CDC Software Corporation (NASDAQ: CDCS), a global provider of
enterprise software applications and services, today announced
B&G Foods, a manufacturer and distributor of high quality,
shelf-stable foods, is initially implementing CDC Factory at its
plant in Hurlock, MD, as part of the food processor’s plan to
streamline efficiencies, reduce costs and improve
profitability.
Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., B&G Foods operates five
plants located throughout the Northeast and in Wisconsin that
produce some of the most recognized grocery brands including
Ortega, Cream of Wheat, Maple Grove Farms of Vermont, B&G,
Polaner and Emeril’s.
The Hurlock facility is transitioning from being primarily a
seasonal pickler to a full-time liquid plant that makes products
like salsas, liquid smoke flavorings and other seasonings. With CDC
Factory’s ability to provide real-time metrics such as overall
equipment effectiveness (OEE) and cost per unit at the plant, line,
and stock keeping unit (SKU) levels, B&G Floods plans to reduce
its baseline costs and improve margins at its Hurlock facility.
Based on a benchmark study conducted by CDC Factory consultants and
B&G Foods’ project team, CDC Factory, together with the planned
incorporation of new best practices, are expected to yield the
company an overall efficiency improvement of more than 6 percent at
the facility.
“We selected CDC Factory because we recognized that our manual,
spreadsheet-based processes could no longer support our growth and
drive efficiency improvements,” said Bill Herbes, senior vice
president of manufacturing. “With CDC Factory and its real-time OEE
plant metrics and the way it promotes strong collaboration on the
plant floor, we are confident that we will realize our more than 6
percent target efficiency improvement at the Hurlock facility in a
few months.”
“We are delighted that another leading multi-plant food
manufacturer is scheduled to implement CDC Factory,” said Mark
Sutcliffe, president of CDC Factory product line, CDC Software.
“CDC Factory addresses the challenges faced by many manufacturers
by helping to lower production costs, improve margins and deliver
rapid performance improvements throughout a plant.”
CDC Factory manages production planning 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 SKU and production line
level, is presented instantaneously in a relevant and easy to
understand format for factory workers. This enables these workers
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 B&G Foods, Inc.
B&G Foods (NYSE: BGS) and its subsidiaries manufacture, sell
and distribute a diversified portfolio of high-quality,
shelf-stable foods across the United States, Canada and Puerto
Rico. B&G Foods' products include hot cereals, fruit spreads,
canned meats and beans, spices, seasonings, marinades, hot sauces,
wine vinegar, maple syrup, molasses, salad dressings, Mexican-style
sauces, taco shells and kits, salsas, pickles, peppers and other
specialty food products. B&G Foods competes in the retail
grocery, food service, specialty, private label, club and mass
merchandiser channels of distribution. Based in Parsippany, New
Jersey, B&G Foods' products are marketed under many recognized
brands, including Ac'cent, B&G, B&M, Brer Rabbit, Cream of
Rice, Cream of Wheat, Emeril's, Grandma's Molasses, Joan of Arc,
Las Palmas, Maple Grove Farms of Vermont, Ortega, Polaner, Red
Devil, Regina, Sa-són, Trappey's, Underwood, Vermont Maid and
Wright's.
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. It is usually deployed in 4-6
weeks per factory, which helps ensure project momentum and rapid
savings. CDC Factory is used by some of the leading global food
manufacturers including TreeHouse Foods, Pinnacle Foods, H.J. Heinz
Sauces, Breyers Yogurt, and U.K.-based Premier Foods. 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 provides
customers with maximum flexibility in their solutions through
multiple deployment options which best fit their business needs.
Leveraging a service-oriented architecture (SOA), CDC Software
offers multiple delivery options for their solutions such as
on-premise, cloud-based or hybrid (blending of the two options)
deployment offerings. CDC Software's product suite includes: CDC
Factory (manufacturing operations management), Activplant
(enterprise manufacturing intelligence), CDC Ross ERP (enterprise
resource planning), CDC Supply Chain (supply chain management,
warehouse management and order management),CDC xAlerts (real-time
supply chain event management), CDC Power (discrete ERP), CDC
eCommerce, CDC NFP/NGO, 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, and outsourced
R&D and application development, CDC Games focused on online
games, and China.com China.com, Inc. (HKGEM:8006) 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 CDC Factory’s solutions' ability to help our customers
expand business, increase capacity, reduce costs, engage
workforces, increase line efficiencies, improve labor utilization,
standardize metrics and data, provide real-time workforce
empowerment and real-time visibility into operating metrics, our
beliefs regarding the ability to realize upfront value using our
products, our expectations regarding customer implementations,
including the timing, expected benefit and possible gains relating
thereto, our beliefs regarding customer and industry needs and
preferences, our beliefs and those of our customers about
improvements to efficiency, 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. Results will vary from
customer to customer given their particular facts and
circumstances. Further information on risks or other factors that
could cause results to differ is detailed in our filings or
submissions with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, and those of our ultimate parent company, CDC
Corporation, located at www.sec.gov. 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. Historical results are not indicative of
future performance.
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