Logility Supply Chain Solutions (LGTY) 26 Aug 212022 Q1 Earnings call transcript

Good day, everyone. And welcome to today's American Software First Quarter Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Results. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, you will have the opportunity to ask questions during the question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Please note this call may be recorded [Operator Instructions] It is now my pleasure to turn the conference over to Chief Financial Officer of American Software; Vince Klinges. ahead. go Please

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Thanks, Alan.

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will [Operator take we Pfau. Instructions] first question from our And Matt

to impacted follow the wanted business of started some close to I so decision seeing purchasing or the in Has up Delta U.S. has variants or variants, past that all? as the in just month you're to at on business the ability over up what Alan, pick

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really the changed nothing prior over periods. So

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our take And next Zach we from Cummins question will

kind Alan, seems to last from know us of you're a seeing the making of a give to But in shift really a sense conversions I quarter. overall subscription you lift and were theme here big of new the type that still like the quarter. shifted over back I interest ACV of potentially that it customers mix customers of this mean solution?

of We continuing sure. weren't we've a contracts done, some largest just trend. build the we the but for to They shift. seeing They to signed that Yes, that weren't had quarter, first shows continue with we're existing momentum. to customers X -- In ones

more forward. -- as particular and quarter, were So this go And those we're shift. lift of pure we X In those seeing

So no new functionality added.

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coming into seeing look at play. that and of more So an we When the we're pipeline more interesting forward, twist.

So Zach. to we'll accelerate, see that to continue

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we're So projects running up and those on now.

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to the able train been they've to folks. onboard So addition we've in on, put some that staff and

this the we hiring yet capacity we the process have So point there. continuing up anticipated to and and ample demand. capacity both given at haven't on additional onboarding SI fulfill And certification

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year, indicated we anticipate, see year, we pickup last would did Zach, as it. we on came this a we into

do after a and So or more. up coming of in start this anticipate amortization staying at it ticking quarter maybe a cap level, X software. bit at little roughly We XX% for then

half the to this So early year. -- and start approaching or at XX%, next of year. maybe back

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