ATLANTA (May 2, 2005) Logility, Inc. (NASDAQ: LGTY), a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, today announced the next webcast in its Supply Chain Power Hour series, “Hit the Road: Reduce Costs and Improve Service with Automated Transportation Management,” scheduled for Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. EDT.
Many companies allocate as much as eight percent of total revenue to logistics costs, and often 40 to 60 percent of logistics costs are spent on transportation. The Logility Supply Chain Power Hour “Hit the Road” webcast is designed to educate logistics and transportation executives about the latest technology to help improve customer service and retailer compliance while simultaneously aiding collaboration and reducing the amount of paperwork between shippers and carriers. Webcast participants will:
- Hear how The Coleman Company, Inc., reduced transportation costs, improved customer service and on-time deliveries and provided more consistent lower-cost carrier selection;
- Discover how to reduce costs, improve service and become more attractive to carriers with advanced scheduling, equipment availability verification and self invoicing;
- Learn the keys to a successful transportation management implementation; and
- See how to drive value and quick return on investment with best-of-breed solutions like Logility Voyager Transportation Planning and Management™.
Speakers scheduled to present include Sam Murray, director, global transportation, The Coleman Company, Inc.; John White, managing officer, strategy, Adjoined Consulting; and Bill Pritz, vice president, transportation group, Logility. The free, one-hour webcast requires pre-registration through the Logility website at www.logility.com/tpmpowerhour.
The Logility Supply Chain Power Hour Series is designed to illustrate how companies can use technology to address challenging supply chain business issues. Former Power Hour topics include radio frequency identification (RFID), sales and operations planning and service parts management. Archived webcasts are available at www.logility.com/powerhours.
With more than 1,100 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 performance monitoring capabilities in a single Internet-based framework and provides supply chain visibility; demand, inventory and replenishment planning; supply and global sourcing optimization; manufacturing planning and scheduling; transportation planning and management; and warehouse management. Logility customers include Bissell, Brown Shoe Company, Huhtamaki UK, McCain Foods, Pernod Ricard, Rand McNally, Sigma Aldrich, and VF Corporation. Logility is a majority owned subsidiary of American Software (NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information about Logility, call 1-800-762-5207 or visit http://www.logility.com.
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, changes in general economic conditions, technology and the market for the Company's products and services including economic conditions within the e-commerce markets; the timely availability and market acceptance of these products and services; the effect of competitive products and pricing; the uncertainty of the viability and effectiveness of strategic alliances; and the irregular pattern of the Company's revenues. For further information about risks the Company could experience as well as other information, please refer to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2006 and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information about risks the Company could face as well as other information, contact Vincent C. Klinges, Chief Financial Officer, Logility, Inc., 470 East Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30305, (404) 261-9777. FAX: (404) 264-5206 INTERNET: http://www.logility.com or E-mail: asklogility@logility.com.