Old Neighborhood Foods Integrates All Manufacturing Processes and Increases Inventory Visibility with CDC Software’s Ross ERP

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ATLANTA – Sept. 25, 2006 – Ross Systems, a global provider of enterprise software solutions and a division of CDC Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), today announced that Old Neighborhood Foods, a third-generation branded and private-label manufacturer of quality meat products, improved operations and customer relationships using CDC Software’s Ross ERP solution. The manufacturer has integrated its systems company-wide and gained complete control over all aspects of manufacturing; improved seasonal scheduling and forecasting, and increased inventory visibility.

For more than 90 years, the Demakes family in Lynn, Mass., has been producing meat products with dedication to old-world quality and taste under the Old Neighborhood Foods name. In response to the business’ continued growth of 10 percent annually for the past five years, an enterprise solution was needed to accurately manage and track all of its manufacturing, forecasting and costing processes. The company’s former legacy system was tailored for food distributors and lacked key manufacturing capabilities, specifically, supporting the company’s just-in-time manufacturing methods. In addition, Old Neighborhood Food’s warehouse and manufacturing facilities were not in the same location, making it a challenge to keep accurate records of inventory. As a provider with demonstrated knowledge in their business, CDC Software partnered with Old Neighborhood Foods and implemented Ross ERP.

“With Ross ERP as our core system, we have visibility across the entire enterprise, which gives us a competitive advantage in the market,” said Peter Katsos, director of MIS at Old Neighborhood Foods. “The underlying Web-based technology platform gives us access to instant information at both of our two facilities. We can now track and compare raw materials to actual product yield measurements automatically, producing an accurate picture of how much raw material is needed for production.”

Old Neighborhood Foods also uses Ross ERP for scheduling and forecasting to more accurately meet seasonal demand and improve customer service. The company generally sees a spike in orders during the spring and summer picnicking months, and can now schedule jobs in accordance with orders, meeting demand without producing excess inventory that could go to waste. Ross has enabled better inventory tracking and production planning, saving Old Neighborhood Foods nearly $300,000 in spoiled merchandise alone since the installation of the system. With the Ross ERP in place, Old Neighborhood Foods tracks inventory and plans sales in real-time based on lot expiration.

As a result of the company’s increased control over the manufacturing process, Old Neighborhood Foods has more confidence in their production capabilities. Now, it no longer reserves funds on a month-to-month basis to support write offs and can focus on growing the business, increasing the breadth of product offerings, and taking a more aggressive stance against competitors.

“At CDC Software, we continually cultivate business-specific knowledge for each of our customers,” said said Beth Berndt, director of industry solutions, focused on the food and beverage sector. “With unparalleled expertise in food processing, we are able to meet Old Neighborhood Food’s specific needs, helping their company grow along with their products’ popularity. By standardizing on Ross ERP, the company Old Neighborhood Foods has gained the edge it needs to increase efficiency across the organization and move into a leadership position.”

CDC Software’s Ross Systems to Host Web Events on Effective Strategies to Compete in Today’s Chemical Industry

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WHAT: From specialty chemicals to plastics, the last decade has brought a growing number of challenges for chemical manufacturers, including increasing global and local competition, rising costs and meeting customer demands. Increasingly, chemical manufacturers are looking to enterprise software solutions to better enable them to address these challenges, but reaping the benefits these systems have to offer requires selecting a solution that can effectively address the unique needs of the chemicals industry. Ultimately, chemicals manufacturers must solve these challenges to gain new customers and grow existing customer relationships. Registration for these webcasts is free of charge.

WHO : Ross Systems, a global provider of enterprise software solutions and a division of CDC Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), and Microsoft (MSFT) will co-host the live Web events and industry expert, Olin Thompson, principal of Process ERP Partners, will discuss effective strategies to compete in today’s chemical industry. All registrants will receive a free whitepaper, “Competitive Strategies and the Role of ERP in the Chemical Industry.”

