Argon & Co partners with Redzone on manufacturing performance

Consulting firm Argon & Co has announced a global partnership with software company QAD | Redzone. The Redzone connected workforce platform is deployed across more than 2000 factories, and the collaboration with Argon & Co marks the company’s first strategic global partnership focused on transformation-led operational consulting, according to the companies.

The partnership comes at a time when productivity improvement is becoming critical to manufacturing competitiveness due to labour shortages, rising costs and growing operational complexity. Argon & Co says that while many businesses have invested heavily in automation and continuous improvement initiatives, translating those investments into sustained frontline performance remains a persistent industry challenge.

“Manufacturers have more operational data and technology than ever before, but many still struggle to turn that into consistent performance on the shopfloor,” said Paul Eastwood, Managing Partner APAC at Argon & Co. “Too often, improvements fail to stick, and digital investments struggle to deliver measurable results at scale. As AI and connected operations continue to evolve, the real opportunity lies in combining operational insight with the execution disciplines and behaviours needed to sustain performance over time.”

Combining Argon & Co’s proprietary Manufacturing Optimisation and Daily Execution system, (MODE) with Redzone’s AI-powered connected workforce platform, aims to allow manufacturers to move beyond fragmented improvement initiatives and establish a more scalable, system-wide approach to operational performance.

Through the partnership, manufacturers will be able to combine connected worker technology with embedded operational disciplines including daily management systems, standard work, structured problem solving, leadership routines and capability transfer programs.

“Redzone has already built a significant client base in the US. What excites me is the opportunity to take that even further,” Eastwood said. “By combining Redzone with Argon & Co’s MODE operating system, we can help existing Redzone clients unlock even greater factory performance, while enabling manufacturers implementing Redzone for the first time to embed stronger operational disciplines and productivity improvements from day one.”

The partnership will initially focus on supporting manufacturers across food and beverage, consumer goods, industrial manufacturing and process industries, with rollout capability spanning Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

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