Logility Customers The Kraft Heinz Company and Dixon to Lead Sessions at CSCMP EDGE 2020 Live! Virtual Conference

Experts in Manufacturing and Food and Beverage Discuss Their Commitment to Service Excellence Through Supply Chain Transformation
ATLANTA – September 16, 2020 – Logility, Inc., automating the digital transformation of supply chain optimization and advanced retail planning, invites attendees of the CSCMP EDGE 2020 Live! Virtual Conference to join two sessions led by Chris Hooker, The Kraft Heinz Company, and Tom Parr and Steve Bilinski, Dixon. This year’s event will be a virtual conference and exhibition held September 20-23, 2020.

Customer Sessions at a Glance:

Title: Pushing the Efficient Inventory Frontier at The Kraft Heinz Company
Speakers: Chris Hooker, Senior Manager, Inventory Management & Analytics, The Kraft Heinz Company, and Henry Canitz, Director, Product Marketing, Logility
When: Monday, September 21, 2020, 10:30am – 11:30am CT
About: The Kraft Heinz Company has been a global leader in the food and beverage industry for more than 100 years. Learn how Kraft Heinz uses Inventory Optimization, a form of prescriptive analytics, to balance inventory investment with service level performance, lower costs, improve agility, maximize opportunity and minimize supply chain risk.

Title: Dixon Transforms Their Supply Chain to Weather Supply Chain Disruptions
Speakers: Tom Parr, VP Operations and Steven Bilinski, Supply Chain Analyst, Dixon
When: Monday, September 21, 2020, 3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
About: Dixon, a global manufacturer of hose and coupling products, is transforming its 100-year-old supply chain to reduce complexity, boost customer service and increase resilience. This session will focus on opportunities and challenges encountered in their supply chain transformation and provide best practices and lessons learned along the way.

CSCMP Live! attendees can also take this opportunity to join Mike Curtin, Senior Vice President, Retail, Logility, Inc. and Jonathan Doller, Business Consultant, Logility, Inc. for their session on using machine learning to derive new data insights and optimize inventory for profitable outcomes. In addition, Henry Canitz, Director, Product Marketing, Logility, will moderate a panel of experts who will bring decades of combined expertise to a discussion on building today’s resilient supply chain.

Logility Session at a Glance:

Title: Using Machine Learning to Optimize Inventory Levels and Extract New Insights
Speakers: Mike Curtin, Senior Vice President, Logility and Jonathan Doller, Business Consultant, Logility, Inc.
When: Monday, September 21, 2020, 2.00pm – 2.20pm CT

Logility Moderated Panel:

Title: Building the Resilient Supply Chain – Expert Panel
Speakers: Simon Ellis, Supply Chain Vice President, IDC; Rob Haddock, Group Director Planning & Logistics, The Coca-Cola Company – North America; Ronald McCants, Chief Executive Officer, Gulf Coast Supply Chain Leadership Coach; Dale Rogers, ON Semiconductor Professor of Business, Arizona State University. Moderated by Henry Canitz, Director, Product Marketing, Logility
When: Monday, September 21, 2020, 2.00pm – 3.00pm CT
About: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the very nature of global supply chains and supply chain practitioners are struggling with unprecedented variations in demand and supply, highlighting the need for supply chain resilience. This session features a panel of supply chain thought leaders who will discuss the what, why, and how of building a resilient supply chain.

To learn more or see where Logility will be next, please visit: https://www.logility.com/company/events-and-conferences/

About Logility

Accelerating the digital supply chain from product concept to customer availability, Logility helps companies seize new opportunities, sense and respond to changing market dynamics and more profitably manage their complex global businesses. The Logility® Digital Supply Chain Platform leverages an innovative blend of artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics to automate planning, accelerate cycle times, increase precision, improve operating performance, break down business silos and deliver greater visibility. Logility’s SaaS-based platform transforms sales and operations planning (S&OP) and integrated business planning (IBP) processes; demand, inventory and replenishment planning; global sourcing; quality and compliance management; product life cycle management; supply and inventory optimization; manufacturing planning and scheduling; retail merchandise planning, assortment and allocation. Logility customers include Big Lots, Fender Musical Instruments, Husqvarna Group, Parker Hannifin, Verizon Wireless, and VF Corporation. Logility is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA). To learn how Logility can help you make smarter decisions faster, 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 current Form 10-K and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information, contact: Kevin Liu, American Software, Inc., (626) 657-0013 or email kliu@amsoftware.com.
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Media Contact:
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Logility
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