DynaSys Positioned as a Challenger in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Sales & Operations Planning Systems of Differentiation

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--()--DynaSys, a leading provider of demand and supply chain planning solutions, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has named DynaSys a Challenger in Gartner’s May 2017 Magic Quadrant for Sales and Operations Planning Systems of Differentiation. DynaSys is a division of QAD Inc. (Nasdaq:QADA) (Nasdaq:QADB).

“We are delighted to enter into the 2017 Sales and Operations Planning Systems of Differentiation Magic Quadrant in the Challengers position and to be recognized by Gartner as one of the worldwide S&OP players,” said DynaSys President, Ariel Weil.

According to the report, “This Gartner Magic Quadrant examines the main vendors that provide Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). Supply chain leaders in IT can use this report when evaluating and selecting such a system to help enable S&OP maturity for their business.”

DynaSys has been innovating for more than 30 years to provide end to end and integrated demand and supply chain planning solutions based on the DynaSys Single Click Collaborative® technology platform. “Our native in-memory, cloud based solution supports sales and operations planning and integrated business planning and helps our customers to improve service levels, optimize their planning processes and improve supply chain visibility,” said Weil.

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About DynaSys – Effective Enterprise Demand and Supply Chain Planning

DynaSys, a division of QAD Inc., (Nasdaq: QADA) (Nasdaq: QADB), provides Demand and Supply Chain Planning solutions. With 30 years of experience, DynaSys provides an integrated and collaborative planning solution that allows businesses to optimize their supply chains, including sales and operations planning, demand planning, network and inventory and business resources optimizations. DynaSys software enables customers and partners in the food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, life sciences, apparel, luxury, high tech, automotive, distribution and retail verticals to meet their goals of better managing Demand and Supply Chain Planning, and becoming more Effective Enterprises.

For more information about DynaSys, visit www.dys.com or email contact@dys.com.

Pour plus d’information sur DynaSys : www.dys.com ou par courriel contact@dys.com.

About QAD – The Effective Enterprise

QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADA) (NASDAQ:QADB), is a leading provider of enterprise software and services designed for global manufacturing companies. For more than 35 years, QAD has provided global manufacturing companies with QAD Enterprise Applications, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that supports operational requirements, including financials, manufacturing, demand and supply chain planning, customer management, business intelligence and business process management. QAD Enterprise Applications is offered in flexible deployment models in the cloud, on-premises or in a blended environment. With QAD, customers and partners in the automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, high technology, industrial products and life sciences industries can better align daily operations with their strategic goals to meet their vision of becoming more Effective Enterprises.

For more information about QAD, call +1 805-566-6000, visit www.qad.com.

“QAD” 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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Contacts

DynaSys
Arnaud Hédoux
03 88 19 42 33 / 06 09 01 82 56
arnaud_hedoux@dys.com
or
Symphony Communication
Françoise Fouquet
01 30 64 14 20 / 06 08 25 27 74
ffouquet@symphony-communication.fr

Release Summary

DynaSys positioned as a Challenger in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Sales & Operations Planning Systems of Differentiation

Contacts

DynaSys
Arnaud Hédoux
03 88 19 42 33 / 06 09 01 82 56
arnaud_hedoux@dys.com
or
Symphony Communication
Françoise Fouquet
01 30 64 14 20 / 06 08 25 27 74
ffouquet@symphony-communication.fr