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Nutra Manufacturing Receives Prestigious 2007 Sailing to New Heights with Logility Award

Improved manufacturing planning processes to increase service levels, reduce inventory and maximize new business opportunities

ATLANTA (April 10, 2007) Logility, Inc. (NASDAQ: LGTY), a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, today announced that Nutra Manufacturing, the manufacturing division of General Nutrition Corporation, Inc. (GNC), one of the world’s largest manufacturers, distributors and retailers of nutritional products, has received the 2007 Sailing to New Heights with Logility Award for supply chain excellence. This award is the highest honor given annually to the Logility customer that has leveraged innovation and collaboration to drive measurable business improvements and supply chain excellence through the deployment of Logility Voyager Solutions™. Nutra Manufacturing implemented Logility Voyager Solutions for Manufacturing Planning which has enabled Nutra to simulate the impact of new business opportunities and changing demand on plant capacity as well as identify and manage constraints in the manufacturing process.

“We are honored to be recognized by Logility for the success we have had in improving our manufacturing planning processes,” says Larry Morgan, senior director of operations planning, Nutra Manufacturing. “In a short period of time, Logility Voyager Manufacturing Planning has contributed to service level improvements and an inventory reduction of 13%, equivalent to 16% improvement in inventory turns and millions in savings. With Logility, Nutra is even more consistent in delivering what we promise our customers. Our manufacturing efficiencies are setting us apart from the competition, which in turn, generates new business and improves profitability.”

Nutra Manufacturing was presented the 2007 Sailing to New Heights with Logility Award at Logility’s “Connections 2007: Supply Chain Power Plays” conference. Past recipients of the prestigious award include Porsche, Remy International, Saks Incorporated, and Shaw Industries.

“We are pleased to be a technology partner supporting Nutra’s manufacturing planning processes and congratulate them on the success they have experienced as a result of their implementation of Logility Voyager Solutions,” said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO of Logility. “Despite having a complex manufacturing environment, Nutra has achieved impressive results in a short period of time and we look forward to being a part of their future success.”

About Nutra Manufacturing

Nutra Manufacturing, located in Greenville, SC, is the manufacturing division of General Nutrition Centers (GNC). GNC, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., is the largest global specialty retailer of nutritional products; including vitamin, mineral, herbal and other specialty supplements and sports nutrition, diet and energy products. GNC has more than 4,800 retail locations throughout the United States (including more than 1,000 franchise and 1,200 Rite Aid store-within-a-store locations) and franchise operations in 46 international markets. The company – which is dedicated to helping consumers Live Well – also offers products and product information online at www.gnc.com.

About Logility

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.

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, 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.

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