Logility and the Janis Group Form Strategic Alliance
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Todd Craig
Logility
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Logility and the Janis Group form Strategic Alliance
Alliance to provide joint customers with world-class supply chain solutions
Atlanta, August 5, 2002 – Logility (NASDAQ: LGTY), a leading supplier of business-to-business collaborative commerce solutions to optimize the supply chain, today announced that the Janis Group, Inc. (JGI), a leading provider of enterprise and e-business solutions and related services to both middle market businesses and Fortune 1000 companies, have entered into a strategic marketing agreement to offer Logility Voyager Solutions™ to JGI’s current install base of SSA Global Technologies BPCS clients.
Logility and JGI will provide customers with tangible business results using Logility’s Web-centric solutions to optimize supply chain operations through internal and external collaboration capabilities. Logility Voyager Solutions provide visibility into real-time information, enabling collaborative forecasting, monitoring, business-plan execution and the ability to maintain high customer service levels, coupled with the fastest return on investment in the industry.
"JGI has the expertise to deploy and service world-class solutions to the marketplace," said Mike Edenfield, Logility CEO and president. "JGI’s industry knowledge combined with the Logility Voyager Solutions suite offers companies the opportunity to gain competitive advantages through a collaborative, end-to-end optimized supply chain."
"The Janis Group has greatly enhanced its ability to drive value for customers with adding Logility Voyager Solutions," said Mike Janis, president and CEO of the Janis Group. "The combined service and support expertise with the leading mid-market collaborative supply chain solution will allow our customers to increase revenue, reduce cycle times, optimize inventory and decrease forecast errors through Logility Voyager Solutions to achieve substantial savings and profitability."
Logility Voyager Solutions is an integrated suite of supply chain optimization solutions that enable suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers to more effectively optimize activities along their respective supply chains and collaborate with trading partners to increase revenue, reduce cycle times and improve customer service. Logility`s B2B collaborative commerce solutions expand the number of strategic business processes such as planning, forecasting, promotion planning, sourcing, warehousing and transportation that can be executed via the Internet.
JGI will market Logility Voyager Solutions to mid-market and top-tier customers via its North American sales force and will work with Logility on joint marketing activities designed to promote the combined software and service offerings. JGI will bundle client installation, user training and best practices along with enterprise class support to help clients achieve supply chain optimization faster through rapid implementation schedules.
About the Janis Group
The Janis Group, Inc. (JGI) is a leading provider of enterprise and e-business solutions and related services to both middle market businesses and Fortune 1000 companies. The Company is well positioned to extend its current client base beyond its established integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solutions to become a major provider of business-to business (B2B) solutions to the North American market. JGI has 20 years of experience implementing business solutions and a customer base and integral infrastructure to leverage the e-business opportunities. For more information go to www.jginfo.com.
About Logility
Logility is a leading provider of B2B collaborative commerce solutions to optimize the supply chain. Logility Voyager Solutions enable networks of trading partners including suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers to collaborate, integrate and synchronize their planning and e-fulfillment operations. Logility customers have realized substantial bottom-line results in record time. Voyager Solutions are CPFR® compliant, open, and scalable facilitating even the most complex trading partner networks. Logility is proud to serve such customers as ConAgra, Heineken USA, McCormick & Company, Pharmacia, Reynolds Metals, Sony Electronics, Timex 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 may include statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements," including estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words "believe," "expect," or similar expressions. Any forward-looking statements herein are made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. There are many factors that could cause actual results of Logility to differ materially from those anticipated by forward-looking statements made herein. These factors include continuing economic uncertainty, the timing and degree of business recovery, unpredictability and the irregular pattern of future revenues, competitive pressures, delays and other risks associated with new product development, undetected software errors, and risks associated with market acceptance of the Company’s products and services as well as a number of other risk factors that could affect the future performance of the Company. Please refer to a discussion of these factors and others in the Company`s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, and in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10 Q and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the information contained in this release, including any forward-looking statements. 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: www.logility.com or E-mail: ask@logility.com.
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Logility Voyager Solutions is a trademark of Logility. CPFR is a registered trademark of Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards (VICS). For more information on CPFR go to www.cpfr.org or www.vics.org. Other products mentioned in this document are registered, trademarked or service marked by their respective owners.
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