QAD has announced the immediate availability of QAD Storefront, a sell-side e-commerce solution fully integrated with QAD enterprise applications. QAD Storefront enables manufacturing and distribution companies to reduce the costs associated with order entry while improving customer service.
The integration of QAD Storefront with QAD eQ will be completed during the first quarter of 2001, bringing together sell-side e-commerce plus intelligent orders and exchanges leveraging QAD commerce relationship management.
QAD Storefront positions the company as one of the only e-business software developers now delivering a front-end e-commerce solution with out-of-the box integration to its back-end enterprise applications. The integration maximizes the visibility of enterprise data, providing real-time pricing using QAD MFG/PRO tables.
The Ingram Group, a large automotive supplier, which sells over 10 000 different automotive products and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, is adding QAD Storefront to its QAD MFG/PRO applications for an online facility expected to be up and running by the end of 2000. QAD MFG/PRO functionality now helps Ingram maintain economical inventory levels and deliver products virtually anywhere in Australia overnight. Once QAD Storefront is implemented, it will enable Ingram`s wholesale customers to browse online catalogues and order products online.
"Automotive parts supply is a high value, low volume business," said Nick Hollings, managing director of Ingram Corporation. "It`s absolutely critical to have the stock on hand when it`s ordered. With QAD Storefront, we look forward to offering our customers excellent visibility of stock availability and the convenience of being able to check stock levels and place orders anywhere, at anytime."
QAD Storefront consists of the IBM Websphere Commerce Suite, QAD integration software that connects the suite directly to QAD enterprise applications, and QAD services that provide manufacturers and distributors with full support from the start of the project to implementation and design of the e-commerce website.
"QAD Storefront offers companies a world class e-commerce solution that combines the best technology and services from QAD and IBM," said QAD President and Founder Pam Lopker. "IBM`s Websphere Commerce Suite is regarded as the premier e-commerce application suite, while QAD has an established reputation for industry-specific experience and solutions our customers count on. Companies who choose the QAD Storefront will reap rapid e-business benefits and gain the ability to migrate easily to QAD eQ e-business applications as they grow."
With QAD Storefront, manufacturers can set up a website that leverages the benefits of customer self-service and 24 hour x 7 day access. Through "round trip" integration with QAD MFG/PRO, B2B users can utilize MFG/PRO best pricing, tax, and shipping charge calculations and choose either ship and invoice or credit card/purchase card payment methods. B2B users can also utilize order templates or "interest lists" to provide customer personalization and streamline order entry.
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