measures put QAD users squarely ahead of its competitors' users both in terms of performance gains and cost per percentage point of improvement," said Cindy Jutras, Vice President & Service Director, Manufacturing & ERP, Aberdeen Group. "Once a threshold is reached and dues are paid, payback multiplies as ERP penetrates more broadly and deeply into an organization."

QAD software outpaced other ERP suites when it came to reduction in manufacturing operational costs, reduction of administrative costs, improved manufacturing schedule compliance, and improved complete and on-time shipments - where QAD delivered the greatest difference. On average, QAD customers experienced the highest average improvement, at 18 percent, and the lowest cost per percent point of improvement of all the vendors.

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Prashanth Rai