QAD GXE for Decoma UK and Intier

QAD Inc., provider of manufacturing enterprise software applications, today announced that Decoma UK Ltd and Intier Automotive have successfully completed implementation of QAD GXE, the Global Enterprise Edition. Intier Automotive migrated from a version of QAD MFG/PRO that was five years old and still carrying a legacy from previous owning company Johnson Controls company to a QAD GXE platform hosted at the Decoma site. Intier’s sister company Decoma was able to provide resources, implementation experience and IT infrastructure. In addition to the data migration, both Intier and Decoma were able to streamline their systems, reportedly to make the way for another planned migration from QAD MFG / PRO to QAD GXE.

Decoma IT manager Garry Bowers said, “we plan to migrate our own system to QAD GXE, the Global Enterprise Edition. … Although a total move to lean manufacturing is some way off, we plan to pave the way this year by putting the foundations in place as part of this upgrade.” The Intier team extracted their data from their Germany-based and used spreadsheets in the process of moving static data to the Decoma site. An electronic data interchange gateway was constructed so that Intier could upload orders from OEM customers with a server and mailbox operating separately from the Decoma system. Intier Automotive Interiors specializes in the development and manufacture of vehicle interior components; producing systems for the global automotive industry; and providing vehicle interior integration and program management solutions.

Inter Automotive currently employs approximately 7,000 people at 36 manufacturing and research and development facilities in nine countries. Decoma International is a division of Magna International Inc. and is a full service supplier of exterior vehicle appearance systems. Decoma has approximately 16,000 employees in 54 manufacturing, engineering and product development facilities in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Germany, Belgium, England, Japan, France, Poland, Austria and the Czech Republic. Magna International, billing itself “the most diversified automotive supplier in the world,” specializes in designing, developing, and manufacturing automotive systems, assemblies, modules and components.

Magna has approximately 82,000 employees in 220 manufacturing operations and 56 product development and engineering centers in 22 countries. QAD is a provider of enterprise applications for global manufacturing firms. QAD applications are employed in the manufacture of automotive, consumer products, electronics, food and beverage, industrial science and life science products at approximately 5,500 licensed sites in more than 90 countries and in 27 languages.