New AberdeenGroup Research finds companies who focus on Demand Management
are more likely to improve gross profit margins
ATLANTA, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Logility, Inc. (Nasdaq:
LGTY), a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply
chain, today announced that its customer, A.O. Smith Water Products, has
been featured in AberdeenGroup's recent benchmark report, 'Demand
Management in Discrete Industries: Order to Delivery Excellence."
This recent report examined the Demand Management practices of 260
companies in the discrete manufacturing industry and found that lead-time
reduction and order delivery excellence were key drivers for demand
management initiatives. Best-in-Class companies were distinguished from
industry average and laggard companies in the report by three key
performance criteria-finished goods inventory turns, average customer
service level and average forecast accuracy at the product family level.
A.O. Smith was highlighted in the report for its success in building a lean
manufacturing initiative that focused on better demand management and as a
result led to reduced inventory, a more proactive response to demand
fluctuations, improved customer service and improved collaboration through
an automated sales and operations planning process.
The report also found that Best-in-Class companies were 3 times more
likely than all others to have a single view of demand with multiple views
as inputs; 2.5 times more likely than all others to integrate order
management tightly with the demand planning process; 2 times more likely
than all others to segment demand forecasts based on key product-customer
characteristics; and 3 times more likely than all others to allocate
forecasts down to the SKU level.
"This latest research from Aberdeen, reinforces the leverage a company
gains when it focuses on improving its demand management processes, which
has been proven to increase profit margins, accelerate inventory turns,
improve customer service levels, and drive order-to-delivery excellence,"
said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO, Logility. "Logility helps companies
in discrete industries create demand management processes that drive
Best-in-Class performance by automating the process of predicting market
demand and synchronizing inventory investments."
Visit http://www.logility.com to download a complimentary copy of the
complete AberdeenGroup research report, "Demand Management in Discrete
Industries: Order to Delivery Excellence."
About Logility
With more than 1,240 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;
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP); supply and global sourcing
optimization; manufacturing planning and scheduling; transportation
planning and management; and warehouse management. Logility customers
include Barilla America, Brown Shoe Company, Clement Pappas, McCain Foods,
Pernod Ricard, 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, 2007
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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Michelle Duke, Logility, Inc.,
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