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Standard Motor Products Expands its Use of Logility Voyager Solutions(TM)

Supply chain planning software will improve performance-based management, inventory management and collaboration with key customers and suppliers

ATLANTA, Sept. 26 -- Logility, Inc. , a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, today announced that Standard Motor Products, Inc., a leading independent automotive parts manufacturer and distributor in the aftermarket industry, has extended its use of Logility Voyager Solutions to meet new inventory management demands brought on by its acquisition of the Engine Management Division of Dana Corporation (DEM) in 2003 and to proactively monitor supply chain performance and automate collaboration with key customers and suppliers.

"Over the past eight years, Logility Voyager Solutions have allowed Standard Motor Products to reduce inventory while maintaining high service levels for our engine management division," said Eric Sills, general manager, Engine Management Division, Standard Motor Products. "With our DEM acquisition in 2003, our business has grown significantly and we have experienced more demand volatility along with a significant increase in SKU volumes. Logility Voyager Solutions will expand our capabilities and enable us to cost- effectively manage these market dynamics which will in turn help us optimize inventory investments and deliver superior customer service."

Standard Motor Products will leverage Voyager Demand Planning, Inventory Planning and Replenishment Planning to improve their overall supply chain performance and help keep the demand planning team focused on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); to continue to accurately forecast future demand and optimize inventory investments; to streamline new product introductions and old product retirements; and to collaborate with key customers and suppliers to better integrate their businesses. Voyager Supply Planning will be used to help balance distribution centers and reduce total supply chain costs. Voyager Global Sourcing Management will enable Standard Motor Products to improve visibility into supplier operations across its global supply network.

"Logility is very experienced at helping aftermarket service parts companies gain visibility of future customer demand; manage time-phased inventory and replenishment requirements; and optimize distribution and inventory deployment to cost-effectively service their customers," said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO of Logility. "We are pleased that Standard Motor Products has achieved significant benefits through its use of Logility Voyager Solutions over the past eight years and look forward to Standard's future success as Logility expands into other areas of operations."

Logility offers a complete service parts management solution that spans the global supply chain, demand, inventory and replenishment planning; manufacturing planning and global sourcing; transportation planning and execution and warehouse management. For more information on Logility Voyager Solutions, visit http://www.logility.com/.

About Standard Motor Products

Standard Motor Products is leading independent manufacturer and distributor of replacement parts for motor vehicles in the automotive aftermarket industry. Standard Motor Products manufactures automotive replacement parts that supply Engine Management and Temperature Control parts for all makes of cars and trucks - domestic and imported, new as well as older vehicles. Standard Motor Products' parts are sold primarily throughout the U.S., Canada and Latin America, by traditional warehouse distributors and major retail chains. Standard Motor Products is headquartered in Long Island City, NY, with more than 20 factories and distribution centers throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, Europe and the Far East.

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 . 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: asklogility@logility.com.

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