{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"113812","rtpr_id":"nGNE1N72G5","ticker":"SEED","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["SEED"],"title":"Origin Agritech Deploys Kingdee AI Cloud ERP Across Finance, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing, With Phase 1 Go-Live Targeted for November 2026","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-08-10T11:30:00.367Z","article_body":"Eight-Month, Two-Phase Implementation Replaces Fragmented Legacy Systems and\nBuilds the Internal Control and Data Infrastructure Required to Scale the\nCompany's Expanding Commercial Seed Portfolio\n\nBEIJING, Aug. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED)\n(the “Company” or “Origin”), a leading Chinese agricultural technology\ncompany, today announced that it has commenced enterprise-wide deployment of\nthe Kingdee AI Cloud Galaxy ERP platform, unifying finance, procurement,\ninventory and supply chain, sales and distribution, manufacturing, and human\nresources on a single system. The project launched at a company-wide kickoff\nand training meeting held July 27, 2026, and follows a two-phase schedule with\ncore finance and supply chain modules targeted for go-live in November 2026,\nremaining modules in January 2027, and formal project acceptance in February\n2027.\n\nThe deployment closes a gap the Company has carried for several years. Origin\nAgritech's business and financial data has resided across disconnected systems\nwith inconsistent data standards, limited real-time sharing, and manual\nreconciliation — a structure that slowed period-end close, constrained\ncross-departmental coordination, and delayed the operating visibility\nmanagement needs to make decisions in season. Replacing that architecture\nbecomes materially more important as the Company scales its commercial seed\nportfolio and distribution activity across the Northeast and North China\nproduction regions.\n\n“Origin Agritech was an early leader in ERP adoption among Chinese\nagricultural enterprises, and in recent years capital constraints put us\nbehind our peers on digital infrastructure,” said Weibin Yan, Chief\nExecutive Officer of Origin Agritech. “What we are doing now is rebuilding\nthat foundation on a platform that can carry the business we are becoming.\nWhen we run a seed order from a Heilongjiang distributor through shipment,\nwarehousing, and settlement, I want that transaction to post to the ledger the\nmoment it happens, not three weeks later in a spreadsheet reconciliation. That\nis the operating discipline a U.S.-listed company is expected to run on, and\nit is the discipline required to commercialize a growing seed portfolio at\nscale.”\n\nFor a Nasdaq-listed company operating across China's principal agricultural\nproduction regions, a unified ERP platform has consequences that extend beyond\noperational efficiency. Standardized processes, automated audit trails, and\nconsistent data from source transactions through to consolidated financial\nstatements strengthen internal control over financial reporting. The control\nenvironment is assessed annually under Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley\nAct. The same infrastructure that shortens the Company's close cycle also\nsupports the timeliness and accuracy of what Origin Agritech reports to the\nmarket.\n\nDeployment Schedule\n* July 2026 — Project initiation, team formation, kickoff, business process\nresearch, and documentation.\n* August 2026 — Business blueprint design, master data standards definition,\nand foundational data collection and entry.\n* September 2026 — Solution design confirmation, system configuration,\ncustomization development.\n* October 2026 — Module testing, integration testing, user acceptance\ntesting, and key user training.\n* November 2026 — Phase 1 go-live: core finance and supply chain modules,\nwith on-site go-live support.\n* January 2027 — Phase 2 go-live: manufacturing cloud, expense cloud,\nchannel cloud, and bank-enterprise direct connect.\n* February 2027 — Documentation handover, performance evaluation, formal\nproject acceptance, and close.\n“This is a company-wide management transformation that happens to be\ndelivered through software,” Mr. Yan added. “Its success depends on the\nengagement of every department, and we have staffed it accordingly — key\nusers from six functions working alongside Kingdee's consultants for eight\nmonths, not handing off requirements and walking away. We will report progress\nagainst the November and January go-live milestones as we reach them.”\n\nAbout Origin Agritech Limited\n\nOrigin Agritech Limited, founded in 1997 and headquartered at the Origin R&D\nCenter in Songzhuang, Tongzhou, Beijing, is a leading Chinese agricultural\ntechnology company. In crop seed biotechnologies, Origin Agritech’s phytase\ncorn was the first transgenic corn to receive the Bio-Safety Certificate from\nChina’s Ministry of Agriculture. Over the years, Origin has established a\nrobust biotechnology seed pipeline, including products with glyphosate\ntolerance and pest resistance (Bt) traits. For further information, please\nvisit the Company’s website at www.originagritech.com. The Company also\nmaintains an X account to update investors on Company and industry\ndevelopments, available at https://x.com/origin_agritech.