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ATLANTA, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Logility, Inc. (NASDAQ:LGTY), a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, today announced that Karin Bursa, vice president of marketing at Logility and James G. Hutzel, CPIM, director of logistics and distribution at A.O. Smith Water Products Company, will speak on "Performance Management - An Important Link in Your Supply Chain" on Oct. 18, 2005 at the APICS 2005 International Conference and Exposition at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, MO. The goal of performance management is to link everyday supply chain activities across the enterprise to the strategic goals of the company. This business model, also known as supply chain event management, helps companies manage discrete events at a granular level to maximize efficiencies and effectiveness. The presentation will demonstrate how eliminating inefficiencies and actively measuring and monitoring key supply chain metrics provides the decision support critical to effectively respond to changing market conditions, align business plans, improve perfect orders and increase customer satisfaction. Hutzel will outline the success that A.O. Smith, a leading manufacturer and marketer of residential and commercial water heaters and Logility customer, has had with performance management and how it delivers a competitive advantage. Logility Voyager Solutions(TM) provide a performance-based architecture that allows companies to manage supply chain processes on an exception basis to proactively monitor, alert, measure and resolve critical supply chain events internally and externally throughout the extended value chain, via the Internet. To learn how Logility can enhance the performance management of your company, visit http://www.logility.com/. For more information on the 2005 APICS International Conference and Exposition, visit http://www.apics.org/. About Logility With more than 1,100 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; supply and global sourcing optimization; manufacturing planning and scheduling; transportation planning and management; and warehouse management. Logility customers include Bissell, Brown Shoe Company, Huhtamaki UK, Jockey International, McCain Foods, Mill's Pride, Pernod Ricard, Rand McNally, Sigma Aldrich, and VF Corporation. Logility is a majority owned subsidiary of American Software (NASDAQ:AMSAE). 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 challenges and risks associated with integration of acquired product lines and companies; the effect of competitive products and pricing; the Company's ability to satisfy in a timely manner the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations adopted under that Section; 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, 2005 and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more 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: http://www.logility.com/ or E-mail: . All trademarks are properties of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: Logility, Inc. CONTACT: Michelle Duke of Logility, Inc., +1-404-264-5485, or Web site: http://www.logility.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/120967.html

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