Strategic Information Group and the QAD Defense Cloud

When QAD needed a single partner to stand behind its most security-sensitive customers, it did not assemble a roster. It chose one company. Strategic Information Group.

Strategic Information Group is one of the partners we work with across the QAD ecosystem, and they hold a role that no one else does. For more than three decades, SIG has earned that standing the hard way, by getting the details right for manufacturers who cannot afford to get them wrong. Here is their story.

Three Decades of Doing It Right

Strategic Information Group has been implementing ERP since 1992. In a field where partners come and go, that longevity is its own credential. Today headquartered in Rock Hill, South Carolina, they operate as a global QAD reseller and solution partner across the US, Canada, Ireland, and the UK, serving all six QAD verticals with ERP, QMS, and CRM.

They also work across NetSuite and complementary QMS, MES, and WMS solutions, which means clients get advice shaped by the problem in front of them, not the product on the shelf. Their work spans automotive, medical devices, life sciences, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, distribution, and high-tech, giving them a real feel for the compliance and operational pressures each one carries.

Thirty years in, SIG is not coasting. As part of Pine Services Group within Evergreen Services Group, they are still expanding what they deliver and who they serve.

The Distinction That Sets Them Apart

For all of SIG’s breadth, one role stands above the rest.

QAD built a cloud environment for the manufacturers who cannot afford a compliance mistake: defense and aerospace suppliers to the US government. Then it named exactly one partner to deliver and manage it. That partner is SIG.

The QAD Defense Cloud is a secure, fully managed ERP environment that runs on AWS GovCloud (US) and is deployed and operated by SIG’s SIGSERV team. It is purpose-built for organizations that handle:

• Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) under NIST SP 800-171
• Department of Defense cybersecurity requirements under CMMC
• Export-controlled technical data under ITAR

Out of the box, it delivers an operational framework aligned with CMMC Level 2 and the 110 security controls derived from NIST SP 800-171. In plain terms, defense manufacturers start compliant-ready, rather than bolting security onto a standard system and hoping it survives an audit.

Being the only partner trusted to deliver this is not a tagline. It is a signal from QAD about who they stand behind when the requirements get hard, and it reflects a depth of specialization that a crowded partner ecosystem simply cannot match.

One Partner, One Line of Accountability

In regulated manufacturing, fragmentation is a risk you can measure. Multiple vendors, uneven expertise, and finger-pointing the moment something breaks are exactly what a manufacturer cannot afford with an audit clock running. And the pressure is only rising. CMMC enforcement is tightening, and DoD suppliers now face stricter cybersecurity requirements just to stay eligible for contracts. Manufacturers without a certified, compliant ERP risk losing bids to competitors who moved first.

The single-partner model closes that gap. With SIG owning both the build and the ongoing operation, defense manufacturers get three things a patchwork of vendors cannot promise:

1. Consistent expertise, from one team that already knows the compliance terrain and does not need to learn it on your project.
2. Clear accountability, because one partner owns the result and there is no one to point at when the audit arrives.
3. Faster, more predictable outcomes, because pre-configured frameworks mapped to DoD standards cut the discovery phase and shorten the path to audit readiness.

The responsibility model leaves nothing ambiguous, either. AWS secures the infrastructure. SIG manages the application environment. The customer keeps control of its own data and compliance decisions. Everyone knows exactly what they own, which is precisely how it should be when the stakes are this high.

The Team Behind It

SIG named Anise Madh CEO in March 2026. He brings more than 15 years in ERP and enterprise technology across manufacturing and distribution, with prior leadership roles at Wipro and LeanSwift. It is a fitting appointment for a company whose customers measure success in uptime and audit readiness.

Why We Are Proud to Partner With SIG

SIG is one of several partners we collaborate with across the QAD ecosystem, and the pattern holds every time: when strong QAD specialists pull in the same direction, the customer is the one who wins. SIG modernizes and manages the QAD backbone. DocLib automates accounts payable natively with QAD. Real-time, in the same system, with no middleware and no duplicate data to reconcile.

That distinction is QAD’s to give, and QAD gave it to SIG. If you are a defense or aerospace manufacturer trying to modernize your ERP without falling behind on compliance, there is exactly one partner delivering the QAD Defense Cloud. This is the team to call.