Oct. 26, 2009 (Business Wire) -- CDC Software (NASDAQ: CDCS), a provider of industry-specific enterprise software applications and business services, today announced the signing of a reciprocal original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Pilgrim Software, Inc., a leading global provider of enterprise compliance and quality management (ECQM) software solutions, under which both companies will sell each other’s solutions.
This OEM partnership is expected to help CDC Software expand its footprint in the highly regulated industries of life sciences and consumer packaged goods (CPG). As part of the agreement, Pilgrim will sell CDC Software’s technology solutions to further increase its compliance platform. In turn, CDC Software will sell its Ross Enterprise solutions with Pilgrim’s SmartSolve ECQM solutions.
Pilgrim offers solutions for highly regulated markets, such as Life Sciences, Food and Beverage, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), and Chemical industries, that manage key compliance and quality management processes such as change management, nonconformance and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), customer complaints, document and content management, employee training, internal and external audit management, investigations, and risk management.
CDC Software offers a comprehensive technology portfolio of compliance solutions that include: Ross ERP, CDC Respond, a complaint and feedback management solution, and X-alert, an Event Management tool. With Ross Enterprise solutions, CDC Software ensures product compliance by supporting FDA, HACCP, Track and Trace, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), 21CFR Part 11 and other regulations specific to the Food and Beverage, Life Sciences and Chemical industries. CDC Respond addresses government regulatory compliance requirements, such as those in the U.K. and India, in the area of complaint handling and processing. CDC Software also supports environmental health and safety compliance through Ross ERP partner 3ECompany, and financial compliance reporting for Sarbanes-Oxley through Ross Enterprise’s financial applications.
“This OEM agreement will enhance our compliance offerings and broaden our already significant footprint in the Life Sciences and CPG markets,” said Bruce Cameron, president of CDC Software. “The combination of Pilgrim’s compliance and quality management products with CDC Software solutions will help customers ensure product safety and compliance, reduce manufacturing and administrative costs, mitigate risk and liability and improve customer satisfaction.
