IQMS

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IQMS
Company typePrivate
Industry Computer Software
Founded1989
FoundersRandy Flamm and Nancy Flamm
Defunct2019
FateAcquired by Dassault Systèmes; portfolio rebranded as DELMIAWorks
Headquarters
Paso Robles, California
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Cheri Williams, CEO
Products Enterprise resource planning software
Services Manufacturing, accounting, production monitoring, quality control, supply chain management, CRM, and eBusiness solutions
Revenue$53.5 million (2016) [1]
Number of employees
312 (2018 [1] )
Website www.iqms.com

IQMS (also known as DELMIAWorks) was a privately held, global software company based in Paso Robles, California. [2] The company developed and marketed manufacturing ERP and real time manufacturing execution systems to the automotive, medical, packaging, consumer goods, aerospace, defense and other manufacturing industries. [3] IQMS has been included on Inc. Magazine’s list of the 5000 fastest growing privately held U.S. companies from 2011 through 2016. [3] [4] Gary Nemmers became the CEO of IQMS in 2015, [2] and was succeeded by Cheri Williams in 2020. [5]

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History

IQMS was founded by Randy and Nancy Flamm in 1989 and began with a Microsoft DOS-based offering named IQGenesis. [6] [7] IQMS moved its headquarters from Southern California to Paso Robles in 1995. [8] In 1997, the company developed EnterpriseIQ, a manufacturing ERP software for the repetitive, process, and discrete manufacturing industries. [7] In 2011, IQMS product EnterpriseIQ 7.8.1 won the Stevie Award for "New Product or Service of the Year - Manufacturing". [9] In 2012, the company introduced the RTStation, a touch-screen device engineered for at-machine use providing shop floor functionality. [10] In August 2015, Nemmers succeeded Flamm as CEO while Flamm remained chairman of the board of directors. [2]

In April 2016, the company announced a browser-based user interface for its EnterpriseIQ Manufacturing ERP system named WebIQ. [ citation needed ] In September 2016, the company announced the ability for clients to automatically back up their IQMS system data in secure offsite data storage locations. [11] That month, the company also partnered with the Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County to provide two students entering college in the STEM field with a $20 thousand scholarship. [12]

In 2017, IQMS was awarded a gold Stevie Award in the customer service team of the year category, [13] and the executive of the year category, [14] as well as a silver in the large computer software company of the year category. [15]

In early 2019, Dassault Systèmes acquired IQMS for $425 million. As part of the acquisition, Dassault Systèmes rebranded the IQMS portfolio to DELMIAWorks. [16] [17]

Overview

IQMS provided real-time manufacturing, production monitoring, quality control, supply chain management, customer relationship management and e-business solutions through ERP and other software for the automotive, medical, plastics and general manufacturing industries. [7] [6] The company's solution was deployed as an on-premise, or cloud-based and supports the Linux, Microsoft Windows and Unix operating systems. [18] [19]

The company was headquartered in California with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. [20]

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  14. ↑ "IQMS Executive of the Year". The International Business Awards.
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