The Heat Group, One of Australia's Hottest Distributors, will Leverage
Logility to More Effectively Manage Promotions, Optimize Inventory and
Improve Customer Service
ATLANTA, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Logility, Inc. (Nasdaq:
LGTY), a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply
chain, announced today that The Heat Group, one of Australia's leading
cosmetics distributors with an established track record of growing brands,
is implementing Logility Voyager Solutions(TM) to more effectively manage
its supply chain, and provide them with more visibility while eliminating
the time that would normally be wasted gathering data versus analyzing
information. Logility will provide The Heat Group with demand, event,
inventory, replenishment & web collaboration planning tools to optimize its
supply chain.
"As The Heat Group continues to grow and expand its market presence it
is important we protect our reputation as delivering excellent customer
service for all our retailers. To do this, it is necessary to have a system
in place that will allow us to better manage inventory across all our
brands," said, Gillian Franklin, Managing Director, The Heat Group.
"Logility Voyager Solutions(TM) was selected to help us strengthen
inventory management while also providing us with better demand and
promotional activity visibility to ensure that we continue to increase
in-store customer satisfaction levels."
Logility Voyager Solutions will provide The Heat Group with the
visibility to significantly improve forecast accuracy and replenishment
planning by enabling a more comprehensive view of market demand, new
product introductions, promotions and inventory policies. With Logility,
The Heat Group will be able to align inventory with customer demand which
will improve in-store service levels and reduce inventory obsolescence. The
Heat Group will also be able to more efficiently plan and manage inventory
for new product introductions, product seasonality factors and promotional
activities.
"Logility Voyager Solutions helps solve the challenges wholesale-
distributors face by providing the applications to better manage rapid
cycle times, new product introductions, seasonality, global sourcing and
other supply chain challenges that threaten profitability," said Mike
Edenfield, president and CEO of Logility. "We look forward to helping The
Heat Group strengthen their supply chain management while they continue to
grow their presence in the Australian market."
Logility Voyager Solutions is marketed and supported in Australia &
Asia Pacific by Demand Management Systems Pty Ltd (02) 9659 4555. For more
information about Logility Voyager Solutions, visit http://www.logility.com.
About The Heat Group
With leading cosmetic brands, Max Factor, Covergirl, Bourjois, Red
Earth and Ulta 3, Heat is recognized as one of Australia's most successful
emerging companies, an award-winning Employer of Choice with an established
track record of growing brands. Founded in 2000, Heat prides itself on its
unique company culture and sums this up in three words given to it by the
Heat team: creative, dynamic, passionate. For more information on the Heat
Group visit http://www.heatgroup.com.au
About Logility
With more than 1,100 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;
supply and global sourcing optimization; manufacturing planning and
scheduling; transportation planning and management; and warehouse
management. Logility customers include Bissell, Brown Shoe Company, McCain
Foods, Pernod Ricard, Rand McNally, 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, 2006
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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CONTACT:
Michelle Duke of Logility, Inc.,
+1-404-264-5485, or mduke@logility.com
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