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CDC Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation and a
provider of industry-specific enterprise software and services, today
announced the introduction of Ross Enterprise v6.3, a major new version
release of its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution leveraging
new functionality and CDC Software’s Smart
Client technology that provides customers with improved usability,
better interoperability, lower IT maintenance costs and increased
visibility throughout the manufacturing enterprise. In today’s
soft economy, with the rising cost of commodities and transportation,
these features could help clients to increase market share while
managing their growth and margins.
Ross ERP now offers CDC Software’s Smart
Client technology to provide the benefits of a “thin
client” GUI (graphical user interface) with
the rich user experience capabilities necessary to support improved
navigation, ease of use, and the deep business functionality required
for extensive users. This improved access and integration to the
Microsoft desktop enables users to extract data seamlessly from Ross ERP
with familiar Microsoft Office products for greater user adoption and
flexibility. From an IT support perspective, the new technology is
expected to carry a lower total cost of ownership through centralized
system administration, minimized deployment costs and reduced
maintenance requirements when installing system upgrades.
Ross Enterprise v6.3 provides several new application features for
enhanced visibility into a company’s
production and supply chain. Extensive inventory visibility with a
projected inventory inquiry is now available to provide an up-to-date “net
change” picture of the actual time-phase
availability of finished goods and related intermediate products and
ingredients, without having to perform a complete analysis. A new
process and production flow user inquiry has also been added to provide
visibility into material availability at one or all levels of
production, based on scheduled dates and the recipe formula requirements.
A new project accounting module included in Ross Enterprise v6.3 allows
users to help improve financial reporting requirements against
individual projects over time. The management of direct costs and
expenses associated with all types of projects, such as new product
development, quality testing and compliance with government regulators,
can be significantly streamlined. A new landed cost feature allows
manufacturers to include additional related costs of material such as
freight, insurance, handling and duty as part of valuing inventory at
time of receipt. A new product costing enhancement provides the
flexibility to value different types of inventory using different
costing methodologies within the same warehouse.
Ross Enterprise customer Berner Foods is one of the industry’s
leading private label manufacturers of premium process cheese sauces,
spreads, and dips. Berner recently launched a new beverage line of
milk-based products, including ready to drink coffee latte and coffee
energy drinks in glass bottles and aluminum cans. “As
a make-to-order manufacturer, we are pleased CDC Software continues to
protect our investment in our IT strategy by enhancing the technical
foundation and delivering additional functionality to help grow our
business,” said Troy Grove, CIO of Berner
Foods. “We are especially excited about the
Microsoft Smart Client user interface option and the new costing
features in this new product since it gives us even stronger visibility
into our demand, inventory levels and actual process and product costs.”
“CDC Software delivers on our long-term
commitment to deliver innovative and vertical-specific solutions that
protect our customers’ investments and allow
them to choose the technology that best fits their strategy and business
requirements,” said Alan MacLamroc, chief
product and technology officer. “Customers
can now choose smart client desktop technology in addition to our
existing thin client interfaces to meet their specific IT requirements.
All of these new features and enhancements, along with our
vertical-specific expertise, further differentiates us in the
marketplace and helps provide our customers with a compelling
competitive advantage.”
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), e-M-POWER
(discrete manufacturing), CDC Supply Chain (supply chain management,
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, 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 MBT 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 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. These forward looking statements include statements regarding our
beliefs regarding the functionality and benefits of Ross Enterprise v6.3
and its new smart client platform, our beliefs regarding our products’
ability to help customers keep and maintain market share and manage
margins, our beliefs regarding increased user adoption, financial
reporting and flexibility, lower cost of ownership and better enhanced
visibility related to using our products, our beliefs regarding our
current commitment to developing and supporting new products and other
statements we may make that are not historical fact, the achievement of
which involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If any such risks or
uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions proves incorrect,
our results could differ materially from those described in the
forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's
current expectations and are subject to risks, and uncertainties and
changes in circumstances. Factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking
statements include, weakening of customer demand for enterprise systems,
uncertainty of demand for new product offerings, and continuing soft
economic conditions for process manufacturing industries. 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, 2007 on Form 20-F
filed on June 30, 2008. 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.