WHERE : Register now at: http://www.rossinc.com/aview.asp?atype=W_NEW&id=1678&showexpired=1&webinar_id=13479

WHEN : Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006

Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006

Both webcasts are held at 2:00 p.m. EDT

Wise Foods Chosen By Consumer Goods Technology as One of the Top 25 “SMB Fast Track” Companies

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ATLANTA – Sept. 14, 2006 – Ross Systems, a global provider of enterprise software solutions and a division of CDC Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), today announced that its customer Wise Foods has been selected as one of Consumer Goods Technology’s top 25 “Small and Medium Size Business (SMB) 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 system in place, but without an automated scheduling solution designed for process manufacturing and food processing 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.

“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 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 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.”

CDC Software’s Ross Systems and SupplyScape Form Strategic Partnership to Deliver Advanced e-Pedigree Solutions for Life Sciences Manufacturers

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ATLANTA, GA and WOBURN, MASS., Sept. 13, 2006 — Ross Systems, a global provider of enterprise software solutions and a division of CDC Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), and SupplyScape Corporation, the leading provider of E-Pedigree solutions for the pharmaceutical supply chain, announced today a strategic partnership to provide a seamless, integrated, packaged software solution that allows pharmaceutical manufacturers to track their product through the supply chain and meet regulatory and trading partner obligations associated with emerging standards for e-Pedigree.

An e-Pedigree is an electronic certified chain of custody detailing each distribution of a drug, from the manufacturer, through acquisition and sale by any wholesaler or re-packager, until final sale to a pharmacy or other person administering or dispensing the drug. Using Ross’ ERP, drug makers such as PrecisionDose, an FDA registered repackager of pharmaceutical products, upload specific lot and shipping information into SupplyScape’s e-Pedigree application, which then verifies, certifies and transmits the pedigree, and provides automated, cost-effective pedigree authentication and tracking through the supply chain.

“We purchased the Ross ERP solution to have a complete system for managing our operations with total control and visibility into quality, product cost and profit, and tracking of materials throughout our production and warehouse operations,” said Robert Koopman, president of PrecisionDose.

“We purchased SupplyScape e-Pedigree software because of its ability to fully integrate with the Ross ERP solution software, willingness to assist us with the validation of the software, and the quality and ease of tracking for electronic pedigree.

“We expect the combination of Ross ERP solution and SupplyScape e-Pedigree software will address the assurances and requirements of our customers, the FDA, and our company to efficiently and accurately provide true end-to-end control of our entire operation from the purchase of materials to the sale of our finished product with the new and future electronic pedigree laws as they are established.”

“In one standard solution, SupplyScape E-Pedigree reliably addresses both the diverse pedigree requirements and the varied operations of pharmaceutical companies and repackagers,” said Shabbir Dahod, president and CEO of SupplyScape Corporation. “Through SupplyScape’s partnership with Ross, our mutual customers like PrecisionDose gain robust pedigree traction quickly and cost effectively to meet their FDA regulatory obligations, while realizing significant return on investment. Together we offer customers a one-stop enterprise solution providing low total cost of ownership for all of their enterprise business needs.”

“We are constantly looking for ways to provide our clients with the full range of business solutions they require – in this case the ability to fulfill both supply chain automation and regulatory obligations associated with e-Pedigree,” said Michael Webster, director of Life Sciences for CDC Software. “Our decision to partner with SupplyScape is based on their clear and tenured position as the market leaders in this space, their commitment to flexibility in deployment (offering both on-site and hosted options), and their ability to offer their packaged solution to scale so that it is appropriate to the size of the customer. Our larger ERP customers require a robust solution that SupplyScape can deliver, while our smaller customers can implement a scaled-down solution that better fits their business. We feel strongly that the synergy resulting from this partnership will provide significant opportunities for our customers to meet their business goals while streamlining their pedigree compliance.”

