45% of the Top 100 Consumer Goods Companies Leverage Logility's Supply Chain Solutions
Logility customers receive recognition as the top-performing companies of 2008 in the annual Consumer Goods Registry
ATLANTA, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Logility, Inc. (Nasdaq: LGTY), a leading
supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, announced
today that 45% of the public consumer goods companies recently ranked as
top-performing by Consumer Goods Technology magazine were Logility customers.
"Logility has a long successful history of supporting the supply chain
management needs of many of the world's leading consumer brands," says Mike
Edenfield, president and CEO, Logility. "With Logility, consumer goods
companies achieve the valuable benefits of improved visibility throughout the
global supply chain which is critical to driving long term growth and
profitability. We are pleased that so many of our customers were recognized as
2008 top performers by Consumer Goods Technology and congratulate them on
their impressive achievements."
Each year Consumer Goods Technology magazine names 100 publicly-traded
companies to its Consumer Goods Registry which defines the top performers
ranked by annual revenue across Food, Beverage, Apparel, Packaged Goods and
other verticals. The Consumer Goods Registry is the industry resource for
identifying specific sales growth trends, figures and statistics. This year
45% of the companies ranked in the registry were Logility customers with 14
customers ranked in the top 25 of the list.
Additionally, several Logility customers were ranked separately as leaders
within specific vertical industries including Brown Shoe Company, Heineken,
Jarden Corporation, Pernod Ricard, The Stanley Works, VF Corporation, and
Warnaco. Among these rankings, Logility customers represented 50% of the top
20 packaged goods companies, 40% of the top 20 footwear, apparel and
accessories companies and 60% of the top 10 housewares/appliances companies.
Logility's supply chain application suites, Logility Voyager Solutions(TM)
and Demand Solutions(R), enable consumer goods companies to gain a global view
of supply chain activities, support a demand-driven supply network, boost
perfect orders, reduce transportation costs, and strengthen sales and
operations planning to make better-informed decisions that impact the top and
bottom line. For more information, visit www.logility.com .
About Logility
With more than 1,250 customers worldwide, Logility is a 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; sales and operations
planning; supply and global sourcing optimization; transportation planning and
execution; and warehouse management. Demand Solutions provide forecasting,
demand planning and point-of-sale analysis for maximizing profits in
manufacturing, distribution and retail operations. Logility customers include
Avery Dennison Corporation, BP (British Petroleum), Hyundai Motor America,
Leviton Manufacturing Company, McCain Foods, Pernod Ricard, Remington Products
Company, Sigma-Aldrich, Under Armour Performance Apparel 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, 2008 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)
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