A.O. Smith Water Products, Basic American Foods, Malt-O-Meal and Shaw
Industries Recognized for Supply Chain Leadership at Connections 2008
ATLANTA, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Logility, Inc. (Nasdaq: LGTY), a
leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain,
today announced the 2008 Logility Leadership Award winners. This year's
winners A.O. Smith Water Products, Basic American Foods, Malt-O-Meal and
Shaw Industries were recognized at Logility's "Connections 2008: Saddle Up
for Supply Chain Success" conference held recently in San Antonio, TX.
Logility's annual award program recognizes a select group of companies
who have been the most innovative in their efforts to develop and implement
collaborative supply chain processes that significantly improve operational
performance through the deployment of Logility Voyager Solutions(TM). Each
of this year's award recipients demonstrated success in building
collaboration and visibility within their supply chains which has resulted
in tangible business benefits including inventory reduction, improved
forecast accuracy and higher customer service levels.
Examples of the winners' improvements in operational performance
include:
-- A.O. Smith Water Products, a leading manufacturer and marketer of
residential and commercial water heaters and hydronic boilers, was
recognized for their achievement in building a more successful, streamlined
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process as well as improvements in
supply chain planning and transportation management with Logility Voyager
Solutions. As a result, A.O. Smith has increased collaboration both
internally and externally, minimized inventory investments, reduced supply
chain costs and maximized customer service levels.
-- Basic American Foods, one of the world's leading suppliers of
convenience food products, including dry potato and bean products as well
as refrigerated food products, was recognized for their success using
Logility Voyager Transportation Planning and Management to optimize
shipments, increase collaboration with carriers and automate freight
payment. As a result, Basic American Foods has streamlined the tendering
process utilizing EDI, can accurately predict monthly freight accruals and
can plan loads more efficiently.
-- Malt-O-Meal, a leading manufacturer of ready-to-eat cereal, deployed
Logility Voyager Solutions to increase internal visibility, accelerate
communication, synchronize inventory investments and improve transportation
management. As a result, Malt-O-Meal has improved customer service, enabled
better internal communication, increased forecast accuracy, saved over $1
million annually with transportation load building, maximized carrier
discounts and generated savings through aggregation and multi-stop loads.
-- Shaw Industries, one of the world's largest carpet manufacturers and
a leading floor covering provider, deployed Logility Voyager Solutions to
increase visibility, drive true business direction through Strategic
Business Units and better align the S&OP process with corporate goals and
initiatives. Shaw Industries is leveraging Voyager's built-in performance
management capabilities to increase S&OP effectiveness across the
organization. The benefits have led to increasing net margins, improving
fill rates and stronger customer confidence.
"Each year it is an honor to recognize a select group of Logility
customers as Leadership Award winners," said Mike Edenfield, president and
CEO, Logility. "This prestigious list of award winners includes some of the
world's leading manufacturers and we congratulate each of them on their
supply chain achievements. We are proud to be the technology partner
supporting their success and will continue to provide innovative solutions
that help build strong, collaborative supply chains that sustain long-term
benefits and growth."
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 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 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
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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
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