CDC Software Delivers Newest Version of Ross OnePlan for On-Demand Planning and Factory Scheduling

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ATLANTA – Aug. 31, 2006 – CDC Software, the enterprise software company of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), today announced that the latest release of its Ross OnePlan applications are now available. These applications provided as on-demand Software as a Service (SaaS), enable customers to buy, implement and begin using the technology in a very short time period. A critical supply chain management solution, OnePlan 5.0 delivers increased production schedule visibility, manufacturing performance management and greater ease-of-use for demand-driven process and consumer products manufacturers. The applications are easily integrated to customers’ existing ERP systems enabling the transfer of manufacturing and scheduling data with legacy systems.

As a contract service provider that manufactures and stores products for other life sciences companies, BioConvergence’s primary focus is to operate seamlessly as an extension of its customers’ operations. With the addition of a new, state-of-the-art storage facility for frozen, refrigerated and room temperature Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API), product and raw materials, all signs pointed to the need for a sophisticated, life sciences-focused ERP solution to help achieve its customer-driven goals and scale with the business.

OnePlan 5.0 enables factory plans and schedules to be quickly updated to match the speed of the business – weekly, daily or hourly – to balance changing demand for products with available material, labor and equipment capacity. In addition to its finite scheduling functionality, OnePlan includes predictive metrics with workflow capabilities to provide powerful performance management, team planning and communication capabilities. This combination of collaborative scheduling with metrics-based performance management gives manufacturers a compelling value proposition for increasing “perfect-order” performance while improving efficiency of plant, labor and materials utilization in the factory.

Darigold, one of the nation’s largest agricultural cooperatives, producing the equivalent of two million gallons of milk everyday, began using OnePlan in its Portland, Ore., plant in 2005 and in its Issaquah plant in 2006. Darigold recently implemented version 5.0 in both plants and is already seeing benefits in the efficiency of the company’s operations that exceed expectations.

“With the rapid implementation of OnePlan 5.0, we’ve already begun to see changes in our manufacturing operations,” said Rob Scacco, supply chain strategy and optimization manager at Darigold. “We are very happy to see the commitment to thoughtful feature development and quality CDC Software is putting into its products.”

OnePlan is delivered as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution with a monthly subscription fee. Unlike traditional solutions, customers require no hardware, software or IT support to run OnePlan other than a standard PC and Web browser. Another key feature is collaboration of reports, schedules and analytics results across the organization.

“We acquired the OnePlan applications earlier this year and are proud to demonstrate our customer commitments with the on-time release of the latest enhancements in version 5.0,” said Eric Musser, president, CDC Software. “The on-demand planning and scheduling applications in OnePlan are proven to help companies with legacy ERP systems improve the efficiency and responsiveness of their operations. We are seeing rapidly growing interest in these cost-effective applications and, with no software to install locally, customer sites around the world can be up and running in a few short weeks and realize an immediate return on the investment. We are continuing to ramp-up our sales and delivery capabilities on a global scale to address the demand.”

Other notable enhancements in OnePlan 5.0, which is available immediately, include:

Improved operational efficiency – A powerful scheduling engine with flexible sequencing logic allows OnePlan to deliver significant improvements in operational efficiency, including reduced changeovers, increased capacity utilization, reduced inventory levels and reduced labor costs. The results are higher customer-service levels at lower costs.
Improved response to change – OnePlan’s dynamic alert capabilities help customers identify and respond rapidly to changing demand and materials availability in an enhanced manner.
Modeling of by-products – Bills of materials have been extended in OnePlan 5.0 to handle products that arise in the manufacturing process. Customers can now easily create, view and edit by-products and can also easily see by-products when viewing the plans for an item and when examining the inventory analysis for an item.

BioConvergence Deploys the Ross Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solution from CDC Software as its Operational System of Record

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ATLANTA– August 29, 2006 – Ross Systems, a global provider of enterprise software solutions and a division of CDC Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), today announced that BioConvergence LLC, a contract service provider for the life sciences industries, has deployed Ross’ enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution as its operational system of record. Completing implementation as scheduled and 15 percent under budget, Ross ERP will help BioConvergence streamline inventory management, manage financials and efficiently process transactional data.

