QAD | Redzone and TCS Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate AI-Driven Manufacturing Transformation

The partnership aims to help mid-market manufacturers modernize operations faster, scale execution with confidence, and unlock the full value of AI.

Published on Feb. 12, 2026

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QAD | Redzone, a company redefining manufacturing and supply chains through intelligent, adaptive solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global leader in IT services, consulting, and business solutions. Together, the companies will help mid-market manufacturers modernize operations faster, scale execution with confidence, and unlock the full value of AI without the excessive cost, disruption, time and staffing associated with traditional ERP programs.

Why it matters

This partnership addresses the execution gap caused when large transformation initiatives stall by replacing prolonged project overhead with an operationally grounded, outcome-driven model built for the scale, resources, and urgency of mid-market manufacturers. It combines QAD | Redzone's execution-first manufacturing platform with TCS' global manufacturing footprint, industrialized delivery model, and deep engineering scale.

The details

The partnership is anchored in three core areas: 1) Engineering at Scale, where TCS becomes a strategic engineering partner for QAD | Redzone, 2) Industrialized Migrations to Adaptive ERP, where TCS will power a migration factory to accelerate cloud modernization and ERP transitions at scale, and 3) Joint Go-to-Market for AI-Driven Manufacturing, where the two companies will jointly support mid-market manufacturers seeking a faster, lower-risk path to modernize operations.

  • The partnership was announced on February 9, 2026.

The players

QAD | Redzone

A company redefining manufacturing and supply chains through intelligent, adaptive solutions.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

A global leader in IT services, consulting, and business solutions.

Sanjay Brahmawar

CEO at QAD | Redzone.

Amit Bajaj

President, North America, Tata Consultancy Services.

R 'Ray' Wang

CEO at Constellation Research.

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What they’re saying

“Manufacturing leaders are done with transformation programs that consume capital, tie up their best people, and delay operational results. They want speed, certainty, and measurable impact — not another cycle of technical remediation disguised as innovation. This partnership with TCS is about execution at scale. Together, we give manufacturers a pragmatic path to modernize operations, deploy AI where it matters most, and move from pilot success to enterprise-wide results — fast, and without pulling critical operators into years of system governance.”

— Sanjay Brahmawar, CEO at QAD | Redzone

“Manufacturers in every sector have high expectations for generating quick returns on their AI investments. The combination of TCS' manufacturing expertise, scale and award-winning service delivery, and QAD | Redzone's execution-focused platform and Champion AI will enable them to modernize operations faster, smarter, and with less disruption to operations.”

— Amit Bajaj, President, North America, Tata Consultancy Services

“Agentic AI becomes far more meaningful when it's tied directly into day-to-day execution instead of buried inside long system rewrites and governance cycles. Customers and prospects seek deep partnerships that cut out the overhead that slows modernization efforts, helping manufacturers move forward faster while delivering immediate, reliable results. This is the kind of win-win transformation businesses need to stay competitive in an increasingly complex world.”

— R 'Ray' Wang, CEO at Constellation Research

What’s next

The partnership reinforces QAD | Redzone's commitment to building a high-impact partner ecosystem focused on operational outcomes, not theory, and on execution models that scale performance, rather than program duration or organizational complexity.

The takeaway

This strategic partnership between QAD | Redzone and TCS aims to provide mid-market manufacturers with a faster, lower-risk path to modernize their operations and unlock the full value of AI, without the excessive cost, disruption, and staffing burdens associated with traditional ERP programs.