Huhtamaki Turns to Logility to Manage Complex Demand Management and Inventory Planning
Logility Voyager Solutions Helps Wrap Up Supply Chain for Consumer and Foodservice Container Manufacturer
ATLANTA – November 16, 2010 Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, announced Huhtamaki, Inc. has deployed Logility Voyager Solutions™ to transform the company’s forecasting, inventory management and supply chain processes across North American retail, food service and consumer goods operations.
Huhtamaki manages a complex supply chain of several brands across multiple vertical industries each with distinct processes and requirements. In its search for a new solution, Huhtamaki focused on improving its ability to easily and systematically identify out-of-tolerance forecasts. The company also looked to deploy advanced inventory planning tools that set time-phased safety stock levels and inventory targets, allowing them to profitably match inventory investments with projected customer demand.
“Since 1920, Huhtamaki has been a part of everyday life and our customers expect the highest quality products,” said Shawn Reckrodt, director of supply chain planning, Huhtamaki. “Logility Voyager Solutions enables us to more accurately predict demand and strategically plan inventory investments, production and product life cycles to achieve our corporate objectives for driving down supply chain costs and more profitably aligning inventory with customer demand. The deployment success is a credit not only to our own internal Supply Chain team that worked diligently to design a solution that would maximize our results, but also to the Logility team and their proven implementation methodology which lead to a smooth rollout and great knowledge transfer.
Logility Voyager Solutions provides Huhtamaki with streamlined supply chain planning and the ability to accurately and cost-effectively align inventory investments. Important to Huhtamaki is Voyager Solutions’ built-in performance management capabilities which drive alerts to users and ensure increased efficiency across supply chain operations. Improved precision also enables employees to focus less on tactical data collection and more on strategic activities that align with the company’s goals of providing great customer service.
“Huhtamaki’s broad product portfolio and diverse customer base creates complexity throughout their operations,” said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO, Logility. “Logility Voyager Solutions provides increased visibility over complex supply chain networks to help companies increase efficiency, reduce costs and improve customer service levels. We look forward to working with Huhtamaki to support their goals and deliver unrivaled products and reliable service to their customers.
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.
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About Huhtamaki
Huhtamaki, Inc. is a specialty packaging organization offering category leading foodservice and consumer packaging, as well as the retail lines of Chinet® disposable tableware. Huhtamaki, Inc. corporate offices are located in De Soto, Kansas, USA and is part of the global packaging company, Huhtamaki Oyj, headquartered in Espoo, Finland.
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 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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