As a contract service provider that manufactures and stores products for other life sciences companies, BioConvergence’s primary focus is to operate seamlessly as an extension of its customers’ operations. With the addition of a new, state-of-the-art storage facility for frozen, refrigerated and room temperature Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API), product and raw materials, all signs pointed to the need for a sophisticated, life sciences-focused ERP solution to help achieve its customer-driven goals and scale with the business.

“BioConvergence selected Ross ERP right out of the gate for several reasons,” said John Brooks, chief operating officer of BioConvergence. “First, our complex lot tracking and inventory control requirements dictated the need. We also wanted operations to mirror the system so our processes would work in tandem with Ross ERP from the start. We didn’t want to find out a year later there was a huge gap between processes and systems.”

In addition to preparing for rapid growth, BioConvergence selected Ross ERP to support one of its main competitive advantages – the ability to give clients complete, real-time visibility into their data via a secure portal. This includes 24/7 visibility into inventory status, lab test results and the environmental conditions where their products are stored.

“With Ross ERP, BioConvergence got everything it needed from one solution,” added Brooks. “From inventory control and financials to maintenance, analytics and much more, Ross ERP eliminates the need for disparate systems integration and the litany of challenges when faced with that scenario.”

“By utilizing Ross ERP to improve operational efficiencies and visibility into daily operations, technology leaders like BioConvergence are able to take their businesses to the next level,” said Michael Webster, director of life sciences for CDC Software. “In contrast to some of the generalized software giants, as a customer-driven company, we’ve developed Ross ERP based on feedback from our life sciences clients and their unique needs. From small, emerging biotechnology companies to billion-dollar drug manufacturers, our purpose is clear – providing customers with proven applications to optimize operations, improve profitability, strengthen partner relationships and streamline compliance.”

MasterControl and CDC Software Form Strategic Partnership

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SALT LAKE CITY – August 24, 2006 – MasterControl Inc. today announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with CDC Software to allow the integration of complementary products into a unique breed of software solution for companies in FDA and other regulated environments.

Under the partnership, CDC Software will offer the MasterControl™ quality management suite as part of its Ross enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. The Ross ERP system helps process manufacturers worldwide manage manufacturing operations with its dynamic forecasting and scheduling, formula-based production and yield management, quality control, inventory management, complex product costing, streamlined regulatory compliance, and business analytics capabilities.

“Ross provides a robust, cost-effective infrastructure, while MasterControl adds the GxP-based control needed by regulated organizations. Together we will offer a one-stop enterprise solution to these companies,” said Jim Murrin, MasterControl’s senior vice president of sales and business development.”

Ross Systems provides cGxP compliant transaction processing and workflow systems for materials management, manufacturing, financials, and the extended life sciences supply chain. Its systems are used to streamline the transition from clinical trials to commercial manufacturing, and facilitate effective management of in-house and outsourced manufacturing.

“We reviewed the leading quality and document management systems in the market and found that MasterControl™ was implemented at an overwhelming number of our customer sites due to their feature-rich, comprehensive suite of quality applications, and their state-of-the-art technology, which aligned directly with our own. We felt that this synergy provided significant opportunities for our customers to streamline operations and improve their quality processes,” said Michael Webster, Ross Systems director, life sciences.

The MasterControl integrated quality management suite is a configurable and easy-to-use software solution that helps companies attain “continuous compliance” with FDA regulations, ISO standards, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and other regulatory requirements. MasterControl automates and effectively manages document and change control, training, audits, corrective/preventive action (CAPA), customer complaints, nonconformance disposition, and other quality processes.

For FDA-regulated companies, MasterControl offers a “continuous validation” approach designed to cut the time and cost involved in validating a system, reduce risks of project implementation, and make it easier to validate software upgrades. Its innovative validation products and services include MasterControl Transfer OQ and MasterControl Automated OQ.

Triangle Brick Gains Competitive Advantage with Ross Systems’ Enterprise Performance Management Solution

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ATLANTA – August 7, 2006 –Ross Systems, a global provider of enterprise software solutions and a division of CDC Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), announced today that Triangle Brick, a leading manufacturer of clay bricks, has improved customer service levels and increased visibility throughout the organization to drive competitive advantage with Ross’ Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Sales Analytics application.

