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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Redzone: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/redzone/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/redzone/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/redzone.md",
  "title": "Redzone: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Redzone is on the AI manufacturing operations software map. We record 3 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Sept. 22, 2026.",
  "period": "Nov. 13, 2025 to Sept. 22, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
    "id": "C70WGEK",
    "slug": "redzone",
    "name": "Redzone",
    "aliases": [],
    "site": "https://www.rzsoftware.com/",
    "summary": "\"AI Manufacturing Software for Frontline Teams.\" Line leads and operators see real-time OEE for every line, log downtime and follow work instructions. ChampionAI gives each frontline role the next best action, and maintenance alerts flag wear and failure risk early. Part of QAD | Redzone.",
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    "status": "active",
    "price_note": null,
    "update_channels": [],
    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "Machine monitoring and OEE"
    ]
  },
  "confirmed_product_launches": 0,
  "dated_product_launches": 0,
  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
  "count": 0,
  "launches": [],
  "launch_list": false,
  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "\"AI Manufacturing Software for Frontline Teams.\" Line leads and operators see real-time OEE for every line, log downtime and follow work instructions. ChampionAI gives each frontline role the next best action, and maintenance alerts flag wear and failure risk early. Part of QAD | Redzone.",
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      "url": "https://www.rzsoftware.com/"
    },
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  },
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      "map": "manufacturing-operations-software",
      "title": "The AI manufacturing operations software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-redzone",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Redzone",
      "site": "https://www.rzsoftware.com/",
      "category": "Machine monitoring and OEE",
      "what": "\"AI Manufacturing Software for Frontline Teams.\" Line leads and operators see real-time OEE for every line, log downtime and follow work instructions. ChampionAI gives each frontline role the next best action, and maintenance alerts flag wear and failure risk early. Part of QAD | Redzone.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "rzsoftware.com",
        "url": "https://www.rzsoftware.com/"
      },
      "price": "not published; sales-led",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Named agent",
          "Assistant",
          "Production execution",
          "Work instructions",
          "Predictive maintenance"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 2,
      "scale": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Owned by QAD; the vendor says ChampionAI runs across more than 2,000 plants.)",
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          "url": "https://www.rzsoftware.com/pricing"
        },
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          "name": "qad.com",
          "url": "https://www.qad.com/press-release/qad-redzone-and-aws-bring-agentic-ai-to-mid-market-manufacturing-with-launch-of-champion-ai"
        },
        {
          "name": "qad.com",
          "url": "https://www.qad.com/press-release/qad-redzone-releases-ai-champions-in-its-connected-workforce-application-to-help-frontline-workers-make-better-decisions-and-drive-manufacturing-performance"
        },
        {
          "name": "qad.com",
          "url": "https://www.qad.com/press-release/qad-redzone-accelerates-manufacturing-intelligence-with-nvidia"
        },
        {
          "name": "qad.com",
          "url": "https://www.qad.com/press-release/qad-redzone-brings-the-future-of-agentic-ai-in-manufacturing-to-hannover-messe-2026"
        }
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/redzone/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-09-22",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Persona-based frontline Champions and Implementation Agents",
      "summary": "QAD | Redzone extended ChampionAI for the frontline into a roster of persona-based Champions and added Implementation Agents that cut launch timelines from 12 weeks to as little as one month.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI manufacturing operations software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-redzone"
      },
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        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.qad.com/press-release/qad-redzone-releases-ai-champions-in-its-connected-workforce-application-to-help-frontline-workers-make-better-decisions-and-drive-manufacturing-performance"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/redzone/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-09-22",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "QAD | Redzone plans NVIDIA AI for plant-wide intelligence",
      "summary": "QAD | Redzone plans to integrate NVIDIA accelerated computing and AI into its manufacturing intelligence platform, starting with a vision foundation model for quality inspection.",
      "kind": "Partnership",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI manufacturing operations software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-redzone"
      },
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        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.qad.com/press-release/qad-redzone-accelerates-manufacturing-intelligence-with-nvidia"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-3",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/redzone/#event-3",
      "on": "2025-11-13",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "QAD | Redzone and AWS launch Champion AI for mid-market plants",
      "summary": "QAD and AWS announced Champion AI, an agentic AI platform built on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Amazon SageMaker, with predictive insights and decision support inside manufacturing workflows.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI manufacturing operations software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-redzone"
      },
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        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.qad.com/press-release/qad-redzone-and-aws-bring-agentic-ai-to-mid-market-manufacturing-with-launch-of-champion-ai"
      }
    }
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