John Galt Solutions, Inc.

John Galt Solutions, Inc.
Private company
Industry Supply Chain Management
Enterprise Software
Founded 1996
Headquarters Chicago, Illinois, USA
Key people
 Anne Omrod, Co-founder and CEO
Number of employees
 NA
Website www.johngalt.com

John Galt Solutions is a software company that provides forecasting and supply chain management software solutions.

Company Overview

John Galt Solutions is a privately held software company that provides forecasting and supply chain planning solutions for mid-market companies.[1][2]

Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Chicago, they claim more than 5,000 customers use John Galt Solutions products every day.[1][2]

History

John Galt Solutions was founded in 1996 by co-founders Annemarie Omrod and Kai Trepte.[2][3][4] The company is named after the iconic figure in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged, John Galt.[1][2] John Galt Solutions' initial projects involved building data warehouses for utility companies.[1][4] In 1997, John Galt Solutions built its forecasting tool the ForecastX Wizard.[1][4] In December 1998, ForecastX competed in the M3 Forecasting Competition, an academic forecasting accuracy competition sponsored by Insead University, finishing in the top two positions in all categories.[4][5][6]

In conjunction with Holt Wilson (Central Michigan University) and Barry Keating (Notre Dame University), John Galt Solutions published Business Forecasting (6th Edition).[7][8] This textbook, on forecasting methods and the practical issues related to forecasting, is used in over 60 universities.[7]

Founder Annemarie Omrod has contributed to several academic journals including the Harvard Business Review[9] and quoted in the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics newsletter [10]

The company has strategic partnerships with PeopleSoft,[11] Oracle, Infor and QAD.[12][13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Who is John Galt?".
  2. 1 2 3 4 Krauss, Michael (July 1, 2006). "Tech entrepreneur takes her job quite literally". Chicago Sun-Times.
  3. ↑ "John Galt Solutions Leadership".
  4. 1 2 3 4 Lundy, Dave (August 21, 2003). "Firm Helps Others Look Ahead". Chicago Sun-Times.
  5. ↑ "M3 Forecasting Competition Results".
  6. ↑ Ord, Keith (October–December 2000). "he M3-Competition". International Journal of Forecasting.
  7. 1 2 "Business Forecasting 6th Edition".
  8. ↑ "McGraw-Hill Higher Education".
  9. ↑ McNulty, Eric (December 2005). "Just in Time for the Holidays". Harvard Business Review.
  10. ↑ Staff writer (April 2009). "Returning Demand Forecasts for Recession and Recovery". MIT-CTL Supply Chain Strategy.
  11. ↑ "PeopleSoft partnership".
  12. ↑ "Strategic Partnerships - OEM Partners".
  13. ↑ Galt, John. "Forecast Xpert". John Galt Solutions. John Galt Solutions. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

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