Logility Reveals Keynote Speakers for Connections 2011
Agenda to Feature Industry Leaders and Insights for Supply Chain Excellence
ATLANTA (January 12, 2011) – Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, today revealed the keynote lineup for its annual customer conference, Connections 2011: Navigate the Voyage to Supply Chain Excellence, at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando® in Orlando, FL, March 23
The 2011 conference will help participants navigate their voyage to supply chain excellence through interactive training sessions, birds-of-a-feather events, dynamic panel discussions, and best practice customer case studies. The conference brings together executives and power users across the supply chain to share successes and ask questions across many industries including apparel, consumer goods, durable goods, food and beverage, furniture, life sciences, after-market service parts, and specialty retail.
This year’s keynote speakers will highlight:
- Tony Hipszer, CIO, Pinnacle Foods, will share how the IT organization at Pinnacle is critical in the supply chain integration process, specifically managing changes in key segments and shifts in structural and cultural dynamics to drive substantial strategic gains.
- Lora Cecere, partner, Altimeter Group, will answer the question, what drives supply chain excellence? She will help attendees understand how supply chain organizations have changed and why supply chain excellence matters more than ever in today’s dynamic global economy.
- Sean Willems, associate professor, Boston University, will explore how multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO) helps companies significantly improve supply chain performance to simultaneously reduce inventory cost, boost customer service and strategically align Sales and Operations Planning.
Supply Chain Management is a key driver of business success and increasing as a priority in companies around the world as they look to create more efficient operations, improve customer service and gain a competitive edge. Connections 2011 will help attendees navigate the supply chain waters to identify and understand new concepts and trends, and take away innovative ideas that can be immediately put into action to optimize supply chain visibility and performance in today’s global economy. Attendees ranging from executives, vice presidents, directors, managers, analysts, and planners of supply chain, logistics, warehouse, and transportation, will have the opportunity to network with supply chain peers, gain new strategies and insights, overcome real business challenges, and receive valuable training.
To learn more about Connections 2011, register and view the full agenda, please visit www.logilityconnections.com.
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, 2010 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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