Logility and A.O. Smith Water Products Company to Present at
APICS 2005 International Conference and Exposition
Atlanta, GA (October 4, 2005) – Logility, Inc. (NASDAQ: LGTY), a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, today announced that Karin Bursa, vice president of marketing at Logility and James G. Hutzel, CPIM, director of logistics and distribution at A.O. Smith Water Products Company, will speak on “Performance Management – An Important Link in Your Supply Chain” on Oct. 18, 2005 at the APICS 2005 International Conference and Exposition at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, MO.
The goal of performance management is to link everyday supply chain activities across the enterprise to the strategic goals of the company. This business model, also known as supply chain event management, helps companies manage discrete events at a granular level to maximize efficiencies and effectiveness. The presentation will demonstrate how eliminating inefficiencies and actively measuring and monitoring key supply chain metrics provides the decision support critical to effectively respond to changing market conditions, align business plans, improve perfect orders and increase customer satisfaction. Hutzel will outline the success that A.O. Smith, a leading manufacturer and marketer of residential and commercial water heaters and Logility customer, has had with performance management and how it delivers a competitive advantage.
Logility Voyager Solutions? provide a performance-based architecture that allows companies to manage supply chain processes on an exception basis to proactively monitor, alert, measure and resolve critical supply chain events internally and externally throughout the extended value chain, via the Internet. To learn how Logility can enhance the performance management of your company, visit
www.logility.com.
For more information on the 2005 APICS International Conference and Exposition, visit
www.apics.org.
About Logility
With more than 1,100 customers worldwide, Logility is the leading provider of collaborative supply chain planning solutions that help small, medium, large and Fortune 1000 companies realize substantial bottom-line results in record time. Logility Voyager Solutions feature performance monitoring capabilities in a single Internet-based framework and provide supply chain visibility; demand, inventory and replenishment planning; supply and global sourcing optimization; transportation planning and execution; and warehouse management. Logility customers include Bissell, Huhtamaki UK, Katun Corporation, McCain Foods, Mill’s Pride, 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
www.logility.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “expect,” or similar expressions. Any forward-looking statements herein are made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. There are many factors that could cause actual results of Logility to differ materially from those anticipated by forward-looking statements made herein. These factors include continuing economic uncertainty, the timing and degree of business recovery, unpredictability and the irregular pattern of future revenues, competitive pressures, delays and other risks associated with new product development, undetected software errors, and risks associated with market acceptance of the Company’s products and services as well as a number of other risk factors that could affect the future performance of the Company. Please refer to a discussion of these factors and others in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, and in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10 Q and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the information contained in this release, including any forward-looking statements. 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: www.logility.com or E-mail: ask@logility.com. |
