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Redzone Acquires Kavida.ai, Freeing up to 50% of Manufacturing Buyers' Time

· Source: businesswire.com

In short

QAD Inc. has announced the acquisition of Kavida.ai, a pioneer in agentic AI for industrial companies, to accelerate its Champion AI roadmap. The acquisition brings powerful procurement agents that automate strategic sourcing and ERP workflows, promising to free up nearly half of a buyer's workday by eliminating manual post-order and supplier-collaboration tasks. The technology will help manufacturers achieve faster decisions, higher productivity, and improved supply-chain reliability through agentic automation.

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Tags: procurement, automation, supply-chain, manufacturing, ERP, sourcing

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