We opened a brand-new manufacturing site and started using Redzone from day one. That allowed us to capture historical data from the beginning and track progress live.

Redzone is very easy to use, and it’s genuinely rewarding to have a tool that supports the plant-floor team when they need it most. We’re seeing the impact of using data to drive decision-making in our huddles, and it has improved communication across shifts.

The best thing about Redzone is the coaching. Caroline was patient with training the team and making sure we got the most out of the tool. We rolled out the compliance module, and it has helped our team become more disciplined about completing checks and resolving issues quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far we Don't have any issues we didn't resolve already Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a Power BI developer, what I like most is the access to our data and the control we have around it. I can build BI reports that drive our operational meetings and let us make data based decisions. If I don't have data, I can create a manual location in QAD Redzone with ease and start collecting structured data that way. We built an LDMS Tier 2 meeting structure in Power BI, so our reports are fully automated and managers no longer need to prepare data, we pull it into BI automatically from the Redzone Snowflake Database. The most valuable parts for me are the waste and rejects analytics, we can track them very accurately and see the trends and act on it, so our improvement efforts are accurate and legit. I also like that by having Redzone chats configured to join all departments like Production, Ovens and Packing, we improve our communication and make problems visible, so issues get addressed and resolved much quicker. The initial setup isn't the easiest journey and is admin heavy, but once you get some experience it isn't that bad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The one thing that could be improved is the QAD Redzone APIs. There are a lot of endpoints, but a fair bit is missing. For example, with the /users endpoint, there's only one endpoint to list users. There's no endpoint to create, update, or delete users programmatically. My goal with the APIs is to build an AI agent that would act as an admin, so instead of me adding new products, asset types, or users, the agent could do this. The missing endpoints get in the way of that. The initial setup isn't the easiest journey either. It's admin heavy and requires understanding the Web Admin architecture. Some things need to be created first and added in a later step. For example, before you create a new product, you must have locations created, as well as Manufacturing Types, Asset Types, Units of Measure, and so on. But once you get some experience, it isn't that bad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

From the minute I got sent the link to explore the software I was hooked. Redzone is the one stop shop for manufacturing, integrating production management, problem solving, maintenance, quality, training, and best of all communication into one tool.

What I really like is that even for the most basic computer user, it's easy to pick up. During my first deployment I vividly remember training one of my old timer supervisors, who barely could use his email. I thought to myself, "he's never going to use this, it's too hard". Fast forward 2 weeks later and he's showing me that he figured out how to look at the performance trend in his department and his top downtime reasons. He wanted me to start a project to help him solve the problem. I was floored. I barely even knew how to find that information myself let alone someone who was likely the least tech savvy in our plant figuring it out on his own - this thing had to be magic. We teamed up and improved that top downtime making them the best performing department in our plant.

As a continuous improvement manager I was immediately more in tune with the problems at my site. I could finally chat with all those 3rd shift operators that I rarely saw, read the notes from all the huddles the day before to see what issues were happening, and monitor our quality checks to ensure they were trending the in right direction. Having so much more useful data at my fingertips is a gamechanger. In-app data can get you far but if you learn how to use Tableau (which you get licenses included with your redzone subscription) the opportunity is endless.

And then there are the Redzone coaches. I could go on and on about how fantastic they are but specifically Derrick Griffin has helped me see what great could look like. He lives and breathes "Empower the frontline to improve the bottom line" connecting with operators - even if they don't speak the same language. He's worked with all parts of our team and is an influential voice to help integrate the continuous improvement mindset into the culture of our company. He encourages me to not give up when deployments get hard and gives me new angles to attack changing people's behaviors. I know I'm a better CI professional and without a doubt Redzone super user after his coaching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There honestly isn't much to dislike, but coming into a legacy Redzone company - with many admins before me - it was hard to sort through their customizations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like being able to pull up the dashboard and see how efficiently we've run throughout the day. It's great to see things in real-time, which helps me make better decisions faster. I've really enjoyed getting rid of old paper checks and doing them in QAD Redzone because those checks are available in the same place as all the productivity information. We've also created some operator care checks that we didn't have documentation for before, which helps me hold everyone accountable to the tasks that make a difference to production. On top of all that, the software comes with coaching, and our Coach, Aaron Jackson, has coached us in a way that makes sense and it is very easy to learn. It feels like he puts himself in our shoes and really tries to understand things from our perspective, which makes the tool feel customized to our process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

On days where there are a lot of changeovers, QAD Redzone can feel like a lot to do, and if you forget to put something in, you can't always go back and fix it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love not having to dig through boxes of paperwork just to find quality data! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In the learning module, I really dislike the 5-minute and 20GB limits on video uploads. We need more flexibility. I ended up having to split a 25-minute training presentation into five separate parts just to upload it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Redzone helps me manage data easily and quickly. It also helps our team pinpoint what we need to focus on and where. The graphs and built-in data in Redzone provide about 85% of the information I need or that gets requested, and for the remaining 15% I’m able to use Tableau. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nearly everyone needs a tablet in order to interact with, and truly benefit from, the application. We made the mistake of not getting enough tablets for all users, which meant actions ended up sitting in the app for people who didn’t have access to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really enjoy the added visibility it brings to our floor. The UX is straightforward and makes communication simple and easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There’s very little I dislike about Redzone, and I have to be pretty nitpicky to find anything. If I had to point out one issue, it’s that I can’t view runs on the admin side; I can only look at them individually on the iPad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Redzone is such a great tool to capture data in real-time, help eliminate quality check forms on paper, trigger scheduled checks to help remind team members when a check needs to be completed, and easy access of historical data sheets when performing document reviews. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing that I dislike about Redzone. There is one improvement that I would like to suggest if we can add videos as attachments. Also, if there is a better way to import new items into the system directly into Redzone without having to submit to Redzone support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RedZone helps reduce human error in quality and food safety checks. In my experience, the main reason checks get missed or aren’t completed properly is that the operator, supervisor, or manager gets pulled away to handle other duties, and their daily tasks end up being overlooked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I often find that there are parts of a check that I’d like to reuse in other checks with slight modifications, but there isn’t an easy way to do that. Instead, you have to build a completely new check from scratch, even when you’ve already done about 95% of the work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My favourite part personally is the communication aspect of Redzone, giving operators a platform to voice their concerns. They are able to communicate between different departments and shifts swiftly, without the constraints of personal technology, WIFI and signal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far, I can’t say there’s anything I dislike. That said, I haven’t really found much use for the “Rally Cry” feature yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.