Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize
the supply chain, today announced that Food Logistics magazine
has selected Logility for inclusion in its annual FL100 for the eighth
consecutive year. This year, Logility Voyager Solutions™ was recognized
for helping food and beverage companies differentiate themselves in the
marketplace, while simultaneously facilitating improved safety and
traceability throughout the supply chain. Logility also congratulates
its customer, HAVI Global Solutions, for receiving this honor for its
role in helping the food and beverage industry improve its supply chain
operations.
"Ongoing globalization of food supply chains demands closer
collaboration with suppliers and enhanced visibility from farm to fork,”
notes Lara L. Sowinski, editor-in-chief at Food Logistics.
"Technology is a powerful tool that can ensure compliance, mitigate
risk, and serve as a market differentiator in today’s highly competitive
environment.”
Logility enables companies in the food and beverage industry to meet the
supply chain challenges they face daily such as seasonality, new product
introductions to meet changing consumer tastes, and food production and
transportation needs for fresh-pack, frozen and shelf stable items.
Logility Voyager Solutions helps food and beverage companies increase
forecast accuracy through better demand planning; decrease inventory
while improving product availability; optimize manufacturing production
across multiple plants; streamline sales and operations planning; and
lower transportation and distribution costs.
"Logility’s goal is to help our customers in the food and beverage
industry improve the efficiency of their supply chain operations so that
they can be more profitable and compete more effectively in today’s
dynamic marketplace,” said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO, Logility.
"We are pleased to be recognized for the eighth consecutive time by Food
Logistics as a top technology provider as it further validates the
benefits and ROI our customers in the food and beverage industry
consistently achieve as a result of deploying 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 solution suite which features
performance monitoring 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 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, beverage, and consumer packaged goods 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
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 McCain Foods, Pernod Ricard, Sigma-Aldrich,
and VF Corporation. Logility is a wholly owned subsidiary of American
Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information about Logility,
call 1-800-762-5207 USA or 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. Form 10-K for the
year ended April 30, 2011 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.
