One of World’s Leading Processors of Apple Products Plans To Implement CDC Software’s CDC Factory Solution At Its Entire Plant Network To Help Lower Production Costs
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 Tree Top, Inc., one of the world’s leading producers of fruit-based products and ingredients including apple j
HONG KONG, ATLANTA (July 13, 2009) –
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 Tree Top, Inc., one of the world’s leading producers of fruit-based products and ingredients including apple juice, cider, blended juices and purees, plans to implement CDC Factory, a manufacturing operations management and enterprise manufacturing intelligence solution, at its five plants in the State of Washington to help lower their production costs.
This leading grower-owned cooperative plans to complete the first implementation of CDC Factory at their plant in Selah, Washington before September, when the most-active part of Tree Top’s seasonal production begins. The remaining sites that are scheduled to implement CDC Factory are located in Prosser and Wenatchee, Washington, as well as two additional facilities, the Ross plant and the Fresh Slice plant, both of which are located on the Selah campus.
“After an extensive selection process, we chose CDC Factory to help accomplish our strategic initiatives to help lower production costs,” said Berry Wright, vice president, Operations, Tree Top, Inc. “In our highly competitive business, now more than ever, we must improve plant performance for the benefit of our 1,200 growers. CDC Factory is a total out-of-the-box solution, with packaged performance outputs and improvement techniques, which we expect will enable us to see positive results on our performance within weeks.”
With CDC Factory’s real-time metrics such as Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), and cost per unit at the plant, line, and stock keeping unit (SKU) levels, Tree Top, Inc. plans to reduce its baseline costs and improve margins so it can remain an agile manufacturer through today’s highly competitive environment. CDC Software’s Factory Profit Audit identified a potential 6.5 percent overall improvement at Tree Top.
“We are delighted that yet another leading multi-plant food manufacturer is scheduled to implement CDC Factory across their entire plant network,” said Mark Sutcliffe, president of CDC Factory product line, CDC Software. “CDC Factory addresses the challenges faced by many manufacturers, during recessionary, or even in normal, business conditions by offering a ‘back-to-basics’ solution that can help lower production costs, improve margins and deliver rapid performance improvements throughout a plant.”
About Tree Top, Inc
Recognized as one of the world’s leading apple processors, Tree Top was established as a grower-owned apple processor in 1960 and has approximately 1,200 grower-owners in the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Its corporate headquarters and three processing facilities are located in Selah, WA, in the heart of apple country. There are two additional Tree Top processing facilities in Washington State, and a bottling facility in Rialto, California. The cooperative also owns two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Northwest Naturals in Bothell, Washington, and Sabroso Company with facilities in Medford and Woodburn, Oregon as well as Oxnard, California. Tree Top’s pure apple juice and cider remain the backbone of Tree Top’s retail sales. However, Tree Top also markets other consumer packaged goods, such as Apple Slices
