Furniture and Electronics Retailer Turns to Logility (LGTY) to Improve End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, today announced Nebraska Furniture Mart, a complete one-stop home furnishings retailer, serving Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and soon Dallas-Fort Worth, has selected Logility Voyager Solutions" to help the company plan for and manage its growth into new markets. To meet its goal of 75 percent growth by 2015, Nebraska Furniture Mart has embarked on an aggressive supply chain transformation project alongside a business improvement effort to streamline operations and accelerate the flow of information and products.

As Nebraska Furniture Mart assessed its current operations and where it plans to be, it became apparent the systems and processes in supply chain and logistics lacked the breadth and depth of functionality vital to achieving its goals. The retailer required end-to-end supply chain visibility from demand and supply planning to supplier collaboration and new product introductions through to freight planning. Nebraska Furniture Mart turned to Logility Voyager Solutions to quickly solve these challenges and to help ensure its long-term success.

As we look to grow our business we must optimize our business processes and technology to ensure our success, said Jay Buchanan, director-global supply chain and logistics, Nebraska Furniture Mart. Logility Voyager Solutions is the best fit for supporting our growth plans and delivering the end-to-end supply chain management we require. The intuitive and easy to use software includes streamlined workflow management that will enable our team to stay focused on improving supply chain efficiency.

In the retail business, managing new product introductions can be a challenge, especially for a company like Nebraska Furniture Mart which sells products across several categories including furniture, electronics, appliances, and flooring. Voyager Solutions will deliver improved demand profiles, more accurate forecasting and greater supplier collaboration to allow Nebraska Furniture Mart to manage new product introductions and store growth more effectively, develop robust inventory plans to minimize stock-outs and satisfy customer demand, and capitalize on the benefits of improved freight management.

With an aggressive growth plan, Nebraska Furniture Mart is taking important steps to ensure its long-term success, said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO, Logility. The addition of Logility Voyager Solutions will support their business and accelerate the companys ability to develop advanced supply chain business processes that will help drive bottom line results through improved supply chain efficiencies and better customer service. We look forward to working with Nebraska Furniture Mart as they expand their online and traditional retail operations.

Recognized industry-wide for its rapid implementation, quick ROI and ease-of-use, Logility Voyager Solutions is a comprehensive supply chain management solution suite which features performance monitoring capabilities to increase supply chain visibility and operational efficiency 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 Nebraska Furniture Mart

Nebraska Furniture Mart was established in 1937 by founder Rose Blumkin in the basement of her husbands Omaha, Nebraska store. Today, Nebraska Furniture Mart, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is the largest single home furnishings location in the country-selling furniture, flooring, appliances and electronics. The company currently has stores that reside in Omaha, Nebraska, Des Moines, Iowa, Kansas City, Kansas and a future site in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Nebraska Furniture Mart continues to maintain its tradition of selling cheap, telling the truth and providing the greatest selection and service, improve peoples lifestyles.

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 Fender Musical Instruments, Hewlett-Packard, Parker Hannifin, Sigma-Aldrich, Verizon Wireless, and VF Corporation. Logility is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software, Inc. . For more information about Logility, call 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 Logilitys 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 Companys future performance. For further information about risks the Company and American Software could experience as well as other information, please refer to American Software, Incs. current Form 10-K 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.

Logility is a registered trademark and Logility Voyager Solutions is a trademark of Logility, Inc. Other products mentioned in this document are registered, trademarked or service marked by their respective owners.

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Source: Logility Inc.

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