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of\nthe Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements\nregarding the anticipated timing of Phase 1 and Phase 2 go-live, the expected\nscope and duration of the implementation, anticipated operational and internal\ncontrol benefits of the ERP platform, and the Company's ability to scale its\ncommercial seed portfolio. Words such as “expects,” “targets,”\n“anticipates,” “intends,” “believes,” and similar expressions\nidentify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and\nunknown risks and uncertainties — including implementation delays, cost\noverruns, data migration and system integration difficulties, user adoption\nand change management challenges, dependence on third-party implementation\npartners and software providers, and the risk that anticipated operational or\ncontrol benefits are not realized in whole or in part — which may cause\nactual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. The\ndescription of internal control benefits in this release reflects management's\ncurrent expectations and is not a representation as to the effectiveness of\nthe Company's internal control over financial reporting as of any date. Origin\nAgritech undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking\nstatement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or\notherwise.\n\nFor more information, please contact:\n\nOrigin Agritech Limited Contact:\nKate Lang (Mandarin/English)\nDirector of Investor Relations\nPhone: +86 186-1839-3368\nEmail: bing.lang@originseed.com.cn\n\nInvestor Relations Contact:\nMatthew Abenante, IRC\nPresident\nStrategic Investor Relations, LLC\nTel: 347-947-2093\nEmail: matthew@strategic-ir.com","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNE1N72G5","title":"Origin Agritech Deploys Kingdee AI Cloud ERP Across Finance, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing, With Phase 1 Go-Live Targeted for November 2026","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"SEED","created":"2026-08-10T11:30:00.367Z","tickers":["SEED"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"Eight-Month, Two-Phase Implementation Replaces Fragmented Legacy Systems and\nBuilds the Internal Control and Data Infrastructure Required to Scale the\nCompany's Expanding Commercial Seed Portfolio\n\nBEIJING, Aug. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED)\n(the “Company” or “Origin”), a leading Chinese agricultural technology\ncompany, today announced that it has commenced enterprise-wide deployment of\nthe Kingdee AI Cloud Galaxy ERP platform, unifying finance, procurement,\ninventory and supply chain, sales and distribution, manufacturing, and human\nresources on a single system. The project launched at a company-wide kickoff\nand training meeting held July 27, 2026, and follows a two-phase schedule with\ncore finance and supply chain modules targeted for go-live in November 2026,\nremaining modules in January 2027, and formal project acceptance in February\n2027.\n\nThe deployment closes a gap the Company has carried for several years. Origin\nAgritech's business and financial data has resided across disconnected systems\nwith inconsistent data standards, limited real-time sharing, and manual\nreconciliation — a structure that slowed period-end close, constrained\ncross-departmental coordination, and delayed the operating visibility\nmanagement needs to make decisions in season. Replacing that architecture\nbecomes materially more important as the Company scales its commercial seed\nportfolio and distribution activity across the Northeast and North China\nproduction regions.\n\n“Origin Agritech was an early leader in ERP adoption among Chinese\nagricultural enterprises, and in recent years capital constraints put us\nbehind our peers on digital infrastructure,” said Weibin Yan, Chief\nExecutive Officer of Origin Agritech. “What we are doing now is rebuilding\nthat foundation on a platform that can carry the business we are becoming.\nWhen we run a seed order from a Heilongjiang distributor through shipment,\nwarehousing, and settlement, I want that transaction to post to the ledger the\nmoment it happens, not three weeks later in a spreadsheet reconciliation. That\nis the operating discipline a U.S.-listed company is expected to run on, and\nit is the discipline required to commercialize a growing seed portfolio at\nscale.”\n\nFor a Nasdaq-listed company operating across China's principal agricultural\nproduction regions, a unified ERP platform has consequences that extend beyond\noperational efficiency. Standardized processes, automated audit trails, and\nconsistent data from source transactions through to consolidated financial\nstatements strengthen internal control over financial reporting. The control\nenvironment is assessed annually under Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley\nAct. The same infrastructure that shortens the Company's close cycle also\nsupports the timeliness and accuracy of what Origin Agritech reports to the\nmarket.\n\nDeployment Schedule\n* July 2026 — Project initiation, team formation, kickoff, business process\nresearch, and documentation.\n* August 2026 — Business blueprint design, master data standards definition,\nand foundational data collection and entry.\n* September 2026 — Solution design confirmation, system configuration,\ncustomization development.\n* October 2026 — Module testing, integration testing, user acceptance\ntesting, and key user training.\n* November 2026 — Phase 1 go-live: core finance and supply chain modules,\nwith on-site go-live support.\n* January 2027 — Phase 2 go-live: manufacturing cloud, expense cloud,\nchannel cloud, and bank-enterprise direct connect.\n* February 2027 — Documentation handover, performance evaluation, formal\nproject acceptance, and close.