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QAD appoints Sanjay Brahmawar as CEO By Radhika Ojha

Sanjay Brahmawar will become QAD's new CEO on March 17, succeeding Anton Chilton, with a focus on driving growth through product innovation and customer success, while the company continues to enhance its offerings with integrated solutions and advanced technologies like AI.

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

QAD Redzone’s Pune Hub Points to the Real AI Gap in Manufacturing

QAD Redzone’s Pune hub is more than an India engineering expansion. It reflects a larger shift toward AI-enabled manufacturing execution, where ERP, MES, connected worker tools, and frontline decision-making need to operate as one control loop.

By Tarsilla Moura

SAP agentic AI manufacturing Hannover Messe 2026

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Breaking the Execution Barrier: Why Agentic AI is Rewiring Manufacturing ERP

QAD | Redzone showcased its agentic AI manufacturing platform at Hannover Messe 2026. It is designed to turn passive ERP systems into autonomous engines of real-time execution. Here's what it means for enterprise technology leaders on the shop floor.

By Radhika Ojha

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Magnifying glass examining holographic AI dashboards above a robotic manufacturing production line, symbolizing scrutiny of agentic AI claims in ERP platforms from SAP, IFS, Epicor, QAD, and Syspro

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AI Reality Check: Separating Agentic Claims from Manufacturing Substance

Agentic AI announcements now arrive weekly from SAP, Epicor, QAD, Syspro, IFS, and Oracle, but delivered functionality follows a very different schedule. A five-point scorecard shows which manufacturing ERP claims stand up to evidence and which remain adjectives.

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Companies Are Racing to Cut Tariff Costs, but Their Trade Software May Be Creating New Risk

As tariff volatility reshapes supply chains and financial planning, many organizations are discovering a new challenge: the software supporting Foreign-Trade Zone operations may be creating compliance, audit, and financial risks. New research highlights why FTZ modernization is becoming an ERP and business architecture priority.

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QAD Redzone’s Pune Hub Points to the Real AI Gap in Manufacturing

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Three Sauder Woodworking frontline workers in safety vests review a Redzone Connected Workforce leaderboard displaying real-time line performance scores and OEE data on the factory floor

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Sauder Woodworking Cuts Changeover Time by 93% with Redzone’s Agentic AI

Sauder Woodworking cut average changeover time by 93% and lifted productivity 40% in its first year using ChampionAI, the agentic AI layer in Redzone's Connected Workforce Solution. A Nucleus Research study confirmed a 665% ROI with a seven-month payback.