Triangle Brick has differentiated itself within its industry since the company first implemented Ross’ enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in 1999. Looking to build on the success it’s achieved in creating a more agile supply chain with Ross ERP, Triangle Brick turned to Ross’ EPM Sales Analytics application to further improve customer service and more closely monitor product sales and trends.

Ross’ EPM Sales Analytics application enables Triangle Brick to easily generate sales and analytical reports in real time, saving the company up to 10 hours per month in the production and management of reports. With multi-dimensional analysis, the company is able to identify trends in the marketplace and make changes as they occur to improve service levels by responding more quickly to customer demands. Additionally, Triangle Brick executives now view reports and online graphs instantly to analyze data and determine profitability of specific products, customers and regions.

“Ross EPM Sales Analytics has changed the way we approach our sales strategy, giving us the ability to drill down on a specific product line or sales region to improve the quality of our sales,” said Scott Mollenkopf, chief financial officer of Triangle Brick. “Instead of seeing numbers at the end of the month or quarter, we can look at sales and order figures on a daily basis, to make better informed decisions more quickly. Enabling us to make changes to our sales strategies in real time, Ross EPM Sales Analytics helps us run our company more efficiently and profitably – benefits that we see increasing over time.”

Ross EPM is an out-of-the-box suite of applications that leverage existing enterprise systems by improving visibility into the key operating aspects of a business. Delivered as individual modules including Sales Analytics, Manufacturing Analytics and Inventory Analytics, Ross’ EPM is suite tailored to the needs of specific vertical industries, including food and beverage, life sciences, chemicals, metals and natural products.

Ross EPM is an out-of-the-box suite of applications that leverage existing enterprise systems by improving visibility into the key operating aspects of a business. Delivered as individual modules including Sales Analytics, Manufacturing Analytics and Inventory Analytics, Ross’ EPM is suite tailored to the needs of specific vertical industries, including food and beverage, life sciences, chemicals, metals and natural products.

“Ross EPM provides industry leaders like Triangle Brick greater visibility into their business to act upon key performance indicators as they occur,” said Eric Musser, president of CDC Software. “Empowering all decision-makers – from the C-level to the manufacturing floor – with the business intelligence they need to address operational issues quickly and more effectively, Ross EPM drives more proactive decisions and optimizes business performance.”

Berner Foods Wins Private Label Buyer’s 2006 Category Colonel Award Using Ross ERP Applications from CDC Software

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ATLANTA – August 14, 2006 – Ross Systems, a global provider of enterprise software solutions and a division of CDC Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), today announced that its customer Berner Foods has been awarded Private Label Buyer’s 2006 Category Colonel Award for private-label condiments. As the dairy industry’s leading private-label manufacturer of premium, processed cheese products, the award underscores Berner’s commitment to quality and customer service.

Recipients of the prestigious Colonel Award are determined by retail executives who evaluate companies based on dedication to private label manufacturing; knowledge of the retailer’s business model; and ability to help retailers drive their store brand volume, profits and competitive differentiation. To address these customer-driven criteria and maintain a competitive advantage, Berner relies on Ross’ enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for food processors as its operational system of record.

“Ross ERP has enabled Berner to become a leading supplier of store brand products by creating new efficiencies that are critical in private-label manufacturing,” said Steve Faye, executive vice president of sales for Berner. “From consistent product quality and more robust inventory tracking capabilities, to increased on-time delivery and virtually-eliminated product stock-outs, we attribute much of our success and this Colonel Award to our use of the Ross ERP system.”

As specialists in the food and beverage industry, Ross ERP is designed to meet the specific needs of food processors including quality control, regulatory compliance, food safety and profit-margin improvement. In addition, Ross ERP provides the technology platform that rapidly growing private-label manufacturers such as Berner need to maximize efficiency and consistently meet the expectations of their most demanding store brand customers.

