Logility and Diversey Webcast to Outline Best Practices for a Global Sales and Operations Planning Process

ATLANTA (November 21, 2011) – Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, and Diversey, Inc., a leading global provider of commercial cleaning, sanitation and hygiene solutions, will present an educational webcast where attendees will learn how to roll out a global sales and operations planning (S&OP) process to gain a comprehensive view of the business, reduce costs and improve customer service. This live webcast, “Sales and Operations Planning: Clean up Your Supply Chain”, will begin Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 9:00 am EST, 2:00 pm GMT.

Sanjay Rao, planning director, Europe, Diversey, Inc., and Peter Chambers, director of business consulting, Logility, will outline how Diversey developed a strategy to tightly integrate its end-to-end supply chain processes to create a more effective S&OP program. The journey began with the realization of the need to form an S&OP process based on collaboration and accountability. This interactive webcast will explore this and more, including:

  • The importance of streamlining the S&OP process to improve supply chain visibility and reduce working capital worldwide
  • Best practices of moving from a multi-national to a global business while delivering industry-leading customer service
  • How to improve visibility of demand, supply and inventory plans in support of global growth

For more information or to register for this free December 1, 2011 webcast, please visit: http://www.logility.com/s-op-webcast—clean-up-your-supply-chain.

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 a performance monitoring architecture and provides supply chain visibility; demand, inventory and replenishment planning; Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP); supply and inventory 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 wholly owned subsidiary of American Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information about Logility, call 1-800-762-5207 USA or visit 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, continuing U.S. and global economic uncertainty, the timing and degree of business recovery, unpredictability and the irregular pattern of future revenues, dependence on particular market segments or customers, competitive pressures, delays, product liability and warranty claims and other risks associated with new product development, undetected software errors, market acceptance of Logility’s products, technological complexity, the challenges and risks associated with integration of acquired product lines, companies and services, as well as a number of other risk factors that could affect the Company’s future performance. For further information about risks the Company and American Software could experience as well as other information, please refer to American Software, Inc’s. Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2011 and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information, contact: Vincent C. Klinges, Chief Financial Officer, American Software, Inc., (404) 264-5477 or fax: (404) 237-8868.

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