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QAD Inc. has been recognized as a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide AI-Enabled Midsize Enterprise ERP Applications 2025 Vendor Assessment. This recognition follows the company's launch of QAD Adaptive ERP, now enhanced with its Champion AI platform, which introduces agentic AI capabilities designed to drive action and rapid value for manufacturing enterprises.
QAD is named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape for AI-Enabled Midsize Enterprise ERP 2025.
The recognition follows the launch of QAD Adaptive ERP enhanced with Champion AI.
Champion AI is an agentic AI platform built for action, not just analysis.
An initial feature, Inventory Optimization, automatically identifies and executes opportunities to right-size stock.
The strategy aims to transform ERP from a system of record into a "system of action."
The AI platform is also integrated with QAD's Redzone Connected Workforce solution.
The core of QAD's recent evolution is Champion AI, described as a revolutionary agentic AI platform built with deep manufacturing expertise. Unlike traditional AI that focuses on data analysis and insight generation, Champion AI is designed with a primary function to act. It embeds what QAD calls "action-first automation" directly into core ERP and workforce processes, aiming to move customers from passive systems of record to active systems of action.
A key example is the Champion AI Inventory Optimization feature, which automatically identifies opportunities to optimize inventory levels and can execute actions to free up working capital, demonstrating the platform's operational focus.
The IDC MarketScape recognition is seen by QAD as a validation of its strategic direction to integrate advanced, domain-specific AI directly into its enterprise solutions. The assessment report noted QAD's AI strategy and the availability of Champion AI across its product portfolio.
“We believe being named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape validates our strategy to supercharge QAD Adaptive ERP and Redzone Connected Workforce software with Champion AI,” said Amit Sharma, President, Manufacturing ERP at QAD. “This AI-enabled approach allows our customers to achieve higher productivity and more accurate decisions across their operations.”
Champion AI serves as the intelligent layer across QAD's unified platform, which is structured around three core pillars: Redzone for frontline workforce empowerment, Adaptive Applications as the intelligent operational backbone, and Champion AI providing the agentic automation. This integrated approach is designed to help manufacturers achieve rapid, measurable improvements in productivity and resilience.
The recognition positions QAD within a competitive field of ERP providers that are increasingly leveraging AI to add value for midsize manufacturing enterprises seeking intelligent, adaptive solutions.
About IDC MarketScape
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.
About QAD | Redzone
QAD | Redzone is redefining manufacturing and supply chains through its intelligent, adaptive platform that connects people, processes, and data into a single System of Action. With three core pillars — Redzone (frontline empowerment), Adaptive Applications (the intelligent backbone), and Champion AI (Agentic AI for manufacturing) — QAD | Redzone helps manufacturers operate with Champion Pace, achieving measurable productivity, resilience, and growth in just 90 days.
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