ATLANTA, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Logility, Inc. (Nasdaq: LGTY), a
leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain,
today announced that its customer, Associated Grocers of Florida has
received a Supermarket News 2007 Technology Excellence Award.
The winners of the fifth annual Supermarket News (SN) Technology
Excellence Awards included food retailers and wholesalers that were able to
show dramatic improvements in their organizations through the innovative
and proactive use of information technology. Associated Grocers of Florida
received the award for the wholesaler category. According to Supermarket
News, Associated Grocers of Florida received the recognition for their
"willingness to change direction and replace entrenched legacy systems with
major new systems."
"As part of our process to update our systems, we implemented Logility
Voyager Solutions(TM) to improve inventory planning and increase forecast
accuracy and demand visibility," said Chuck Palazzo, vice president of
information technology, Associated Grocers of Florida. "As a result, we
have a more accurate picture of our true inventory needs and have improved
on-time deliveries while eliminating shortages and credits."
Associated Grocers of Florida went from a totally manual process to one
that is completely automated. Logility Voyager Solutions was part of their
comprehensive system upgrade that was aimed at supply chain improvements to
reduce inventory without lowering customer fill rates. With Logility,
Associated Grocers of Florida has lowered inventory levels, increased
customer service levels and reduced out-of-stocks at both the warehouse and
at store level.
"Associated Grocers of Florida is a great example of how wholesale
distributors can use technology to streamline their operations and drive
better forecast accuracy, gain inventory improvements and increase customer
service levels," said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO, Logility. "We are
proud to have been a technology partner in their successful transition from
a manual to an automated process and congratulate them on this outstanding
recognition."
Logility Voyager Solutions for Wholesale Distribution Management
enables wholesale distributors to increase gross margins through reduced
costs, better demand visibility, synchronized sourcing, and improved
customer service to free up capital and accelerate growth. For more
information, visit http://www.logility.com .
About Logility
With more than 1,150 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 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, 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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