Logility and CooperVision Webcast to Outline Best Practices for Tackling Supply Chain Complexity
ATLANTA (August 31, 2011) – Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, and CooperVision, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of soft contact lenses, will present an educational webcast where attendees will learn how to manage and control SKU (stock keeping unit) complexity to ensure agile operations and an efficient supply chain. This live webcast, “Managing SKU Complexity”, is hosted by APICS and will begin Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 11:00 am ET.
CooperVision sells millions of unique contact lens configurations to meet market demands. To forecast and manage such a large number of unique finished goods requires the right team, advanced software and accurate data. Presenters Lee Dame, vice president, global supply chain, CooperVision, and Bob Cowdrick, senior business consultant, Logility, will highlight:
- Best practices for managing a broad portfolio of complex SKUs with a high number of materials
- How to reduce planning errors to ensure high customer service and product availability
- The supply chain software available to minimize complexity and boost efficiency
For more information or to register for this free September 15, 2011 webcast, please visit: http://www.logility.com/sku-complexity.
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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Source: Logility
