Customers running programs across more than one Truvant campus ask the same thing: will it run the same way in Wisconsin as in Poland? Our CFO and CTO, Becky DuLac, explains why we chose QAD | Redzone to put all seven campuses on one platform, and what changes for customers and frontline teams.
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Becky Dulac
Published
October 28, 2026
Customers who run programs with more than one Truvant campus tend to ask the same question sooner or later. Will this run the same way in Wisconsin as it does in Poland?
Today the answer is yes, and the credit goes to our people. Our teams are very good at bridging the gaps between sites, systems and spreadsheets. Customers rarely see that effort. In a business our size, it shouldn't need to exist.
That is why we chose QAD | Redzone as our partner to bring every Truvant campus onto one cloud-based platform. QAD Adaptive ERP will run planning, inventory, quality, procurement and finance the same way at every site. Redzone Connected Workforce puts live production data and coaching tools in the hands of the teams on our lines. ChampionAI will take on routine workflow tasks and help us spot decisions that need making earlier.
Here is how I think about what this changes, and why we are doing it now.
Truvant has grown by adding sites and capabilities. Each addition brings new skills and new customers. It also tends to bring its own systems, its own reports and its own definition of a good shift. Over time, that makes the business harder to see as a whole.
As a finance leader, I want one set of numbers. As a technology leader, I want one platform that every site uses in the same way. Customers want the result of both, even if they would put it differently. They want to know a program will launch on time, meet the same quality standard and report the same way, whichever campus runs it.
The principle we are working to is "design once, replicate everywhere." We agree on a process once, configure it on the platform, and every site runs it. When a team in Łódź finds a better way to set up a new item, Prairie du Chien can use it within weeks instead of rebuilding it from scratch. We are configuring standard software rather than writing custom code, which keeps every site on the same version and lets us adopt new capabilities as QAD | Redzone releases them.
In August, our West Caldwell, New Jersey campus, formerly Multi-Pak Packaging, joined Truvant as our seventh campus, adding capacity for health, wellness and beauty brands.
Bringing a new site into the business is where a shared platform earns its place. Without one, every acquisition means months of mapping one system onto another, and customers feel that in slower answers and inconsistent reporting. With one, a new site joins a template that already exists: the same item data, the same quality workflows, the same performance measures. What we learn bringing New Jersey onto the platform will shape how every future site joins Truvant.
Software changes nothing by itself. People do.
Redzone was built for the people on the production floor. Teams see how their line is performing during the shift, not in a report the following week. Supervisors can coach in the moment, and operators can flag a problem and watch it get resolved. We started with Redzone at one site first, on purpose, so we could learn what works before scaling it.
For our teams, this is also career development. The skills people build running a modern, connected operation stay with them, and they are the skills our industry will need for the next decade. Training will happen at every site, in both regions, led by people who know those sites.
I won't pretend the first months will be easy. New systems bring disruption before they bring benefits. We would rather say that up front, plan for it, and proactively manage the change, all while insulating our customers while we do the work.
Most of this work happens behind the scenes. A few things will be visible.
Launches get faster, because one way of setting up new items, artwork and quality release means fewer handoffs between first brief and first pallet. Performance is measured the same way at every campus, so a program running on two continents reports one way. Problems on a line show up while they are happening, which gives us time to fix them before they reach a shipment. And new sites and capabilities become available to customers sooner, on the same standards.
A lot of the waste in packaging operations comes from things going wrong: a line running out of spec, material ordered twice, a rerun, a rush shipment because a plan changed late. Better visibility addresses each of these at the source. Less scrap and fewer reruns are good for customers' costs and for the materials and energy we use. As the platform goes live, we plan to track these measures alongside the rest of our sustainability work.
We will bring sites onto the platform in sequence rather than switching everything at once, starting where our customers' needs are greatest. I'll share progress here as sites go live, including what we learn along the way.
Our CEO, Stewart Atkinson, has set a clear ambition: to be the most trusted partner for brands bringing products to market. Trust comes from doing the same thing well, every time, at every site. This platform is how we make that the standard across all seven of our campuses.
Becky DuLac is Chief Financial and Technology Officer at Truvant. She leads Truvant's global finance and technology organizations and works with the executive leadership team to strengthen the financial and operational foundation behind the company's growth, aligning financial strategy with the technology that powers the business.
Becky has more than 25 years of finance leadership experience with manufacturing and private equity-backed companies, helping them scale through acquisitions, systems transformations and operational improvement. She builds finance teams that act as partners to the business, giving leaders better information for decisions and stronger financial discipline.
Throughout her career, Becky has also shaped the technology strategy behind the businesses she serves, and she has led technology functions for more than a decade. She focuses on connecting technology directly to business outcomes, building the systems and capabilities that help operations run better, help sales teams compete more effectively and give customers a better experience. To her, technology is valuable when it makes the business stronger and creates real value for customers.
Before joining Truvant, Becky was Chief Financial Officer of FB Solutions Group, where she helped lead the company's growth through acquisitions while strengthening its financial operations. Earlier, she served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance at BevSource, where she played a key role in the company's expansion.
Connect with Becky on LinkedIn.