CDC Software's Supply Chain Solutions Help Shanghai General Motors Expand Operations...
CDC Software's Supply Chain Solutions Help Shanghai General Motors Expand Operations in ChinaATLANTA & HONG KONG--(Business Wire)--CDC Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation
(NASDAQ:CHINA) and a provider of industry-specific enterprise softwareapplications and business services, announced today that its CDCSupply Chain Solutions were implemented at a new parts distributionand packaging center of Shanghai General Motors, a 50-50 joint venturepartnership between General Motors and Shanghai Automotive IndustryCorp. Group (SAIC). Shanghai General Motors recently opened the first of four newmodel parts distribution and packaging centers in Guangzhou, China.This facility utilizes the CDC Supply Chain product suite includingWarehouse Management, Labor Management, Slotting Optimization, YardManagement, Event Management and Enterprise Visibility. Theseapplications provide Shanghai General Motors with an advanced supplychain execution software suite. Shanghai General Motors intends toimplement CDC Supply Chain at the other three facilities as they arebuilt. Formed more than 10 years ago, Shanghai General Motors is one ofthe largest and fastest growing car manufacturers in China. The jointventure assembles, distributes and services vehicles under the Buick,Saab, Chevrolet and Cadillac brands through more than 400 dealers inChina. "Our growth is unprecedented in the automotive industry andsuccessfully managing that growth is indeed a key to our success,"says Wang Jun, general director of Aftersales & Downstream Business ofShanghai General Motors. "Managing our Service Parts operations iscritical for maintaining our growth and CDC Software's complete supplychain solution for high volume, high velocity environments like oursis a key part of our distribution strategy." "Shanghai General Motors' successful launch of its newdistribution center illustrates how CDC Supply Chain can be an idealsolution for the demand-driven fulfillment requirements of enterprisesoperating multiple plants with complex distribution and supply chainnetworks," said Eric Musser, CEO and president of CDC Software. "CDCSupply Chain helps to provide rapid benefits to an enterprise in theform of reduced operational costs, increased on-time deliveries,optimized order fulfillment from multiple warehouses, improvedinventory accuracy and availability and enhanced customer service." About CDC Supply Chain CDC Supply Chain offers a broad range of integrated, openstandards-based solutions that service key areas of complex supplychains and distribution networks. The solutions can operate asstandalone modules or can readily integrate into an enterprise'sexisting applications. Key functionality in the CDC Supply Chain suiteincludes warehouse management, transportation management, dynamicroute planning, slotting, labor management, cross dock planning andyard management. Some of the world's leading customers use CDC SupplyChain including: Ahlsell, Campbell Soup, Canadian Tire, Frito Lay, GEPlastics, JM Smuckers, Sherwin Williams, Starbucks Centocor, TheContainer Store, Fuji, General Motors, Jim Beam, Legrand Group, OfficeMax, Reebok, Shanghai General Motors, and Symbol/Motorola. For moreinformation, visit: cdcsupplychain.com. About CDC Software CDC Software, The Customer-Driven Company(TM), is a provider ofenterprise software applications designed to help organizationsdeliver a superior customer experience while increasing efficienciesand profitability. CDC Software's product suite includes: CDC Factory
(manufacturing operations management), Ross ERP (enterprise resourceplanning) and SCM (supply chain management), IMI (warehouse managementand order management), Pivotal CRM and Saratoga CRM (customerrelationship management), Respond (customer complaint and feedbackmanagement), c360 CRM add-on products, industry solutions anddevelopment tools for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform, PlatinumHRM (human resources) and business analytics solutions. These industry-specific solutions are used by more than 6,000customers worldwide within the manufacturing, financial services,health care, home building, real estate, and wholesale and retaildistribution industries. The company completes its offerings with afull continuum of services that span the life cycle of technology andsoftware applications, including implementation, project consulting,outsourced business services, application management and offshoredevelopment. CDC Software is the enterprise software unit of CDCCorporation (NASDAQ:CHINA) and is ranked number 12 on the MBT 2007Global 100 List of Enterprise and Supply Chain Management Applicationvendors. For more information, please visit www.cdcsoftware.com. About CDC Corporation The CDC family of companies includes CDC Software focused onenterprise software applications and services, CDC Mobile focused onmobile applications, CDC Games focused on online games, and China.comfocused on portals for the greater China markets. For more informationabout CDC Corporation (NASDAQ:CHINA), please visitwww.cdccorporation.net. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release includes "forward-looking statements" withinthe meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation ReformAct of 1995, and includes statements relating to the ability of CDCSupply Chain to help reduce operational costs, increase on-timedeliveries, optimize order fulfillment from a multiple warehouse base,improve inventory accuracy and availability and enhance customerservice, the future construction of additional facilities by ShanghaiGeneral Motors and the implementation by Shanghai Motors of CDC SupplyChain at any such facilities and other statements which are nothistorical fact. These statements are based on management's currentexpectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties and changes incircumstances. There are important factors that could cause actualresults to differ materially from those anticipated in the forwardlooking statements including, among others: the conditions of variousindustries, including the Chinese automotive industry; the continuedability of CDC Supply Chain solutions to address the distribution andsupply chain requirements of companies in those industry; demand forand market acceptance of new and existing Supply Chain solutions; anddevelopment of new functionalities which would allow certain companiesto compete more effectively. Further information on risks or otherfactors that could cause results to differ is detailed in filings orsubmissions with the United States Securities and Exchange Commissionmade by CDC Corporation in its Annual Report for the year endedDecember 31, 2006 on Form 20-F filed on July 2, 2007. Allforward-looking statements included in this press release are basedupon information available to management as of the date of the pressrelease, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on anyforward looking statements which speak only as of the date of thispress release. The company assumes no obligation to update or alterthe forward looking statements whether as a result of new information,future events or otherwise.CDC CorporationInvestor Relations:Monish Bahl, 678-259-8510mbahl@cdcsoftware.comorCDC SoftwareMedia Relations:Scot McLeod, 678-259-8625scotmcleod@cdcsoftware.comCopyright Business Wire 2007
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