\n“This is a company-wide management transformation that happens to be\ndelivered through software,” Mr. Yan added. “Its success depends on the\nengagement of every department, and we have staffed it accordingly — key\nusers from six functions working alongside Kingdee's consultants for eight\nmonths, not handing off requirements and walking away. We will report progress\nagainst the November and January go-live milestones as we reach them.”\n\nAbout Origin Agritech Limited\n\nOrigin Agritech Limited, founded in 1997 and headquartered at the Origin R&D\nCenter in Songzhuang, Tongzhou, Beijing, is a leading Chinese agricultural\ntechnology company. In crop seed biotechnologies, Origin Agritech’s phytase\ncorn was the first transgenic corn to receive the Bio-Safety Certificate from\nChina’s Ministry of Agriculture. Over the years, Origin has established a\nrobust biotechnology seed pipeline, including products with glyphosate\ntolerance and pest resistance (Bt) traits. For further information, please\nvisit the Company’s website at www.originagritech.com. The Company also\nmaintains an X account to update investors on Company and industry\ndevelopments, available at https://x.com/origin_agritech.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of\nthe Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements\nregarding the anticipated timing of Phase 1 and Phase 2 go-live, the expected\nscope and duration of the implementation, anticipated operational and internal\ncontrol benefits of the ERP platform, and the Company's ability to scale its\ncommercial seed portfolio. Words such as “expects,” “targets,”\n“anticipates,” “intends,” “believes,” and similar expressions\nidentify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and\nunknown risks and uncertainties — including implementation delays, cost\noverruns, data migration and system integration difficulties, user adoption\nand change management challenges, dependence on third-party implementation\npartners and software providers, and the risk that anticipated operational or\ncontrol benefits are not realized in whole or in part — which may cause\nactual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. The\ndescription of internal control benefits in this release reflects management's\ncurrent expectations and is not a representation as to the effectiveness of\nthe Company's internal control over financial reporting as of any date. Origin\nAgritech undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking\nstatement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or\notherwise.\n\nFor more information, please contact:\n\nOrigin Agritech Limited Contact:\nKate Lang (Mandarin/English)\nDirector of Investor Relations\nPhone: +86 186-1839-3368\nEmail: bing.lang@originseed.com.cn\n\nInvestor Relations Contact:\nMatthew Abenante, IRC\nPresident\nStrategic Investor Relations, LLC\nTel: 347-947-2093\nEmail: matthew@strategic-ir.com"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-08-10T11:30:00.469760317Z","server_sent_at_ms":1786361400469},"received_at":"2026-08-10T11:30:00.525Z","source_url":"https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/10/3341725/0/en/origin-agritech-deploys-kingdee-ai-cloud-erp-across-finance-supply-chain-and-manufacturing-with-phase-1-go-live-targeted-for-november-2026.html"},"analysis":{"id":"102814","press_release_id":"113812","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Food Products","sector":"Consumer Staples"},"redFlags":["implementation success depends on complex data migration and change management","forward-looking statements regarding timing and benefits carry risk of delays or unrealized expectations"],"eventType":"operations_update","narrative":"Origin Agritech has begun an eight-month, two-phase deployment of the Kingdee AI Cloud Galaxy ERP platform to unify finance, supply chain, and manufacturing operations.\n\nThe project aims to replace fragmented legacy systems, standardize data, and strengthen internal controls required for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and scaling the commercial seed portfolio.\n\nPhase 1 go-live for core finance and supply chain modules is targeted for November 2026, with Phase 2 completion and formal project acceptance expected by February 2027.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"ERP deployment is a long-term operational fix but doesn't move the needle immediately on revenue."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"project_kickoff_date":"July 27, 2026","phase1_go_live_target":"November 2026","phase2_go_live_target":"January 2027","formal_acceptance_target":"February 2027","implementation_duration_months":8}},"quotedText":"When we run a seed order from a Heilongjiang distributor through shipment, warehousing, and settlement, I want that transaction to post to the ledger the moment it happens, not three weeks later in a spreadsheet reconciliation.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Weibin Yan","role":"Chief Executive Officer"},{"name":"Kate Lang","role":"Director of Investor Relations"},{"name":"Matthew Abenante","role":"President, Strategic Investor Relations, LLC"}],"products":["Kingdee AI Cloud Galaxy ERP","phytase corn","glyphosate tolerance","Bt traits"],"companies":[{"name":"Origin Agritech Ltd.","ticker":"SEED"},{"name":"Kingdee","relationship":"software provider"},{"name":"Strategic Investor Relations, LLC","relationship":"investor relations firm"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":3,"reasoning":"Major operational upgrade implementing a unified ERP system to address legacy data fragmentation and support scaling of the commercial seed portfolio. 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