Logility and Stanley Black & Decker Present IO Meets ROI at 2011 APICS International Conference and Expo
Session Highlights Best Practices for Efficiently Meeting Difficult to Predict Customer Demand
ATLANTA (October 18, 2011) – Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, today announced Stanley Black & Decker will host the session, “IO Meets ROI: Real World Return on Investment” at the APICS International Conference and Expo. Led by Michael Martin, manager, global supply chain strategy, Stanley Black & Decker, this session will highlight the manufacturer’s approach to multi-echelon inventory optimization and the best practices the supply chain team has learned throughout the rollout. The presentation will be held Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 9:45 am ET.
In this session, attendees will learn:
- The challenges that brought the need for inventory optimization
- How inventory optimization has taken Stanley Black & Decker beyond just target setting
- The lessons learned and best practices of balancing cost and service levels
- How to identify and track the correct metrics
For more information about the APICS International Conference and Expo, please visit http://www.logility.com/newsevents/supply-chain-events.cfm.
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.
Logility is a registered trademark and Logility Voyager Solutions is a trademark of Logility, Inc. Other products mentioned in this document are registered, trademarked or service marked by their respective owners.
Source: Logility
