Intersnack to build on success with CDC factory software
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European snack foods manufacturer Intersnack is to install CDC Factory at a further 10 of its production plants, following successful implementation at two factories in Holland last year.
The maker of Pom-Bear, Penn State Pretzels and Mr Mash says that both plants reported improved factory performance, including significant operational gains and costs savings, as well as paper processes largely eliminated.
Johan Van Winkel, managing director of Intersnack Group, says the implementation is part of the firm's ongoing plan for operational excellence.
The initial CDC Factory implementations at the Doetinchem and Hardinxveld plants in the Netherlands took only six weeks each, with no impact on day-to-day production, he says – and on time and within budget.
Van Winkel also says that CDC Factory has delivered significant OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) rates and dramatically reduced administration costs on the shop floor while also reducing waste.
"We are delighted that the initial implementations of CDC Factory were delivered as CDC Software promised in terms of workplace behaviour change and improved operational and financial metrics," says Van Winkel.
"The successful performance of these initial implementations has encouraged us to replicate this across our plant network as soon as possible so that we have a standard OEE platform on which to base our decisions for our ongoing operational excellence programs."
As part of the new implementations, CDC Software says it will use CDC Factory's project execution template model to help ensure consistency and scalability of best practices and continuous improvement initiatives across the plants' diverse product portfolio and workplace cultures.
