CDC Software Deploying New Versions of CDC Supply Chain Solutions for World's Leading Global Enterprises
June 25 2008 - 10:04AM
Business Wire
CDC Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation and a
provider of industry-specific enterprise software and services,
today announced that several leading global enterprises have
implemented new versions of CDC Supply Chain solutions to help
improve efficiencies, reduce costs and improve productivity
throughout their supply chain. �We are very pleased that we are
strengthening the confidence our customers have with us as partners
in their mission critical applications like supply chain
solutions,� said Peter Yip, executive chairman of CDC Software.
�CDC Supply Chain has helped our customers who operate multiple
plants with complex distribution and supply chain networks to cost
effectively meet their demand-driven fulfillment requirements.�
Automotive At Shanghai General Motors, a 50-50 joint venture
partnership between General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry
Corp., CDC Supply Chain�s WMS, Labor Management, Slotting
Optimization, Yard Management, Event Management and Enterprise
Visibility solutions are now in use at a new parts distribution and
packaging center. Last year, Shanghai General Motors opened the
first of four new planned model parts distribution and packaging
centers in Guangzhou, China. Shanghai General Motors is a recent
customer that developed based on the long-standing relationship
between Catalyst, a company acquired by CDC Software in 2007, that
served General Motors as a client since 1990. The CDC Supply Chain
applications provide Shanghai General Motors with one of the most
advanced supply chain execution software suites of any automotive
company in the world. CDC Supply Chain is also planned for future
implementation at three other facilities of Shanghai General
Motors. Retail Grocery Netherlands-based Ahold/Albert Heijn, one of
the world�s largest grocery retailers, continues to upgrade their
implementation of CDC Supply Chain�s Warehouse Management System
(WMS), Route Management and Voice Interactive Solutions. CDC Supply
Chain�s WMS is the core of its Common European Logistics Solution
(CELS) platform. A customer since 2000, the grocery retailer has
two national distribution centers and four regional distribution
centers serving 750 stores and shipping 400 million store order
lines each year. Additionally, the grocery retailer achieves
inventory turns averaging two to three days at its regional
distribution centers, and the CELS rollout has freed up
approximately 10 percent extra selling space and added flexibility
to support all store formats using the CDC Supply Chain solution.
Food and Beverage PepsiCo U.K., a market-leading snack manufacturer
in the U.K. with recognizable brand names that include Walkers
Snack Foods, Tropicana and Quaker, is upgrading to the latest
version of WMS, Order Management, Route Management and Shipment
Monitor. A customer since 1998, Pepsico U.K. uses CDC Supply Chain
to help improve visibility throughout its supply chain, streamline
distribution processes and provide real-time control of the
manufacturer�s demand chain operations. Aviation In addition, one
of the world�s largest providers of new aviation parts and related
aftermarket operations, upgraded to the latest versions of WMS and
has already implemented CDC Supply Chain�s Collaborative Services
Framework (CSF), including the Corrective Action Tracking
application. This leading aviation company intends to implement the
latest version of CDC Supply Chain WMS plus Slotting, Labor
Management, Transportation Management, Supplier Quality and
Supplier Link in future phases. This company, a customer since
1994, markets and distributes products for more than 225
manufacturers and offers about one million catalog items from 39
customers service centers located in North America, Europe and
Asia-Pacific. The company has been using CDC Supply Chain�s WMS to
improve their inventory and order fulfillment accuracy, facilitate
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) compliance, and optimize
product tracking. Consumer Retail The Container Store, a leading
retailer of storage and organization products in the U.S., is
upgrading to the latest version of CDC Supply Chain WMS, and is
implementing CDC Supply Chain�s Slotting Optimization,
Transportation Management and Supplier Quality solutions. The
Coppell, Texas-based retailer will be using CDC Supply Chain
solutions to help manage and optimize its 725,000 square foot
distribution center in Dallas, Texas, an expanding retail network,
and its direct-to-consumer distribution channels. Home Improvement
One of the largest home improvement retailers in the U.K., and a
customer since 1996, upgraded to the latest version of CDC Supply
Chain WMS at its distribution facilities in the U.K. CDC Supply
Chain solutions supports cross dock and order fulfillment
operations for 150,000 order lines per day to the retailer�s more
than 600 stores. CDC Supply Chain also supports the company�s
multiple sales channels that include store, online and catalog
sales, which helps reduce lead time fulfillment and increased store
deliveries. The retailer typically sells more than 30,000 products
and serves more than 70 million customers per year. Per Norling,
president of CDC Supply Chain said, �We are very proud to manage
and support long-term client relationships, such as with these
industry-leading enterprises. These recent CDC Supply Chain
implementations are not only a testament to our products, services
and support, but also our commitment to helping our customers meet
their changing supply chain needs and business requirements with
new version releases of our products.� About CDC Software CDC
Software, The Customer-Driven Company�, is a provider of enterprise
software applications 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), Ross ERP (enterprise
resource planning) and SCM (supply chain management), CDC Supply
Chain (supply chain management, warehouse management and order
management), Pivotal CRM and Saratoga CRM (customer relationship
management), CDC MarketFirst (marketing automation and lead
management), Respond (customer complaint and feedback management),
c360 CRM add-on products, industry solutions and development tools
for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform, Platinum 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, and 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, outsourced business services, application management
and offshore development. CDC Software is the enterprise software
unit of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA) and is ranked number 12 on
the MBT 2007 Global 100 List of Enterprise and Supply Chain
Management Application vendors. For more information, please visit
www.cdcsoftware.com. About CDC Supply Chain CDC Supply Chain offers
a broad range of integrated, open standards-based solutions that
service key areas of complex supply chains and distribution
networks. The solutions can operate as standalone modules or can
readily integrate into an enterprise's existing applications. Key
functionality in the CDC Supply Chain suite includes order�&
inventory�management,�demand & replenishment
planning,�warehouse management, transportation management, dynamic
route planning, slotting, labor management, cross dock planning and
yard management. CDC Supply Chain is designed to leverage the Open
Application Group XML Integration Standard, ensuring cost effective
integration into today�s event-driven supply chain and enabling the
incremental refinements of a solution footprint as business needs
evolve. Some of the world's leading customers use CDC Supply Chain
including: Ahlsell,�Ahold, Aldo,�Boeing/Aviall,�Canadian
Tire,�Celesio/NMD, The Container Store, DSGi (formerly known as
Dixon Group),�General Motors, Legrand Group, Motorola/Symbol,
PepsiCo International, Reebok,�SABIC (GE Plastics), Schneider,
Schenker Logistics and Smuckers. For more information, visit:
www.CDCsupplychain.com. About CDC Corporation The CDC family of
companies includes CDC Software focused on enterprise software
applications and services,�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: 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 the
functionality and benefits of using CDC Supply Chain, our beliefs
regarding the merits of these solutions, the intent of our
customers to implement and upgrade our software and the potential
benefits thereof, and other statements we may make, 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 continued ability of CDC Supply Chain solutions
to address requirements of enterprises with large and complex
distribution networks; demand for and market acceptance of new and
existing CDC Supply Chain solutions; and development of new
functionalities which would allow organizations to compete more
effectively and changes in the type of information required to
compete in their respective industries. 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, 2006 on Form 20-F
filed on July 2, 2007. 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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