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Last Friday night, Aptean announced a definitive agreement to acquire Logility at $14.30 Logility, a conservative company supply chain planning technology, historically had no debt and cash reserves of more than 80M, is undervalued in this deal. Over the next five years, Logility will become less relevant. What happens next?
As Raheel Hussain, Director of the Supply Chain Center of Excellence at Reynolds Consumer Products notes during a recent webinar , a level of synchronization is critical to systemically share information and cut down the constant offline back-and-forth (conversations) between different functions.
In the period of 1985-2000, the SCP market was defined by a list of best-of-breed vendors that included names like American Software, Chesapeake, Demantra, Fygir, i2 Technologies, Logility, Manugistics, Mercia, Numetrix, Red Pepper…. Only Logility and American Software have the same name and business structure. I did not see it.
based supplier of fashion blanks transforms its demand and inventory management with Logility. ATLANTA – April 26, 2022 – Logility, Inc., Although early in our adoption, our team has experienced great success with Logility. Now, Next Level Apparel uses Logility’s planning technology in conjunction with Microsoft Dynamics ERP.
<Bear with me… > Here I share a nine-step process in an attempt to help companies unravel the process for buying supply chain planning software. They center on how to make a good decision in the purchase of supply chain planning solutions. Most have purchased software, but are dependent on Excel spreadsheets.
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As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. The Terra solution complimented the functionality of the traditional APS vendors, i.e. Adexa, JDA, Logility, Kinaxis, SAP APO and Steelwedge. History of E2open.
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Scrimgeour recounts the line of thinking behind the decision: “We’ve been using Logility solutions since 1997. But when our merger with Tyco, also a Logility customer, was completed in 2016, we saw a great opportunity to integrate the planning technology, processes, and data between the two companies.”
Or agreement on the definition of supply chain excellence. As a result, functional excellence anchors action. The focus is on digitization—automating today’s processes—versus rethinking process excellence based on the art of the possible. We are driving functional excellence and incrementally. (To Moving Forward.
Here are my predictions for 2018: Supply Chain Excellence as We Know It Is Redefined. Supply chain excellence definitions evolve as companies explore the Art of the Possible. We are moving out of the era of functional integration of transactional workflows. Confluence of Technologies. Fines and penalties will increase.
These critics sensed a sinister “rebranding” ploy designed to get companies to purchase technology and services they already own but perhaps have not fully implemented. But research suggests the most widespread and stinging criticism of IBP was that it was just mature Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) by any other name.
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In a much broader context, the byproduct of this work will be lasting innovation that informs design, production and distribution excellence for years. At Logility, we encourage you to balance short-term action with long-term planning. Perhaps purchase price variance and budget adherence should take a back seat to customer service.
Planting the Seeds of Resilience Most companies understand that accurate forecasts are critical to minimizing inventory, maximizing production efficiency, streamlining purchasing, optimizing distribution, minimizing waste, and projecting future performance confidently. And that’s pretty astonishing.
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Over time, ineffective quality control processes will affect customer satisfaction, buying behaviors, and ultimately lead to lost market share. Logility fosters collaboration – even outside your company – on a common platform to increase pipeline efficiency. Quality Control. And the costs don’t stop there.
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It also provides insight into how one action impacts farmers’ processes, the productivity of production plants, warehousing and logistics services, retailer shelf space, and consumer buying habits.
You need to ensure that you’re taking measures to keep the soil fertile so you can continue to achieve excellence for years to come. They research the products they buy, where they come from, and how they’re made. A company that wants to make spectacular wine, for example, needs spectacular grapes.
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Clear visibility of your design supply chain from product concept to customer availability (Read this excellent white paper from Retail TouchPoints and Logility to learn more about Concept to Customer: “ How a Concept to Customer Strategy Delivers Seamless Visibility.”) Wk2 to April Wk 1 (IMMEDIATE CLEARANCE).
It is not just a more efficient way of purchasing computing power but, rather, a way of facilitating new, more efficient business models. Regarding security and reliability in particular, Logility has partnered with Microsoft to provide its comprehensive suite of solutions available on Microsoft Azure.
One of the barriers to greater progress in driving supply chain excellence is the current state of user satisfaction with current technologies. The purchase of supply chain solutions remains a complex sale with increased power by Line of Business Leaders. Lora thinks that we are never too old to learn or to push for excellence.
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Over time, ineffective quality control processes will affect customer satisfaction, buying behaviors, and ultimately lead to lost market share. Logility fosters collaboration – even outside your company – on a common platform to increase pipeline efficiency. Quality Control. And the costs don’t stop there.
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.”* Gartner and Aberdeen have also indicated that S&OP innovation is a top priority for companies seeking to balance and align future demand and supply, predict capacity and material problems with enough time to do something about them, and understand the financial consequences of production and purchasing decisions.
In my role with Logility, I have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of companies and executive management teams around achieving their supply chain goals and prioritizing their initiatives. Only Logility and American Software have the same name and business structure. Today, in many organizations, these solutions are legacy.
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In my role with Logility, I have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of companies and executive management teams around achieving their supply chain goals and prioritizing their initiatives. Only Logility and American Software have the same name and business structure. Today, in many organizations, these solutions are legacy.
I was an avid student of supply chain excellence; and in this role, I watched as best-of-breed solution after best-of-breed solution replaced with more complicated technology. Buying patterns are changing quickly, and the insights are multi-dimensional. I worked first at Gartner Group and then at AMR Research. I was a skeptic.
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We buy our necessities online twice as much as we did before, we no longer need travel agents to book our trips, and our money transactions do not need a trip to the bank anymore. However, most of the complex web of global supply chains are still planned through excel spreadsheets. What gives?
Concurrent macro forces–material shortages, war, shifts in consumer buying patterns, logistics constraints, inflation/recession, and climate change– are reshaping today’s reality necessitating the need for a supply chain reset button. Companies that tightly tether to enterprise transactional data will never buy the right stuff.
Henry Canitz, product marketing director at Logility, describes the complexity faced by supply chain planners by noting, “The variety of products available through a growing number of distribution channels is truly amazing. . “Still too much Excel being used. “Hard to try new ways of doing things.” ”[6].
Most companies understand that accurate forecasts are a critical part of minimizing inventory, maximizing production efficiency, streamlining purchasing, optimizing distribution, minimizing waste, and projecting future performance confidently. Preparing for Market-Driven Demand.
Most likely the company will still need to forecast raw materials, purchased components, and/or sub-assemblies to be able to meet customer demand. Contrary to popular belief using Excel as a forecasting “system” is not a best practice. In fact, it is likely holding your company back from improving forecast accuracy.
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