Pinnacle Foods to implement CDC Factory solution to increase productivity

Pinnacle Foods will implement CDC Factory at three of its plants in the US during phase one of the project, and an additional four plants during phase two, to help increase productivity through improved labor efficiency and equipment reliability and efficiency. Pinnacle Foods has selected CDC Factory to help improve labor and material utilization through rapidly improving cases per man hour of production per plant facility and converting more input into end product. Based on a benchmark study conducted by CDC Factory consultants and the Pinnacle Foods's project team, CDC Factory is expected to provide significant productivity improvements. Tony Hipszer, CIO of Pinnacle Foods, said: "Our due diligence validated the out-of-the box functionality which eliminated the need for costly customizations or a time-consuming project to build a MES system. This project will be focused on improving staff performance by using the manufacturing operations management system which CDC Factory provides out-of-the-box. We expect this to pay off by increasing our competitive advantage through lowering production costs." Mark Sutcliffe, president of CDC Factory product line at CDC Software, said: "We are delighted to add this prestigious food manufacturer to our customer base. We are looking forward to helping Pinnacle Foods achieve their productivity goals, as well as improve their profitability."