NGC Introduces the Andromeda Cloud Platform for the Connected Enterprise, Enabling Fashion Brands
and Retailers to Optimize Lead Times and Improve Profits
NGC Software, a leading provider of PLM, Supply Chain Management and apparel ERP solutions, today announced
the release and general availability of its next-generation Andromeda cloud platform for fashion retailers and brand owners.
Andromeda powers the Connected
Enterprise by bringing together all departments – Merchandising, Product Development, Sourcing, Compliance, Purchasing,
Production, Quality, Logistics, Marketing and Sales – in a single cloud-based solution that connects vendors, suppliers and other
providers.
Andromeda is an innovative cloud-based platform offering an intuitive user interface, advanced functionality, greater
scalability and faster performance. Andromeda provides a single platform, with core PLM and supply chain functionality that can
centralize and share information created in other legacy PLM, ERP, SCM, Planning and Point-of-Sale solutions.
Andromeda enables retailers and brand owners to achieve the levels of performance and responsiveness that are necessary to
thrive in today’s highly competitive retail environment. With Andromeda, all global users share information and can quickly react
to rapidly changing market trends. As a result, retailers and brand owners can optimize lead times, reduce expenses, improve
quality and maximize company revenue and profit.
“The retail industry is changing at light speed,” said Mark Burstein, president of sales, marketing and R&D, NGC
Software. “Concepts like demand-driven supply chain, lead time optimization and omnichannel distribution all mean one
thing: give consumers what they want, when and where they want it. To do this, retailers and brand owners must react faster
than ever to the latest data and trends. Andromeda is the solution to this great challenge.“
Andromeda enables the Connected Enterprise by keeping every user and every department synchronized and allowing companies to
react instantly to the latest sales, forecast and production data. As a result, companies can take advantage of real-time sales
information to adjust in-season plans. In the Connected Enterprise powered by Andromeda, sales data is immediately available
throughout an organization, allowing every department to quickly respond and align.
NGC will showcase the Andromeda cloud platform at its Panorama User
Conference, May 16-18 in Fort Lauderdale. More information about Andromeda is available here.
About NGC
NGC Software powers the Connected Enterprise for retailers and brand owners with the Andromeda cloud platform, including
solutions for product lifecycle management (PLM), supply chain management (SCM), apparel ERP, shop floor control, global
quality control, and vendor on-boarding and compliance.
NGC customers include Billabong, Canada Goose, Carter’s, Destination XL, Foot Locker, Nicole Miller, Rocky Brands, Spanx, Sport
Obermeyer, VF Corporation, Williamson-Dickie and many others. NGC has offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Canada, China,
India, Mexico, and El Salvador and is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA), named one of the 100
Most Trustworthy Companies in America by Forbes. For more information, visit www.ngcsoftware.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, continuing U.S. and global economic uncertainty, the 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 the Company’s products, technological complexity, the
challenges and risks associated with integration of acquired product lines, companies and services, as well as a number of other
risk factors that could affect the Company’s future performance. For further information about risks the Company and American
Software could experience as well as other information, please refer to American Software, Inc.’s current Form 10-K and other
reports and documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information about risks the Company
could face as well as other information, contact Vincent C. Klinges, Chief Financial Officer, American Software, Inc., 470 East
Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30305, (404) 261-9777. FAX: (404) 264-5206 INTERNET: www.amsoftware.com.
NGC Software
Marisol Gomez, 305-556-9122
Director of Marketing
mgomez@ngcsoftware.com
or
Ketner Group PR + Marketing (for NGC)
Jeff Ketner, 512-794-8876
jeff@ketnergroup.com
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