QAD Inc. (QAD) is a worldwide provider of enterprise software applications, and related services and support. QAD provides enterprise software applications to global manufacturing companies primarily in the automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, high technology, industrial products and life sciences industries. QAD software is used by over 2,500 global manufacturing companies. QAD's enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite is called QAD Enterprise Applications, which is also known as MFG/PRO. QAD Enterprise Applications supports its global manufacturing customers business needs. QAD sells licenses to its software under a perpetual licensing model. Customers who purchase perpetual licenses deploy the application using an on premise model on their own servers. In June 2012, the Company acquired Strasbourg, France based DynaSys S.A. In December 2012, the Company acquired CEBOS, Ltd.