Global on Demand: International Component Corporation is Charged up over Success

06.10.2010

QAD On Demand Deployment Helps Leading Power Supply Manufacturer Better Manage Technical Resources

´SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--QAD Inc. (NASDAQ: QADI), a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturers, announced today that International Components Corporation (ICC), a global manufacturer of rechargeable power supplies and battery systems for portable applications, has successfully completed a major upgrade, on time and on budget, to QAD Enterprise Applications On Demand.

ICC manages complex programs from design to production, creating innovative power solutions for portable devices for use in the medical, communications, data server and storage, handheld data and consumer electronics markets, and provides full in-house design, tooling and test capabilities.

With near-term plans for corporate expansion, but limited IT resources, ICC turned to QAD to provide a solution that would help the company transition and grow its business without the need for additional IT investment, and would relieve its staff from the system implementation and day-to-day maintenance responsibilities. Leveraging the expertise of QAD software and its services, ICC upgraded to QAD Enterprise Applications On Demand from its existing QAD On Premise solution.

“As we examine our growth strategy, we anticipate some changes to our manufacturing requirements in the coming months,” explained Joe Italiano, chief financial officer at ICC. “QAD Enterprise Applications provides us the functionality, support and global expansion capabilities we require to support our growth. Whether we’re adding a new building, adding users or adapting to changing regulations, we now can adapt on the fly.”

Deployed as a Software as a Service (SaaS), QAD On Demand enables ICC to simplify the management of QAD Enterprise Applications while reducing its total cost of ownership and stress on its in-house IT management.

As a global company with facilities in Europe, Asia, and North America, ICC also recognized that deploying QAD Enterprise Applications On Demand would provide the organization a far greater cost benefit than installing the system redundancies it would require to ensure 24/7 uptime, connectivity speeds and performance, and maintain software upgrades and maintenance at its U.S.-based headquarters in Chicago.

“QAD On Demand was a great choice for us,” said Chris Hogrefe, global network administrator at ICC. “We don’t want to be worrying about our hardware or whether our software backups or upgrades are getting done. We needed the infrastructure, maintenance and expertise that only QAD, as a specialized solutions provider, can ensure.”

By year-end, ICC anticipates completing additional QAD Enterprise Applications On Demand upgrades at its United Kingdom and Germany operations.

About International Component Corporation (ICC)

Founded in 1967, ICC is an established global developer and manufacturer of innovative power solutions for portable applications. The company continues to lead the industry with expertise in designing and manufacturing rechargeable battery solutions, custom chargers, docking stations, and highly efficient power supplies marketed under the Elpac Power Systems brand name. ICC is committed to providing high quality, technologically advanced solutions to its partners in the medical, communications, data server and storage, handheld data, and consumer electronic markets.