# News

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### Caleb Finch   +1 805 566 6100  [publicrelations@qad.com](mailto:publicrelations@qad.com)

## Featured News
### [QAD \| Redzone Announces Champions of Manufacturing 2026 in Chicago and Munich](/content/about/news/-/room/read/2026/qad-redzone-announces-champions-of-manufacturing-2026-in-chicago-and-munich/index.html)
Registration is now open for two global events focused on how leading manufacturers are already applying AI to improve execution across their business

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### [Sauder Woodworking Cuts Changeover Time by 93% and Boosts Productivity by 40% with Redzone’s Agentic AI](/content/about/news/-/room/read/2026/sauder-woodworking-cuts-changeover-time-by-93-and-boosts-productivity-by-40-with-redzone-s-agentic-ai/index.html)
North America's largest IKEA supplier now uses ChampionAI to ask, in real time, what's slowing the line

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### [Basketball Legend Scottie Pippen and Futurist Dr. Peter H. Diamandis to Headline QAD \| Redzone Champions of Manufacturing 2026](/content/about/news/-/room/read/2026/basketball-legend-scottie-pippen-and-futurist-dr-peter-h-diamandis-to-headline-qad-redzone-champions-of-manufacturing-2026/index.html)
One built a dynasty. The other is helping build the future. Together, they will challenge manufacturers to rethink what it takes to win in the age of AI.

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### [New Research Shows Trade Software Failures Are Creating Financial Risk as Tariff Volatility Intensifies](/content/about/news/-/room/read/2026/new-research-shows-trade-software-failures-are-creating-financial-risk-as-tariff-volatility-intensifies/index.html)
Survey finds inadequate Foreign-Trade Zone software is contributing to financial loss, failed audits, and rising operational exposure

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### [QAD \| Redzone CEO Sanjay Brahmawar Accepted Into Forbes Technology Council](/content/about/news/-/room/read/2026/qad-redzone-ceo-sanjay-brahmawar-accepted-into-forbes-technology-council/index.html)
Forbes Technology Council is an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs, and technology executives.

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### [QAD Supplier Relationship Management Earns Spring 2026 SolutionMap “Top Tech” Recognition, Named to The Hackett Group® “50 to Know” List](/content/about/news/-/room/read/2026/qad-supplier-relationship-management-earns-spring-2026-solutionmap-top-tech-recognition-named-to-the-hackett-group-50-to-know-list/index.html)
MIAMI -- June 1, 2026 -- QAD \| Redzone, the company delivering the leading manufacturing platform, powered by Agentic AI that executes work and decisions across the business, from the shop floor to the top floor, announced that QAD Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) solution, QAD’s...

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## [QAD in the News](/content/about/news/-/room/browse/news/index.html)

### [Your ERP Runs on Certainty. The AI You Bolted On Doesn't.](https://www.ien.com/software/blog/22972237/your-erp-runs-on-certainty-the-ai-you-bolted-on-doesnt)
What happens when AI operates inside a system that doesn't tolerate approximation?

### [How agentic AI is redefining automotive ERP: A Q&A with QAD’s Tom Roberts](https://www.automotiveworld.com/articles/how-agentic-ai-is-redefining-automotive-erp-a-qa-with-qads-tom-roberts/)
QAD’s Tom Roberts explains how agentic AI is transforming automotive ERP, enabling planning, resilient supply chains, and faster decisions.

### [AI's New Blueprint for Quality](https://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/innovation-article/ais-new-blueprint-quality-112525.html)
The arrival of artificial intelligence (AI) in quality management has been met with a mixture of hype and skepticism. Is it just a faster anomaly detector, or is it truly transformative?

### [The Great Transformation: Why Cloud ERP Must Be the Strategic Nerve Center for Modern Manufacturing](https://consumergoods.com/great-transformation-why-cloud-erp-must-be-strategic-nerve-center-modern-manufacturing)
The food and beverage and consumer products industries have always been complex. But complexity has now evolved into volatility.

### [Top Floor to Shop Floor: The Strategic Reset Food & Beverage and Consumer Product Manufacturers Can’t Postpone](https://foodindustryexecutive.com/2025/09/top-floor-to-shop-floor-the-strategic-reset-food-beverage-and-consumer-product-manufacturers-cant-postpone/)
There was a time when decisions made in the executive suite could afford to take a few days and even weeks to trickle down to the factory floor. That time is gone.