CDC Factory

CDC Factory Across the Enterprise

CDC Factory is a packaged software solution that combines dynamic production scheduling, on-line supplier collaboration and real-time manufacturing operations intelligence with in-built continuous improvement and six sigma practices for your entire enterprise, regardless of size.

With CDC Factory, manufacturers benchmark and compare the performance of each site, establish targets for improvements and drive specific execution tactics down to factory floor of each plant.

With CDC Factory, food and beverage, consumer products and pharmaceutical packaging companies now have the following enterprise-wide capabilities:

  • Forward looking scheduling intelligence to improve material planning Integrated supplier collaboration initiatives to support Just-In-Time demand strategies
  • Standardized, real-time site-by-site manufacturing performance metrics such as OEE, cost per unit, asset life cycle costing and available capacity
  • Establishment of multi-plant benchmarks for improvement
  • Converting and monitoring executive-level productivity initiatives into real-time action cycles at the plant level
  • On-time product delivery achievements at the lowest cost
  • Quality assurance control to guarantee conformance across sites
  • Share and implement proven improvement gains from one plant to another Institutionalize best working practices taken from proven continuous improvement and Six Sigma techniques
  • Identification of priorities for capital investment across the plant network
  • Comply with environmental, health, and safety standards Improve employee productivity and shop floor performance ownership

Enterprise Solutions

CDC Factory streamlines shop floor technology replacing disparate MES and spreadsheet systems with one packaged manufacturing operations management system. Sequence production plans to optimize schedule performance. Analyze multi-plant performance through pre-configured dashboards. Establish online enterprise-wide improvement initiatives focused on SKU profitability, capacity, quality and service delivery opportunities. Embed standardized real-time action cycles into day to day working practices. Integrate factory floor performance with the enterprise through packaged integration models for most leading enterprise software systems.

Enterprise Services

CDC Factory eliminates the risks and overhead that are common with multi-plant implementations. Our services are packaged into a repeatable method and come ready to go. We deliver a rapid implementation of standardized metrics, consistent working practices and the adoption of a real-time performance review framework across every plant. By employing the best practices of continuous improvement and Six Sigma, we provide the support needed to ensure initial success and adaptability for growth and change, long after the system is implemented.

CDC Factory closes the gap between factory floor execution and management visibility. By providing complete transparency for your plants, processes and people, real-time actions can be directly linked to your financial goals for unlocking hidden capacity and reducing costs.