CDC Factory Now Certified as a
SAP NetWeaver Composite Application for Manufacturing
HONG KONG & ATLANTA--CDC Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ:
CHINA) and a provider of industry-specific enterprise software
applications and business services, announced today that CDC Factory,
the first packaged manufacturing operations management (MOM) solution,
has been certified by SAP as a NetWeaver Composite Application. CDC
Factory, designed for the food and beverage and consumer packaged goods
industries, will be demonstrated at the World Wide Food Expo, October.
24-27 in Chicago at Booth #4938.
CDC Factory is the industry’s first and only
packaged manufacturing operations management system that leverages human
capital in plant operations and standardizes the best practices of lean
manufacturing, OEE, (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) and continuous
improvement. With the certified integration, SAP customers can establish
a real-time framework that unlocks hidden capacity on the factory floor
by managing production scheduling in real time, pinpointing the causes
of plant inefficiencies and providing immediate feedback on key
operating metrics including rate, yield, utilization and per unit cost.
The system focuses on unlocking the potential of human capital on the
shop floor by providing pre-defined workflows for the environment of the
workplace and a highly intuitive kiosk-style interface for real-time
performance tracking. This enables factory floor operators to act on
information in real time and make immediate decisions to adjust
production schedules, improve OEE and reduce waste. This role-based
design extends to middle and senior management where information is
summarized to make the daily operations of all plants throughout the
enterprise transparent. Since CDC Factory is a packaged solution
specifically designed for process manufacturers in the food and
beverage, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods industries, it is
often installed and producing results in eight weeks or less.
According to a AMR Research report in July 2007, “While
the CDC Factory may be the new kid on the block, it’s
not just midsize manufacturers in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical,
and CP industries that should take notice. Global manufacturers should
take heed as well. AMR Research’s
Manufacturing Peer Forum members say that unlocking the potential of
plant operations personnel and letting them take ownership of the
improvement process has been highly successful in operations excellence
initiatives. We couldn’t agree more, having
long been proponents of role-based, industry-specific templates for
manufacturing-focused software applications. While this approach has
been long embraced by MES and EAM best of breeds, ERP-based
manufacturing software applications continue to deliver back-office user
paradigms to the shop floor. This forces users rather than software to
be adaptive. CDC Factory breaks this paradigm, offering users an
easy-to-consume application that supports rather than hinders their
productivity, while acting as a front end to virtually any back-end ERP.”
Simon Jacobson, AMR Research Senior Research Analyst, “CDC
Software Delivers Operations Excellence in Plain English”,
July 2, 2007
In a recent Gartner report, “We propose that
the primary focus in a modern manufacturing operations management
solution should be on the people and processes rather than on the
equipment…. Manufacturers wanting an
integrated manufacturing operations management (MOM) solution [should]
consider a people-based performance metrics solution as an early part of
your investment. All manufacturers [should]
look for vendors that can provide measurements, reports, and the ability
to enter and analyze causes out of the box…. ”
Andrew Hughes, Gartner Research Director, “Improving
Production Effectiveness: Measure the Right Thing”,
September 17, 2007
CDC Factory SAPConnect is a packaged composite application (PCA) that
integrates CDC Factory with SAP’s ERP
applications. In addition to the certified integration for SAP, CDC
Factory is deployed and integrated with many of the industry’s
leading ERP applications.
“With CDC Factory, we have set several new
industry standards,” said Eric Musser, CEO
and president of CDC Software. “This is the
industry’s first and only out-of-the-box
manufacturing operations management system and it has been repeatedly
proven to deliver results in weeks rather than months or years. Now,
with certified integration to SAP, we are making it even easier for SAP
customers to take full advantage of these leading-edge capabilities in
plant efficiency and management visibility. This certification also
opens up a new channel for CDC Factory and we will be actively seeing
additional consulting partners with deep industry expertise that
parallels our own in food and beverage, life science and consumer
packaged goods.”
About CDC Factory
CDC Factory is the first 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, 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), IMI (warehouse management and order management),
Pivotal CRM and Saratoga CRM (customer relationship 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 Manufacturing Business Technology
2007 Global 100 List of Enterprise and Supply Chain Management
Application vendors. For more information, please visit www.cdcsoftware.com.
About CDC Corporation
The CDC family of companies includes CDC Software focused on enterprise
software applications and services, CDC Mobile focused on mobile
applications, 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, including statements relating to CDC Factory, reducing waste,
reducing overhead costs, increasing overall equipment effectiveness, and
increase the number of units produced per man-hour and other statements
that are not historical fact, the achievement of which involve risks,
uncertainties and assumptions. 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 the process manufacturing industry; the continued
ability of CDC Factory solutions to address industry-specific
requirements of companies in the process manufacturing industry; demand
for and market acceptance of new and existing CDC Factory solutions;
development of new functionalities which would allow process
manufacturers to compete more effectively and changes in the type of
information required to compete in the process manufacturing industry.
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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