CDC Software Corporation (NASDAQ: CDCS), a hybrid enterprise
software provider of on-premise and cloud deployments, announced
today that Intersnack, a leading European snack manufacturer, plans
to implement CDC Factory, a manufacturing operations management and
enterprise manufacturing intelligence solution, at 10 additional
plants in Europe based on the initial successes of its CDC Factory
implementations at the company’s Netherland’s plants last year.
The multi-plant implementation of CDC Factory is part of
Intersnack’s ongoing plan for operational excellence. The initial
CDC Factory implementations at the Doetinchem and Hardinxveld
plants in the Netherlands took only six weeks each and were
delivered on time and within budget. According to Intersnack, CDC
Factory already has delivered significant Overall Equipment
Effectiveness (OEE) rates. Additionally, the two plants have been
able to eliminate paperwork associated with in-line Quality Control
processes, which not only dramatically reduces administration costs
on the shop floor but also helps to reduce waste. As a result of
these initial successes and improvements, Intersnack plans to
deploy CDC Factory across its multi-plant network to help ensure
standard OEE and Quality across their business.
CDC Factory is expected to be rolled out to Intersnack’s plants
in the Netherlands, Germany, Hungary and France within 12 months.
As part of these implementations, CDC Software will use CDC
Factory’s Project Execution Template (PET) model to help ensure
consistency and scalability of best practices and continuous
improvement initiatives across the plants’ diverse product
portfolio and workplace cultures.
“We are delighted that the initial implementations of CDC
Factory were delivered as CDC Software promised in terms of
workplace behavior change and improved operational and financial
metrics,” said Johan Van Winkel, managing director of Intersnack
Group. “We have witnessed significant OEE improvement and the
workforce has embraced ownership of their own performance. The
successful performance of these initial implementations has
encouraged us to replicate this across our plant network as soon as
possible so that we have a standard OEE platform on which to base
our decisions for our ongoing Operational Excellence programs.”
“CDC Software is excited that this leading food manufacturer
plans to implement CDC Factory across its European plant network as
a result of the resounding success at the initial two plants,” said
Mark Sutcliffe, president of the CDC Factory product line of CDC
Software. "As a true out-of-the-box manufacturing operations
management system, CDC Factory has proven repeatedly that it can
deliver improved results in weeks rather than years. Intersnack now
has a suite of manufacturing intelligence tools for the workforce
that can be rolled out to other plants in a standardized manner. As
we have seen with our other customers, CDC Factory can deliver
compelling improvements for manufacturers in terms of higher
productivity, reduced operating costs and waste, and ultimately,
higher operating profits.”
CDC Factory is a packaged manufacturing operations management
system that transforms manufacturing performance by empowering
people to make real-time actionable decisions. It combines shop
floor data capture, paperless quality management, packaged metrics
like OEE, manufacturing analytics and executive scorecards.
Pre-built continuous improvement capabilities combined with an
implementation model focused on business transformation means that,
in many cases, organizations can be live within six weeks and
delivering improvement results rapidly from project
commencement.
About Intersnack
Recognized as one of the leading snack producers, Intersnack
Group is the result of a combination of Intersnack Knabber-Gebäck
GmbH & Co. KG and The Nut Company. This pan-European group,
formed in 2008, manufactures snacks in the following product
categories: nuts, potato crisps, extruded and pellet products as
well as crackers and pretzels. The highest level of quality based
on know-how and modern technology is important for all
manufacturing processes. Consumer-orientated innovations, top
quality, a wide range of shapes and flavors are also the mainstays
of Intersnack's success for further international growth.
About CDC Factory
CDC Factory is a packaged manufacturing operations management
system that is designed to transform 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 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.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" that
are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of the United
States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements are generally accompanied by words such
as “plan,” “expect,” “designed” and other words that connote
expectations of future events, rather than statements of fact, and
include statements relating to, among other things, our beliefs
regarding our solutions’ ability to help our customers realize
value, expand their businesses, increase capacity, reduce costs,
empower workforces and stimulate accountability, increase
efficiencies and real-time visibility, improve labor utilization,
facilitate better decision making, improve quality control, address
variability and minor stops, and standardize metrics and data and
provide competitive advantages, our expectations regarding the
expanded use of CDC Factory at Intersnack and the scope and timing
thereof, our customers’ plans, strategies and timelines and the
suitability of CDC Factory for any particular business or customer,
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 that would allow companies to compete more
effectively. Results may vary from customer to customer. Further
information on risks or other factors that could cause results to
differ is detailed in CDC Software’s filings and submissions with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including our
Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009,
filed with the SEC on June 30, 2009, and those of our ultimate
parent company, CDC Corporation. All forward-looking statements
included in this press release are based upon information available
to management as of the date of this press release, and you are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward looking
statements contained herein, which speak only as of the date of
this press release. Results may vary from customer to customer
based upon individual facts and circumstances. 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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