Logility Congratulates its Customers Continental Mills, Diversey and Fender Musical Instruments Corporation on Selection to Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2011 Pros to Know
ATLANTA (February 17, 2011) – Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, congratulates Michael Burke, director, supply chain planning, Continental Mills, Marilyn Anderson, vice president, global planning, logistics and customer service, Diversey, and Cliff Engle, senior vice president of supply chain, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, on their selection to Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2011 Pros to Know. Burke, Anderson and Engle, three of the 30 individuals honored in the 11th annual listing, are recognized for their excellence in leading initiatives that have helped to better position their companies take advantage of changing market conditions.
“Supply Chain expertise and leadership are increasingly recognized as strategic differentiators, and these leaders have become crucial to the success of enterprises meeting the challenges of the ‘New Normal’ economy,” said Andrew K. Reese, editorial director of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. “Our annual Practitioner Pros to Know listing highlights many of these outstanding executives and their accomplishments, and it offers a roadmap for other leaders looking to leverage supply chain excellence for competitive advantage.”
Michael Burke and his team at Continental Mills have been a vital part of the company’s remarkable growth the past several years. Through this growth, Burke has led the initiative to position the supply chain as a leverage point to fuel further profitable growth. His methodical approach and use of Logility Voyager Solutions has uncovered areas of improvement and new processes to increase forecast accuracy and operational efficiency. The supply chain initiatives have delivered improved asset utilization, increased forecast accuracy and accelerated inventory turns. Continental Mills has also reduced working capital, virtually eliminated inventory obsolescence, reduced 3PL costs, and increased plant throughput.
Marilyn Anderson and her team have worked towards supporting Diversey’s global growth and the implementation and adoption of standardized systems and business processes to support the company’s demand planning and supply planning capabilities. As standard business processes and software were rolled out to additional regions around the world, Diversey quickly began to see significant improvements in the company’s inventory planning capabilities and safety stock management. Additionally, the company standardized around its integrated business management to deliver an executive view of sales and operations planning to drive reconciliation and allow the company to identify gaps and vulnerabilities in forecasting plans.
Cliff Engle and his team must ensure the reliable availability of products for a broad spectrum of retail customers with the constant goal of supporting Fender’s exceptional brand loyalty through the on-time delivery of high quality musical instruments and accessories. In addition, his team’s support is critical to the company’s ability to expand into new channels and markets around the world. Focused on improving forecast accuracy, gaining increased control of inventory, identifying and minimizing capacity constraints, and profitably balancing supply and demand, the supply chain team has made significant improvements. Service has increased by 50 percent and finished goods inventory turns have doubled. The increased supply chain visibility has significantly improved flexibility to respond to changes in supply and demand across a global supplier and customer network.
“We congratulate Michael Burke, Marilyn Anderson and Cliff Engle on this prestigious recognition from Supply & Demand Chain Executive,” said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO, Logility. “These three leaders demonstrate the impact changes to the supply chain can have on the overall health of a company. They have shown that through the right combination of people, process and technology, the supply chain can be a true differentiator, helping companies respond to changing market conditions.”
Recognized industry-wide for its rapid implementation, quick ROI, ease-of-use, and ability to solve complex problems, Logility Voyager Solutions is a comprehensive supply chain solution suite which features performance monitoring capabilities to increase supply chain visibility and boost performance in key areas including demand, inventory and replenishment planning, sales and operations planning (S&OP), manufacturing planning and scheduling, supply and inventory optimization, transportation planning and management, and warehouse management.
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.
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