Logility Announces Keynote Speakers for Connections 2014

Supply Chain Industry Leaders and Visionaries from Aberdeen Group and Under Armour Take Center Stage

ATLANTA — November 21, 2013 — Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, today revealed the keynote lineup for its annual customer conference, Connections 2014: Supply Chain at Your Fingertips, at the Loews Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, GA, March 19 — 21, 2014. The speakers this year include Bryan Ball, vice president and research director for Aberdeen’s Supply Chain and Supplier Management practice, and Bill Nienburg, vice president of global merchandising and sales planning at Under Armour.

This year’s keynote speakers will expand on the following topics:

  • Bryan Ball, vice president and research director for Aberdeen’s Supply Chain and Supplier Management Practice, will share insights from his recent research regarding the best practices and innovative initiatives today’s leading organizations rely on to make a significant impact on supply chain and business performance.
  • Bill Nienburg, vice president of global merchandising and sales planning at Under Armour, will discuss how planning process and systems improvements have played an instrumental role in Under Armour’s continued global expansion and development of innovative footwear, apparel and accessories that helps athletes everywhere perform their best.

Supply chain optimization is a continual process of performance improvements, innovations and results. Often, the best source of insight is the community of users who have the same mission: to Outplan, Outperform and Outpace the competition. With so much information all around you, this year’s conference will help participants identify the supply chain analytics important to their business and discuss what it means to have the metrics that matter at your fingertips. The conference brings together supply chain executives and power users to share successes and ask questions across many industries including apparel, consumer goods, durable goods, food and beverage, furniture, life sciences, after–market service parts, specialty retail, process chemical, and wholesale distribution.

The agenda for Connections 2014 is growing quickly. Our speakers to date include supply chain experts from: American Hotel Register, Brightstar, Caribou Coffee, Chempoint, Fabri–Kal, Ferguson Enterprises, Gear for Sports, Havi Global, J.R. Simplot, Lifetime Brands, Massimo Zanetti Beverage Company, Red Wing Shoe Company, and Sunovion. To learn more or to register for Connections 2014 please visit 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. 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.

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