Smurfit-Stone's Chesterfield, MO, Corrugated Container Plant First in World to Achieve...

Smurfit-Stone's Chesterfield, MO, Corrugated Container Plant First in World to
Achieve 90 Percent Automatic Scheduling Within Two Months of Introducing
Kiwiplan

CREVE COEUR, Mo. and CHICAGO, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation's Chesterfield, MO, corrugated container
plant has become the first facility in Kiwiplan history to achieve a 90
percent Continuous Automatic Scheduling Environment (CASE) utilization within
two months of implementing the Kiwiplan plant scheduling system.
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Since implementing Kiwiplan, the Chesterfield plant has increased
productivity by approximately 23 percent.
The Kiwiplan system focuses on improving customer service, which is an
integral part of Smurfit-Stone's overall supply chain excellence strategy.
"Our Chesterfield plant is taking full advantage of Kiwiplan's system
automation to improve scheduling effectiveness and customer service," said
John Knudsen, senior vice president of manufacturing for Smurfit-Stone's
Corrugated Container Division. "We expect to see continued performance
improvement this year and further improvements in 2009 as we roll out the
system to other facilities."
The CASE component of Kiwiplan is designed to automatically schedule the
corrugator, issue programs and print working documents, leaving more time to
focus on customer needs, quality functions and process improvement.
Smurfit-Stone is in the initial stages of a three-year rollout of Kiwiplan
to its corrugated container operations. In addition to the box plant in
Chesterfield, MO, Smurfit-Stone has implemented Kiwiplan at its plants in
Ft. Worth, TX; Covington, GA; North Chicago and New Lenox, IL; and
Montgomery, AL; and is in the process of introducing it at plants in
Germantown, WI; Philadelphia and Aston, PA; Winston-Salem, NC; and Cerritos
and Santa Fe Springs, CA.
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (Nasdaq: SSCC) is the industry's
leading integrated containerboard and corrugated packaging producer and is one
of the world's largest paper recyclers. The company is a member of the World
Business Council for Sustainable Development, the Sustainable Forestry
Initiative(R), and the Chicago Climate Exchange. Smurfit-Stone generated
revenue of $7.4 billion in 2007, has led the industry in safety every year
since 2001, and conducts its business in compliance with the environmental,
health, and safety principles of the American Forest & Paper Association.
SOURCE Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation

Tom Lange, +1-314-656-5369, or Tim Rowden, +1-314-656-5942, both of
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation