“Game Plan: Supply Chain Collaboration for Wholesale Distribution” APICS Webcast features Logility and Johnstone Supply

Live APICS Event to Highlight Best Practices in Developing a Successful Collaborative Supply Chain

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, and Johnstone Supply, the leading cooperative wholesale distributor in the HVACR industry with more than $1.3 billion in annual sales, will present an educational webcast to explore the keys to developing a successful supply chain collaboration game plan. Stephen Mahaffey, director of purchasing with Johnstone Supply, and Karin Bursa, vice president at Logility, discuss how Johnstone Supply improved communication with stakeholders, boosted visibility and established realistic expectations across its supply chain. This live webcast, “Game Plan: Supply Chain Collaboration for Wholesale Distribution,” is hosted by APICS and will begin Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 11:00 am ET.

“Game Plan: Supply Chain Collaboration for Wholesale Distribution”

The wholesale distribution industry is faced with shrinking margins, growing costs, new competitors, and demanding customers. To succeed under these challenging conditions every wholesale distributor needs a winning game plan. Leading wholesale distributors, like Johnstone Supply, have developed a highly successful collaborative environment to drive bottom line results and improve customer service. This webcast will highlight how this wholesale distributor improved its supply chain performance through collaboration with suppliers and its more than 370 independently-owned stores.

Fast Facts

• Game Plan: Supply Chain Collaboration for Wholesale Distribution Webcast
• Stephen Mahaffey, director of purchasing with Johnstone Supply, and Karin Bursa, vice president at Logility
• Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 11:00 am ET
• http://www.logility.com/APICS-Johnstone-Wholesale-Distribution-Webcast

Related Information

Logility's latest white paper, “Updating the Wholesale Distribution Playbook”, details four fundamental management actions that boost supply chain performance: Anticipate and accurately forecast market demand; Formalize vendor-managed inventory programs; Reduce inventory and improve service; and Boost visibility and collaborate with suppliers. Download your wholesale distribution white paper at http://www.logility.com/library/white-papers/media/updating-the-wholesale-distribution-playbook.

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. (NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information about Logility, call 800-762-5207 USA or visit http://www.logility.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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