Ross EPM is an out-of-the-box suite of applications that leverage existing enterprise systems by improving visibility into the key operating aspects of a business. Delivered as individual modules including Sales Analytics, Manufacturing Analytics and Inventory Analytics, Ross’ EPM is suite tailored to the needs of specific vertical industries, including food and beverage, life sciences, chemicals, metals and natural products.

“Food processors, large and small, rely on Ross ERP to ensure the safety and quality of products, provide excellent customer service and optimize forecasting, production scheduling and inventory management,” said Beth Berndt, director of industry solutions at Ross, focused on the food and beverage sector. “We are honored to contribute to Berner’s achievements and the success that thousands of our customers worldwide experience each day with software solutions from Ross Systems.”

KK Fine Foods Sees 54 Percent Rise in Profit and 15 Percent Drop in Product Wastage with the Ross ERP Solution from CDC Software

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Northampton, UK – 15 August 2006 - Ross Systems, a global provider of enterprise software solutions and a division of CDC Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), today announced that award winning* KK Fine Foods, one of the largest UK manufacturer’s of high quality frozen convenience foods, has experienced a 54 percent rise in profits and a 15 percent drop in product wastage since 2003, following the implementation of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system from Ross Systems.

Recently short-listed for a Best of British Manufacturing IT Award for Best ROI measures and benefits from IT in Manufacturing/Business Management, KK Fine Foods produces more than 250 different recipes of frozen meals and 193 live recipes every month for its customers across the UK and Europe including TGI Friday’s, Pizza Hut, Iceland, Marriott and Whitbread. Based in North Wales, KK Fine Foods was awarded the Welsh Medium Sized Business of the Year Award in 2004 and has recently been awarded funding worth over £4 million from the Welsh Assembly in recognition of its business success and to extend and double the capacity of its existing operation.

Graham Jackson, chairman of KK Fine Foods, comments, “We really have gone from strength to strength since implementing the solution from Ross. The ERP solution underpins our entire organization from finance and sales order processing to production and distribution. We’ve been able to minimize errors in production and streamline production planning as well as achieve more effective management of our cold storage facility.”.

Implemented in 2003, the Ross system has given KK Fine Foods a fully integrated and real-time management information tool that allows it to optimise throughput, streamline the business and monitor product profitability in a way that it could not do before. The system also generates an executive level view of the entire business operation and manufacturing processes to give managers a single view of the business, enabling them to make decisions with confidence knowing they are based on current and accurate information.

As well as live management reports, the system also provides real-time stock status reports, supplying information by product, customer, ingredient, location and history, to give end-to-end online visibility of its products. This has helped KK Fine Foods achieve Grade A Food Safety Traceability Accreditation from the Food Standards Agency. It can now identify the availability of raw materials, monitor stock shelf life and react to any sudden change in customer demand dynamically..

Graham Jackson continues, “KK Fine Foods now has a completely accurate demand-forecasting system in place via the demand pattern analysis tool and we have total control and visibility of all materials and products throughout the manufacturing process. We’ve achieved a 54 percent increase in profitability over the past 3 years and are continuing to experience growth on a massive scale, to the point that we’re doubling our production capacity. We have plans to increase our revenue by 200 percent over the next five years and I look forward to continuing our successful partnership with Ross Systems through the next exciting stage in the growth of our business.

With its operation doubling in size over the next year creating more than 100 new jobs, KK will be increasing its user license and looking to extend the Ross solution into other facets of the business.

* Awards and recognitions include:
British Frozen Food Federation

Catering Product of the Year 2006 King Prawn Red Thai Curry
2006 Gold Award King Prawn Red Thai Curry
2006 Silver Award Chili Meatball Con Carne
2006 Bronze Award Lamb Tagine
2004 Silver Award Brie, Pesto, Cherry Tomato Tart
2003 Gold Award Vegetable Dauphinoise Gratin
2002 Silver Award Aubergine, Mushroom Tagine

British Food and Drink Awards
2003 Gold Award Vegetable & Spinach Lasagne
2003 Silver Award Wild Mushroom Rigatoni
2003 Silver Award Cherry Tomato Risotto Cake