ATLANTA - June 1, 2011 - Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, today announced Supply & Demand Chain Executive has awarded the company the ‘2011 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100’. The award, which recognizes the top 100 supply chain projects of the past year, focuses on successful and innovative transformation projects that deliver bottom-line value to enterprises across the different functions that comprise the supply chain.
This year more than 200 submissions were evaluated by the magazine's editorial staff and were judged based on factors including ambitiousness and scope of the project, creative application of technologies/solutions/services used, as well as the extent of the business results/impact. Logility was recognized for helping to drive supply chain efficiencies at American Italian Pasta Company, the largest producer of dry pasta in North America. Through
Logility Voyager SolutionsTM, American Italian Pasta Company was able to improve customer service, reduce its inventory by an impressive 50%, decrease obsolete and aged inventory, and build a collaborative environment with trust in the statistical forecast and the sales and operations planning (S&OP) process.
“We are honored to be recognized as a part American Italian Pasta Company’s success with Logility Voyager Solutions and the results they have achieved,” said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO, Logility. “Logility’s success is best measured by the supply chain improvements that our customers achieve and we remain focused on delivering solutions that give our customers a competitive advantage and a platform for more profitable growth.”
Recognized industry-wide for its rapid implementation, quick ROI, ease-of-use, and ability to solve complex problems, Logility Voyager Solutions is a comprehensive supply chain solution suite which features performance monitoring capabilities to increase supply chain visibility and boost performance in key areas including demand, inventory and replenishment planning, sales and operations planning (S&OP), manufacturing planning and scheduling, supply and inventory optimization, transportation planning and management, and warehouse management.
About Supply & Demand Chain Executive
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About Logility
With more than 1,250 customers worldwide, Logility is a leading provider of collaborative, best-of-breed supply chain solutions that help small, medium, large and Fortune 1000 companies realize substantial bottom-line results in record time. Logility Voyager Solutions is a complete supply chain management solution that features a performance monitoring architecture and provides supply chain visibility; demand, inventory and replenishment planning; Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP); supply and inventory optimization; manufacturing planning and scheduling; transportation planning and management; and warehouse management. Logility customers include McCain Foods, Pernod Ricard, Sigma-Aldrich, and VF Corporation. Logility is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information about Logility, call 1-800-762-5207 USA or visit
www.logility.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by statements made herein. These factors include, but are not limited to, continuing U.S. and global economic uncertainty, the timing and degree of business recovery, unpredictability and the irregular pattern of future revenues, dependence on particular market segments or customers, competitive pressures, delays, product liability and warranty claims and other risks associated with new product development, undetected software errors, market acceptance of Logility’s products, technological complexity, the challenges and risks associated with integration of acquired product lines, companies and services, as well as a number of other risk factors that could affect the Company’s future performance. For further information about risks the Company and American Software could experience as well as other information, please refer to American Software, Inc’s. Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2010 and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information, contact: Vincent C. Klinges, Chief Financial Officer, American Software, Inc., (404) 264-5477 or fax: (404) 237-8868.
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