Sigma Aldrich Receives Prestigious 2009 Sailing to New Heights with Logility Award
September 29 2009 - 7:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Leading manufacturer of biochemical and organic chemical products
recognized by Logility for supply chain excellence ATLANTA, Sept.
29 /PRNewswire/ -- Logility, Inc., a leading supplier of
collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, today
announced that Sigma Aldrich has received the 2009 Sailing to New
Heights with Logility Award for supply chain excellence and was
honored recently at Logility's "Connections 2009 Supply Chain
Optimization: Mission Possible" conference. Sigma Aldrich is a
leading life science and technology company that manufactures
biochemical and organic chemical products and kits that are used in
scientific research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development and
disease diagnosis. The company implemented Logility Voyager
Solutions to gain better global visibility across their large
product portfolio and improve service levels, increase forecast
accuracy, and optimize inventory through a centrally controlled
replenishment plan. As a result, Sigma Aldrich has improved
forecast accuracy, achieved a fulfillment goal of 95% for products
with a high degree of demand volatility, reduced inventory via
alternate sourcing and excess stock utilization, improved customer
service levels, decreased cash-to-cash cycles and optimized the
entire supply chain. "Logility Voyager Solutions has helped give us
a competitive advantage by enabling Sigma Aldrich to keep up with
the pace of our global business and meet customer demand more
quickly," said Jeff Killion, director of global planning, Sigma
Aldrich. "We are honored to be recognized for the supply chain
accomplishments that have been enabled by Logility's ability to
meet the demands of our specialized business." The Sailing to New
Heights with Logility Award is presented annually to an elite
Logility customer who has been the most innovative in its efforts
to develop and implement a collaborative supply chain process that
significantly improves operations. Past recipients of the
prestigious award include Intertape Polymer Group, Nutra
Manufacturing, Porsche, Remy International, and Shaw Industries.
"We congratulate the supply chain team at Sigma Aldrich on the
success they have achieved in optimizing their supply chain to
increase customer service levels, optimize inventory and improve
cash-to-cash cycles," said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO,
Logility. "It is an honor to award Sigma Aldrich with the
prestigious Sailing to New Heights with Logility award. With this
recognition, Sigma Aldrich joins a special group of Logility
customers who have excelled at building collaborative supply chains
capable of sustaining long-term growth and profitability and we
look forward to supporting their future accomplishments." 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 performance monitoring capabilities in a single
Internet-based framework and provides supply chain visibility;
demand, inventory and replenishment planning; Sales and Operations
Planning (S&OP); inventory and supply 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
(NASDAQ:AMSWA). For more information about Logility, call
1-800-762-5207 or visit http://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, 2009 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
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