Cascade Engineering Wins QAD National Rapid Achiever Award -

Outstanding Implementation of Leading Enterprise Software Earns Top Honor

Grand Rapids, MICHIGAN – Cascade Engineering received QAD’s National Rapid Achiever Award today at the QAD Explore 2000 User Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

Cascade Engineering is being recognized by QAD, a leading provider of
e-business solutions for manufacturing and distribution companies, for the quick results it has achieved using QAD enterprise applications with eCommerce. Cascade Engineering successfully completed a rapid nine-site implementation of the QAD solution and became the first company to put the QAD EDI eCommerce solution into use. The QAD EDI eCommerce features a flexible, table-driven EDI system.

“QAD applications continue to enable businesses to achieve maximum enterprise efficiencies at a record pace,” said Pam Lopker, QAD chairman and president. “We are proud to honor Cascade Engineering for exceeding its performance objectives with QAD applications. Cascade is now poised to take advantage of even greater opportunities afforded by QAD e-business applications.”

“Members of our core applications team, led by Lowell Johannsen, directed the implementation of QAD MFG/PRO in an optimal fashion due to their uncompromising commitment to continuous improvement,” said Mike Goldman, vice president of business services for Cascade Engineering. "This great team used their talents to get the most out of QAD applications, and I am proud of them for that."

Cascade was chosen for achieving record results from among a field of manufacturers implementing QAD applications within the last year. Other Rapid Achievers include: Del Monte Foods Company, Delphi/Packard Hughes Interconnect, FCI Asia Pte Ltd., and Stryker Corporation.

QAD is a leading provider of e-business-enabled enterprise and supply chain management software and services to multinational companies of all sizes, with special focus on the mid-market. Available in 26 languages and able to support multiple currencies, QAD software helps speed business processes for more than 300,000 licensed users at more than 4,000 licensed sites in more than 80 countries. For more information about QAD, telephone +1 805 684 6614, or visit the QAD web site at http://www.qad.com. To receive any of QAD's press releases via facsimile, contact 1 800 356 0747, or outside the U.S. contact +1 213 253 5647.

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