Wise Foods Chosen By Consumer Goods Technology As One of The Top 25 ''SMB Fast Track'' Companies; Leading Snack Food Manufacturer Recognized for Leveraging the Ross OnePlan On-Demand Factory Scheduler from CDC Software to Drive Growth.ATLANTA -- Ross Systems, a global provider of enterprise software solutions and a division of CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CHINA), today announced that its customer Wise Foods has been selected as one of Consumer Goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and Technology's top 25 "Small and Medium Size Business (SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. ) Fast Track" companies for 2006. This award recognized the leading snack manufacturer for its use of the Ross OnePlan production scheduling applications to reduce inventory, increase service levels and accurately anticipate customer demand. The SMB Fast Track issue identifies companies with under $1 billion in sales for their superior use of technology to grow their business. Until recently, Wise Foods, a maker of chips of other salty snacks, relied on manual methods for planning and production scheduling. Wise has an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. system in place, but without an automated scheduling solution designed for process manufacturing The manufacturing industry that uses process control systems. See process control. and food processing Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. The food processing industry utilises these processes. requirements in particular, the company was still challenged by inventory issues affecting customer order commitments and bottom line profits. Wise decided to supplement its existing ERP system with the Ross OnePlan Factory Scheduler. OnePlan is an on-demand graphical production scheduling system that enables on-time product delivery at the lowest cost. OnePlan is delivered as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution with a monthly subscription fee. Unlike traditional solutions, Wise Foods and other customers require no hardware, software or IT support to run OnePlan other than a standard PC and Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . "Using the Ross OnePlan solution, we can instantly optimize our production schedules to ensure that we meet our highly variable customer demand at the lowest possible cost," said Neil Bixler, director of Management Information Systems for Wise Foods. "By creating a single, automated view of our plans and schedules, critical decision information is now readily available to everyone -- from plant floor managers to the executives in corporate." After using Ross Systems OnePlan Factory Scheduler for only one month, Wise Foods reduced inventory by 40,000 cases, improved service-to-sales level to 99.6 percent, and reduced short shipments from thousands of cases per day to just a handful. "As specialists in the food industry, we're providing the software applications needed to address the unique challenges faced by Wise Foods and other rapidly growing food processors," said Beth Berndt, director of industry solutions at Ross, focused on the food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. sector. "Our software is built on a highly flexible, Web-based architecture, which enables factory plans and schedules to be quickly updated to match the speed of the business. The CGT CGT Capital Gains Tax CGT Confédération Générale du Travail (French Labor Union) CGT Confederación General del Trabajo (Spanish: Federation of Trade Unions) award and recognition of the achievements at Wise Foods is a reflection of our commitment to customer success and we are honored to assist a truly innovative company in the consumer goods market." About Wise Foods Wise Foods, Inc., is one of the premier regional salty snack companies in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Founded in 1921, the company is one of the largest manufacturers of potato chips and salty snacks, with the number two or three market position in 21 eastern states from Florida to Maine. The company manufactures and sells a full line of salty snack products under some of the most recognizable brand names in the salty snack food industry, including WISE(R) and CHEEZ DOODLES(R) and NY DELI(R). For more information about Wise Foods, Inc. please visit the website www.wisesnacks.com. About Ross Systems Ross Systems, Inc., a division of CDC Software, the software unit of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), delivers innovative software solutions that help manufacturers worldwide fulfill their business growth objectives through increased operational efficiencies, improved profitability, strengthened customer relationships and streamlined regulatory compliance. Focused on the food and beverage, life sciences, chemicals, metals and natural products industries and implemented by more than 1,200 customer companies worldwide, the company's family of Internet-architected solutions is a comprehensive, modular suite that spans the enterprise, from manufacturing, financials and supply chain management to customer relationship management, performance management and regulatory compliance. For more information about Ross Systems please visit the website www.rossinc.com. About CDC Software CDC Software, The Customer-Driven Company(TM), 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 the Pivotal CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. (customer relationship management), c360 CRM add-on products, industry solutions and development tools for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a Customer Relationship Management software package developed by Microsoft. It is a part of the Microsoft Dynamics family of business tools. The current version of Dynamics is 3.0, released on December, 2005. platform, Ross ERP (enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. ) and SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. (supply chain management), IMI IMI International Masonry Institute (Washington, DC) IMI Israel Military Industries IMI Institute of the Motor Industry IMI International Market Insight IMI Imposto Municipal Sobre Imóveis (Portugal) warehouse management and order management, Platinum China HR (human resource) and business analytics solutions. These industry-specific solutions are used by more than 5,000 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 18 on the Manufacturing Business Technology Manufacturing Business Technology (ISSN-1554-3404) is a trade publication and web site owned by Reed Business Information serving the information needs of executives across corporate, IT and operations functions within the manufacturing industry. 2006 Global 100 List of Enterprise and Supply Chain Management Application vendors. For more information about CDC Software, please visit the website 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. 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Further information on risks or other factors that could cause results to differ are detailed in filings or submissions with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission made by our parent, CDC Corporation, including its Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2005 on Form 20-F filed on June 21, 2006. 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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