CDC Software Corporation (NASDAQ: CDCS), a hybrid enterprise
software provider of on-premise and cloud deployments, announced
today that Lakeside Foods, a manufacturer of private label canned
and frozen produce, is scheduled to initially implement CDC Factory
at its distribution center in Manitowoc, Wis., with plans to
potentially expand it to its other plants, as part of its strategy
to mitigate rising raw material costs and attain lowest cost
producer status.
Headquartered in Manitowoc, Wis., Lakeside Foods has 15 plants
and distribution centers in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ohio. Founded
in 1887, it is a privately held, leading international private
label food processor that produces a diverse line of nutritional
food products. Although they are known for their canned and frozen
vegetables including canned dry beans (kidney, black, pork &
beans, etc.), Lakeside's expertise extends to shelf stable meals,
canned meats, organic products, health beverage supplements,
non-dairy frozen dessert toppings, salsa and other sauces.
As price conscious shoppers spur private label growth, Lakeside
Foods faces the challenges of increasing production volume while
trying to control escalating raw material costs such as steel in a
bid to remain the lowest cost producers. As a result, Lakeside
chose CDC Factory to help unlock hidden capacity and improve
changeover times, mechanical downtime and quality control. In order
to achieve this step change in performance, the Lakeside team
recognized the need to move from their current manual paper-based
systems to a more real-time environment where workplace personnel
could become more accountable for their own performance. This
relies on having real-time plant-floor intelligence available to
them to drive immediate action.
A benchmark study, completed by consultants of CDC Factory and
the project team at Lakeside Foods have targeted a 10 percent
efficiency uplift within a year at one single facility site
alone.
“We expect CDC Factory’s pre-packaged functionality and
implementation framework will help us start driving productivity
improvements within six weeks” says Bruce Jacobson, vice president,
Operations at Lakeside Foods. “It is essential that our workers
become empowered with real-time intelligence to achieve the cost
reductions required to remain one of the lowest cost producers in
this competitive post recessionary climate.”
“We are delighted this leading multi-plant, private label food
manufacturer is scheduled to implement CDC Factory,” said Mark
Sutcliffe, president of CDC Factory product line, CDC Software.
“CDC Factory helps lower production costs, improve margins and
deliver rapid performance improvements throughout a plant which
helps manufacturers remain price competitive during this
price-sensitive post recessionary economic environment.”
By using CDC Factory, Lakeside Foods is expected to drive
improvements in labor utilization and increase Overall Equipment
Effectiveness (OEE) and throughput as well as improve quality
control and traceability. CDC Factory manages production and
quality operations in real time recording the results of all
activities in terms of rate, yield, utilization, and unit cost.
This information 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 Lakeside Foods
Lakeside Foods, founded in 1887, is a privately held, leading
international private label food processor. With Corporate
headquarters in Manitowoc, WI, fifteen plants and distribution
centers in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ohio. Lakeside produces a
diverse line of nutritional food products. Known for canned and
frozen vegetables, Lakeside's expertise extends to shelf stable
meals, canned meats, organic products, health beverage supplements,
non-dairy frozen dessert toppings, salsa and other sauces.
About CDC Factory
CDC Factory is a packaged manufacturing operations management
system that transforms manufacturing performance by empowering
people to make real-time actionable decisions. By standardizing the
best practices of lean manufacturing, OEE (Overall Equipment
Effectiveness) and continuous improvement, CDC Factory provides a
real-time framework that integrates scheduling, operations, quality
and maintenance. Specifically designed for food and beverage,
pharmaceutical packaging and consumer packaged goods manufacturers,
CDC Factory enables real-time decision making to support a
demand-driven strategy at all levels in the organization, from
factory floor operators to executive management. Leading
manufacturers are using CDC Factory to reduce operating costs and
waste, unlock hidden capacity, improve customer service and
employee satisfaction, while minimizing risk by assuring regulatory
compliance. For more information, visit: www.cdcfactory.com
About CDC
Software
CDC Software (NASDAQ: CDCS), The Customer-Driven Company™, is a
hybrid enterprise software provider of on-premise and cloud
deployments. Leveraging a service-oriented architecture (SOA), CDC
Software offers multiple delivery options for their solutions
including on-premise, hosted, cloud-based Software as a Service
(SaaS) or blended-hybrid deployment offerings. CDC Software’s
solutions include enterprise resource planning (ERP), manufacturing
operations management, enterprise manufacturing intelligence,
supply chain management (demand management, order management and
warehouse and transportation management), global trade management,
e-Commerce, human capital management, customer relationship
management (CRM), complaint management and aged care solutions.
CDC Software’s recent acquisitions are part of its “acquire,
integrate, innovate and grow” strategy. Fueling the success of this
strategy is the company’s global scalable business and
technology infrastructure featuring multiple complementary
applications and services, domain expertise in vertical markets,
cost effective product engineering centers in India and China, a
highly collaborative and fast product development process utilizing
Agile methodologies, and a worldwide network of direct sales and
channel operations. This strategy has helped CDC Software deliver
innovative and industry-specific solutions to more than 8,000
customers worldwide within the manufacturing, distribution,
transportation, retail, government, real estate, financial
services, health care, and not-for-profit industries. 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 www.cdccorporation.net.
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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