QAD partners Chennai-based Devoir Software Solutions in India

US-based software company QAD, a leading provider of flexible, cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies, today announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Chennai-based Devoir Software Solutions making it as its official channel partner in India.

QAD says it has utilised Devoir's team since 2016 with the company working on a number of projects and functions including pre-sales, marketing, consulting, end-to-end implementation, cloud hosting, management, and customisations. The new partnership will provide Devoir the ability to sell QAD solutions directly to manufacturers in India.

Jan Biezepol, MD - South Asia, QAD said: “We have been working with Devoir as a subcontractor on various projects for the past few years, and they will be a good partner for QAD. Smart manufacturing has a big role to play in the growth of the Indian economy and with Devoir, QAD can help our Indian customers find a competitive advantage in the disruption that smart manufacturing brings. Their team brings a combination of a domain and technical expertise that will definitely prove helpful to our expanding Asia-Pacific customer base.”

Murali Balakrishnan, chief executive, Devoir Software Solutions said: “We are elated about our new partnership with QAD. I am hopeful that with our deep-rooted knowledge in ERP and associated business applications, the Devoir team will add significant value to QAD’s ERP offerings.”

The QAD Global Partner Program has over 100 partners helping the company to deliver innovative solutions, services, and technology that helps its customers to modernise their business processes, and take advantage of the disruption and leverage it into a competitive advantage. The program includes several types of relationships including channel partners, system integrators and service organisations, solution providers and technology providers.