CDC Software Corporation (NASDAQ: CDCS), a global provider of
enterprise software applications and services, announced today that
Pacific Coast Producers, a leading manufacturer of private label
canned produce, plans to implement CDC Factory at its distribution
center in California to meet the increased consumer demand for
private label products during the ongoing recession.
Headquartered in Lodi, California, Pacific Coast Producers was
founded in 1971 as a cooperative to support produce growers in
California during the 1970s and now processes and packs a variety
of produce including apricots, pears, tomatoes, grapes and peaches
in its four plant network located in Lodi, Oroville and Woodland,
California. Implementation of CDC Factory is expected to begin at
the Lodi Distribution Center in the fourth quarter of 2009.
As a key supplier to many market-leading retail and food service
providers, Pacific Cost Producers faces the challenges of
increasing production volume while minimizing significant capital
expenditures and maintaining high quality standards. As a result,
Pacific Coast Producers is undertaking various strategic
initiatives that are expected to help unlock hidden capacity and
improve performance at their plants quickly and cost-efficiently.
After a comprehensive evaluation process of CDC Factory and other
market-leading ERP and MES vendors, Pacific Coast Producers chose
CDC Factory to help drive performance improvements by reducing
manufacturing costs and identifying the hidden capacity available
within their existing plant network. A benchmark study, completed
by consultants of CDC Factory and the project team at Pacific Coast
Producers, identified $1.2 million of potential direct labor
savings at one single facility site alone.
“We see CDC Factory as an essential part of our strategy to
become an even lower cost producer quickly and efficiently,” said
Dan Sroufe, vice president of Operations at Pacific Coast
Producers. “In order for us to keep pace with the increased demand
for private label products, it is essential that we have real-time
transparency on our performance and that real-time information is
delivered to workers so they can take immediate action. We also
liked CDC Factory’s pre-packaged functionality and implementation
framework which is expected to have us up and running quickly and
deliver ROI much faster than traditional systems on the
market.”
“We are delighted that CDC Factory will help Pacific Coast
Producers meet the increasing demand from cost conscious consumers
for private label products,” said Mark Sutcliffe, president of CDC
Factory product line, CDC Software. “CDC Factory offers a
‘back-to-basics’ solution that can help lower production costs,
improve margins and deliver rapid performance improvements
throughout a plant. This not only helps meet the needs of food
manufacturers during this recession, but also the expected
challenges foreseen in the recovery period.”
By using CDC Factory, Pacific Coast Producers is expected to
drive improvements in labor utilization and increase Overall
Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and throughput. CDC Factory manages
production operations in real time and records results of all
activities in terms of rate, yield, utilization, and unit cost.
This information, including production schedules, accurate OEE and
per-unit cost data, at a stock keeping unit (SKU) and production
line level, is presented instantaneously in a relevant and easy to
understand format to factory workers which enables them to make
timely adjustments and measure immediate improvements on the plant
floor. This also stimulates accountability and provides production
managers with detailed performance statistics and root causes of
efficiencies for their end-of-shift meetings. CDC Factory also
provides senior managers and executives with transparent visibility
into production performance on any line throughout their
operations.
About CDC Factory
CDC Factory is the one of the first software solutions to
combine the power of Manufacturing Operations Management and
Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence into a packaged solution
designed to cut production costs. It makes action unavoidable for a
manufacturer's plant workforce, as well as its executive
management. CDC Factory combines Shop Floor Data Capture, packaged
metrics like OEE, analytics and scorecards, Continuous Improvement
capabilities and paperless Quality Management. This technology is
combined with a change method that focuses on developing a
structure of daily performance reviews to help drive better
performance in every run and every shift of every day. The process
helps operators to develop their skills so they are better able to
drive their own improvements. CDC Factory is usually deployed in
four to six weeks per factory, which helps ensure project momentum
and rapid savings. For more information, visit:
www.cdcfactory.com.
About CDC
Software
CDC Software (NASDAQ: CDCS), The Customer-Driven Company™, is a
provider of enterprise software applications and services designed
to help organizations deliver a superior customer experience while
increasing efficiencies and profitability. CDC Software's product
suite includes: CDC Factory (manufacturing operations management),
CDC Ross ERP (enterprise resource planning), CDC Supply Chain
(supply chain management , warehouse management and order
management), CDC Pivotal CRM and Saratoga CRM (customer
relationship management), CDC Respond (customer complaint and
feedback management), c360 CRM add-on products, industry solutions
and development tools for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform, CDC
HRM (human resources) and business analytics solutions.
These industry-specific solutions are used by more than 6,000
customers worldwide within the manufacturing, financial services,
health care, home building, real estate, wholesale and retail
distribution industries. The company completes its offerings with a
full continuum of services that span the life cycle of technology
and software applications, including implementation, project
consulting, technical support and It consulting. For more
information, please visit www.cdcsoftware.com.
About CDC Corporation
The CDC family of companies includes CDC Software (NASDAQ: CDCS)
focused on enterprise software applications and services, CDC
Global Services focused on IT consulting services, outsourced
application development and IT staffing, CDC Games focused on
online games, and China.com focused on portals for the greater
China markets. For more information about CDC Corporation (NASDAQ:
CHINA), please visit
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, and includes statements relating to our beliefs
regarding our solutions’ ability to help our customers expand
business, increase capacity, reduce costs, engage worksforces,
increase line efficiencies, improve labor utilization, reduce
changeover times, address variability and minor stops, standardize
metrics and data,our beliefs regarding CDC Factory’s ability to
provide real-time workforce empowerment and real-time visibility
into operating metrics, our beliefs regarding our customers’ plans,
strategies and timelines, our beliefs regarding the suitability of
CDC Factory for any particular business or customer, our ability to
manage change within an organization and incorporate best
practices, our beliefs regarding the adoption of CDC Factory by
food manufacturers and the reasons therefore, our ability to
continue to grow in the future and focus on the global food
manufacturing industry, the ability of CDC Factory to address the
needs of process manufacturers such as the ability improve
efficiencies, improve production, yields, feedback, visibility and
accountability into plant floor, metrics, operations and customer
order fill rates, the ability of our products to provide key
functionality, allow better decision making, drive cost savings and
provide competitive advantages, reduce downtime due to
inefficiency, improve changeover time, portion control and
accountability, increase output, throughput and accuracy of
root-cause analyses, realize additional cost savings, operating
margins and competitive advantages, the ease and timing of
deploying our solutions, the ability to realize upfront value using
our products and other statements we may make. These statements are
based on management's current expectations and are subject to risks
and uncertainties and changes in circumstances. There are important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those anticipated in the forward looking statements including,
among others: the conditions of market; the continued ability of
CDC Factory solutions to address process manufacturer's business
requirements; demand for and market acceptance of new and existing
manufacturing operations management solutions; and development of
new functionalities which would allow companies to compete more
effectively. Further information on risks or other factors that
could cause results to differ is detailed in filings or submissions
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission made by
CDC Corporation in its Annual Report for the year ended December
31, 2008 on Form 20-F filed on June 30, 2009. All forward-looking
statements included in this press release are based upon
information available to management as of the date of the press
release, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any
forward looking statements which speak only as of the date of this
press release. The company assumes no obligation to update or alter
the forward looking statements whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
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