Reddwerks and the National Organization on Disability: Helping Workers with Disabilities Get Jobs

We were excited to hear from our friends at the National Organization on Disability about how they are joining forces with Reddwerks, an innovative software company based in Austin, Texas, to use its products and services to promote full involvement of employees with disabilities in the workplace.

PR Newswire
March 20, 2012

The National Organization on Disability (NOD) and Reddwerks have announced they are joining forces to promote full involvement of employees with disabilities in the workplace using products and services that open the doors to employment for all potential workers.  NOD has endorsed Reddwerks, whose state-of-the-art distribution management systems software is designed to increase flexibility and usability.

Technology is today's great equalizer, reducing barriers and giving people with disabilities greater opportunities to become employed, helping them learn faster, communicate better and achieve higher levels of independence, while maximizing their specific skills to perform competitively.

Reddwerks WMS and WCS software – which includes full warehouse management system, warehouse control system and conveyor control system functionality – features a state-of-the-art user interface design which includes the latest in touchscreen and voice technology enabling workers of all skill levels to excel. Training time for new workers is often reduced from two weeks to a single shift by accommodating varied learning styles independent of education and ability.

In addition, Reddwerks tracks worker productivity for all employees across all work assignments in a distribution facility, in real time.  Giving companies the ability to track employee productivity demonstrates that employees with disabilities can compete and often surpass corporate standards and benchmarks for workplace performance.

Carol Glazer, NOD President, says, "The National Organization on Disability commends Reddwerks for the development of innovative software solutions that increase opportunities for people with disabilities to become gainfully employed."

Jean Belanger, Reddwerks Founder/CEO, went on to say, "Human resources are the challenge of the 21^st century; where are distribution facilities going to find the millions of workers needed when the economy turns up from recent recessionary levels?  Bad software design with its poor user experience is stopping the 54 million disabled Americans from rising to meet this challenge and we are very proud to partner with NOD to make this happen.  We started this initiative nearly three years ago—designing our software for use by everyone in our society and as such while we have a lot to do, we feel we are off to a good start."

As part of Reddwerks commitment to enabling workers of all skill levels to actively participate in our modern economy we are becoming a member of the NOD CEO Council which includes some of the largest organizations in the United States including The Coca-Cola Company, J.C. Penney, Lowe's, UPS and Walmart.

About Reddwerks:

Headquartered in Austin, TX, Reddwerks designs, develops and deploys the world's first single-product platform approach to distribution management systems (DMS) software including WMS, WCS and CCS software functionality.  Reddwerks software is currently deployed in more than 50 high-volume distribution facilities. Reddwerks counts as customers some of the largest companies in the world, including five of the top ten retailers in the US.

Since startup in 2003 Reddwerks has won many awards including, "Fastest growing company in Austin, TX" by Austin Business Journal, and "Cool Vendors in Supply Chain Management" by Gartner Inc.

About NOD:

The National Organization on Disability is a 30-year-old, cross-disability organization whose mission is to expand the full participation and contribution of America's 54 million men, women, and children with disabilities. Successful NOD programs include Bridges to Business, Wounded Warrior Careers and the Start on Success student internship program.  With a focus on employment, NOD pilots innovation practices, evaluates the results and disseminates lessons learned for widespread replication and impact. For more information, visit www.nod.org.

For more information contact:

Heather Carroll
VP National Accounts
Reddwerks Corporation
M: 512.633.9433
hcarroll@reddwerks.com
www.reddwerks.com

Meg O'Connell, PHR
Vice President, Corporate Programs
National Organization on Disability
O: 704.525.5576
oconnellm@nod.org
www.nod.org