CooperVision Sees a Stronger Supply Chain Ahead with
Logility Voyager Solutions™
Contact lens manufacturer implements a new strategy
to improve supply chain planning processes
Atlanta (Nov. 13, 2007) – Logility, Inc. (NASDAQ: LGTY), a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, today announced that CooperVision, one of the world’s leading and fastest-growing manufacturers of contact lenses, has selected Logility Voyager Solutions to support a new supply chain strategy aimed at improving demand management, inventory and replenishment planning, product lifecycle planning and sales and operations planning processes (S&OP).
CooperVision has a network of manufacturing and distribution facilities across five continents. In an effort to maintain high customer service levels and continue to meet or exceed increasing market demands, CooperVision plans on leveraging Logility Voyager Solutions to drive change throughout their supply chain planning processes by creating a more effective and collaborative supply chain.
“CooperVision selected Logility Voyager Solutions to support our supply chain strategy of enhancing the value that we provide to our customers and shareholders,” said Randy Harman, VP of Global Supply Chain, CooperVision. “Logility offers a flexible, comprehensive solution with an ease-of-use that we believe will enable us to quickly increase the effectiveness of our supply chain planning processes.”
Logility Voyager Solutions provides visibility into global market demands, enabling improved forecast accuracy, streamlined product introductions and availability across all phases of a product’s lifecycle. “We believe that Logility will enable CooperVision to globally synchronize forecasting, planning and inventory management as well as simplify the sales and operations planning (S&OP) process by capturing critical data from all areas of the business,” continued Harman. With a more collaborative supply chain and formalized S&OP process, CooperVision hopes to gain a competitive advantage demonstrated by superior customer service.
“Logility helps manufacturers gain better demand visibility and synchronize all of the business processes key to success in supply chain planning,” said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO, Logility. “CooperVision is on the right track to improving their overall supply chain operations and we are pleased to be the technology partner that will help them maintain a competitive edge by increasing collaboration and productivity within their supply chain.”
About CooperVision
CooperVision is one of the world’s leading and fastest-growing manufacturers of contact lenses, currently the third-largest manufacturer in the United States and worldwide. CooperVision is considered the world’s leading producer of premium-quality toric lenses for people with astigmatism. In addition, CooperVision manufactures lenses for people with spherical and presbyopic conditions.
About Logility
With more than 1,100 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 performance monitoring capabilities in a single Internet-based framework and provides supply chain visibility; demand, inventory and replenishment planning; supply and global sourcing optimization; manufacturing planning and scheduling; transportation planning and management; and warehouse management. Logility customers include Bissell, Brown Shoe Company, Huhtamaki UK, McCain Foods, Pernod Ricard, Rand McNally, Sigma Aldrich, and VF Corporation. Logility is a majority owned subsidiary of American Software (NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information about Logility, call 1-800-762-5207 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, changes in general economic conditions, technology and the market for the Company's products and services including economic conditions within the e-commerce markets; the timely availability and market acceptance of these products and services; the effect of competitive products and pricing; the uncertainty of the viability and effectiveness of strategic alliances; and the irregular pattern of the Company's revenues. For further information about risks the Company could experience as well as other information, please refer to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2006 and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information about risks the Company could face as well as other information, contact Vincent C. Klinges, Chief Financial Officer, Logility, Inc., 470 East Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30305, (404) 261-9777. FAX: (404) 264-5206 INTERNET:
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