Augusta Sportswear, Inc. Selects Logility Voyager Solutions(TM)
Leading manufacturer of team apparel will leverage Logility Voyager Solutions to improve forecast accuracy and customer service
ATLANTA, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Logility, Inc. (Nasdaq: LGTY), a
leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain,
announced today that Augusta Sportswear, a team apparel manufacturer, has
selected Logility Voyager Solutions(TM) to improve forecast accuracy, increase
visibility into customer demand and manage inventory more effectively.
Augusta Sportswear has been a leading manufacturer in the team apparel
industry for more that 30 years. The company's product line includes baseball
and softball wear, basketball wear, soccer wear, track and field suits,
football wear, sport shirts, spirit wear, athletic tops, athletic bottoms,
athletic fleece, outerwear and warmups, denim shirts, and headwear, as well as
bags, totes, and aprons. Augusta Sportswear has thousands of SKUs and sells
its product line through specialty distribution channels including team
uniform suppliers, custom decorators, and promotional product distributors.
"Augusta Sportswear serves a broad base of customers and it is important
to continually provide them with the highest level of customer service
possible," said David Frank, executive vice president sales and marketing,
Augusta Sportswear. "We selected Logility Voyager Solutions to enable
increased visibility into customer demand and to help us manage inventory more
effectively across our global supply chain."
Logility has a proven history helping manufacturers in the apparel
industry gain more visibility into customer demand to achieve measurable
business improvements across the entire supply chain. By automating the
process of predicting demand, Logility Voyager Solutions will enable Augusta
Sportswear to increase forecast accuracy, optimize inventory levels,
strengthen internal collaboration and drive more efficient sourcing and
production. Logility will give Augusta Sportswear the ability to quickly
generate and track forecasts for multiple business needs which will lead to
shortened cycle times, and a reduction in redundant and obsolete inventory.
"The apparel industry requires a flexible, collaborative supply chain to
meet a demanding customer base, reduce inventory risk, and ensure profitable
growth," said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO, Logility. "Logility has a
record of success helping apparel manufacturers achieve measurable
improvements in these areas. We look forward to supporting Augusta Sportswear
as they reinforce their commitment to customer service by building more
effective demand and inventory planning processes with Logility Voyager
Solutions."
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 www.logility.com.
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