CDC Software has announced a product called CDC Factory Express, billed as an “out-of-the-box” manufacturing operations management application meant to help single-plant food & beverage and consumer packaged goods manufacturers identify plant performance issues and improve efficiencies at a lower cost of deployment than the full-featured CDC Factory product.
The multi-plant functionality of the company’s CDC Factory flagship software was incorporated into CDC Factory Express, but tailored to the single-plant manufacturer, CDC said. CDC Factory Express features the “Factory Profit Audit,” a service that identifies specific financial opportunities and improvement targets for a plant before implementation begins.
“CDC Factory Express directly addresses the recessionary conditions and challenges facing many manufacturers today by offering a ‘back to basics,’ affordable solution that can deliver rapid performance improvements throughout a plant,” said Mark Sutcliffe, president of the CDC Factory product line.