Welcome to Factory Miracles — the digital magazine from QAD Redzone that honors the frontline connected workers in the QAD Redzone Community! This magazine features stories of achievements and accomplishments from across the Community and around the world.
Our feature story this edition comes from Continuum Packing Solutions, who have not only improved productivity by 23%, but also boosted OEE by 11%, and are creating a culture of continuous improvement that fuels business growth and employee and customer satisfaction!
In conjunction with International Women’s Day, March 8th, we wanted to bring you a special edition of Factory Miracles highlighting just some of the remarkable women we come across daily in our manufacturing lives. This special ‘Women in Manufacturing’ edition celebrates the vital role women play in our industry and the invaluable contributions they make.
2023 ‘Plant of the Year’ winners Taffy Town deployed Redzone back in October 2021, unwilling to miss out on growing business demand. As a result, they not only reduced excessive lead times and reduced overtime to 0%, they improved employee retention resulting in being able to offer a four-day work week.
This issue shows how QAD Redzone helped both vendor and supplier keep up with an increase in demand. When AquaCal, a manufacturer of pool heat pumps, had a huge increase in demand during the pandemic, their suppliers Coil Specialist, a manufacturer of fin coils, too felt the pressure to keep up with demand and asked AquaCal just how they were producing so much more? The answer that came back was QAD Redzone…
In the last 12 months, Plant of the Year 2022 winner, Vytalogy Wellness has seen outstanding success using Redzone’s connected workforce solution by fully transforming its productivity levels to help reduce the overall pressures of economic downturns. In less than 16 months, Vytalogy Wellness rolled out all four of Redzone’s modules: Productivity, Compliance, Reliability, and Learning. By simply adopting these modules, Vytalogy has seen great success on the frontline, especially when it comes to company culture.
Dot’s Pretzels’ seasoning blend may be top secret, but when you step into any of their four facilities, shop floor employees aren’t keeping their Redzone productivity successes a secret. Behind each pretzel twist – whether it’s the honey mustard seasoned, southwest seasoned, or their original flavor – Dot’s has a wonderfully committed team who have recently transformed from a family-owned business into a Hershey-owned company.
The motto of lean manufacturing plus safe, efficient production is the name of the game for ‘Plant of the Year’ winners, Honeyville. Ogden and Rancho Cucamonga plants have worked together since their 2018 implementations and through all the Redzone modules to secure some massive improvements on all fronts. UPH performance at Ogden is up 230% to 3351 units and Rancho Cucamonga is up 108% to 1180. Ogden proudly has a 71% downtime reduction, with the Rancho facility touting a 50% reduction in downtime.
We think you’ll love the feature story in this issue highlighting Reily Foods Productivity Award and the rich history of how their culture has evolved and matured over their almost 120 years in business.
Redzone University
