Food Logistics Magazine Names Logility a Top 100 Technology Provider for the Tenth Consecutive Year

Logility Voyager Solutions Enables Food & Beverage Companies to Overcome Complex Supply Chain Challenges Quickly and Easily

ATLANTA — December 17, 2013 — Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, today announced Food Logistics magazine has selected Logility for the tenth consecutive year for inclusion in its annual FL100. Logility Voyager Solutions™ was recognized for driving enhanced, end–to–end supply chain visibility and helping food and beverage companies boost supply chain efficiency.

“The groundswell of interest in software and technology affirms the value associated with investing in solutions that boost visibility in the food and beverage supply chain, enhance collaboration, improve regulatory compliance, and support sustainability goals,” remarked Lara L. Sowinski, editor–in–chief of Food Logistics. “New technology–related products and services combined with better affordability are leveling the playing field for a variety of food related companies, while supporting expansion of the cold chain into developed and emerging markets alike.”

Logility Voyager Solutions helps food and beverage companies, such as Kraft, Caribou Coffee, Griffith Laboratories, and Pinnacle Foods, overcome complex supply chain challenges driven by seasonality, changing consumer tastes and logistics obstacles by leveraging advanced planning and execution capabilities to increase supply chain efficiency. Companies are able to balance spikes in demand, more effectively manage promotional events, and optimize production in multiple plants by managing capacity constraints, changeovers, shelf–life limitations, and more. In addition, Voyager Solutions helps lower transportation costs and satisfy retailer requirements such as vendor managed inventory (VMI) and collaborative planning.

“It is an honor to be recognized for 10 consecutive years as a leading supply chain solutions provider to the food and beverage industry,” said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO Logility. “By increasing demand visibility and synchronizing production and distribution, our customers are reducing unnecessary costs within their supply chains and are better positioned for more profitable growth.”

About Food Logistics
Food Logistics is published by Cygnus Business Media, a leading diversified business–to–business media company. The publication serves the information needs of executives involved in various aspects of the food and beverage supply chain. Through our print and online products, we provide news, trends, and best practices that help more than 24,000 grocery and foodservice suppliers, distributors, and retailers make better business decisions. Visit us online at www.foodlogistics.com.

About Logility Voyager Solutions™
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 management solution which features performance monitoring and analytics 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 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 Fender Musical Instruments, Parker Hannifin, Verizon Wireless, and VF Corporation. Logility is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information about Logility, call 800–762–5207 USA or visit https://logilityinc.wpengine.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, 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. current Form 10–K 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.

Logility is a registered trademark and Logility Voyager Solutions is a trademark of Logility, Inc. Other products mentioned in this document are registered, trademarked or service marked by their respective owners.

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