Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize
the supply chain, is pleased to announce Red Wing Shoe Company has
received the “2014 Sailing to New Heights with Logility” award.
Presented at Logility’s Connections 2014 conference, the Sailing to New
Heights award is Logility’s premier customer recognition and this year
honors Red Wing Shoe Company’s supply chain transformation and
exceptional journey towards excellence.
Red Wing Shoe Company’s journey started with a spreadsheets-based
process to manage critical supply chain planning activities. This
exposed the company to several risks and limitations including
inaccurate balancing of inventory, reliance on static data, and limited
visibility into its own operations as well as those of its suppliers and
partners.
As the company grew and started leveraging suppliers and partners around
the world it became apparent its processes were not as robust or
synchronized for profitable demand and supply balancing. The company
lacked visibility across its global supply chain network—a critical need
for a company that offers unique products for several of the markets and
channels it serves. The game changer was when the company began
investing in their supply chain people, process and technology. This
included APICS certification and deploying industry-leading software
from Logility.
“In a fast changing market such as footwear and apparel, we need to stay
ahead of customer needs, anticipate swings in demand and work closely
with our suppliers to generate and execute accurate supply plans,” said
Dave Magness, senior vice president, Supply Chain, Red Wing Shoe
Company. “Our deployment of Logility Voyager Solutions has enabled us to
significantly accelerate our S&OP process which has been instrumental in
aligning our corporate goals and strategy across brands and functional
areas. Our transformation has been a team effort and we appreciate
Logility’s recognition of our hard work and dedication to creating a
world-class supply chain.”
In less than 18 months following the go-live of new technology and
processes Red Wing Shoe Company was able to free up a significant amount
of working capital locked into its inventory, and started to classify
service levels by product family and then onto specific SKUs by
customer. This detailed level of accurate information and increased
visibility across its global operations helped cut the Red Wing Shoe
Company sales and operations planning (S&OP) process time in half,
shorten lead times by 30 percent, reduce inventory across the network 27
percent while also improving customer service levels up to 10 percent,
and enable true collaboration with its suppliers and partners.
“Red Wing Shoe Company identified its supply chain as a catalyst to help
drive more profitable growth,” said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO,
Logility. “In just 18 months, the company has turned its supply chain
into a growth engine; powering its sales and operations planning
process, enabling tighter collaboration with trading partners, and
helping reduce costs while improving service levels. All of us at
Logility congratulate the team at Red Wing Shoe Company for this
deserving recognition.”
Related Information
About Logility Voyager Solutions™
Recognized industry-wide for its rapid implementation, quick ROI,
ease-of-use, and ability to solve complex problems, Logility Voyager
Solutions is a comprehensive supply
chain management solution which features performance monitoring and
analytics capabilities to increase supply chain visibility and boost
performance 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 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, Parker Hannifin,
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.
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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 Logility’s
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