Company:John Galt Solutions, Inc.

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John Galt Solutions, Inc.
TypePrivate company
IndustrySupply Chain Management
Enterprise Software
Founded1996
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, USA
Key people
Anne Omrod
(CEO)
Number of employees
NA
Websitewww.johngalt.com

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

Company overview

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

Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Chicago, they claim more than 6,000 customers worldwide use John Galt Solutions products every day.[1][2]

History

John Galt Solutions was founded in 1996 by Annemarie Omrod.[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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Who is John Galt?". http://www.johngalt.com/company/company.shtml. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Krauss, Michael (July 1, 2006). "Tech entrepreneur takes her job quite literally". Chicago Sun-Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1632321.html. 
  3. ↑ "John Galt Solutions Leadership". http://www.johngalt.com/company/leadership.shtml. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Lundy, Dave (August 21, 2003). "Firm Helps Others Look Ahead". Chicago Sun-Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1498494.html. 
  5. ↑ "M3 Forecasting Competition Results". https://blog.johngalt.com/m3-results/. 
  6. ↑ Ord, Keith (October–December 2000). "he M3-Competition". International Journal of Forecasting. http://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/intfor/v16y2000i4p433-436.html. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Business Forecasting 6th Edition". https://details.johngalt.com/sales-forecasting-resources/textbook/. 
  8. ↑ "McGraw-Hill Higher Education". http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0073373648/information_center_view0/index.html. 
  9. ↑ McNulty, Eric (December 2005). "Just in Time for the Holidays". Harvard Business Review. http://hbr.org/2005/12/just-in-time-for-the-holidays/ar/1. 
  10. ↑ Staff writer (April 2009). "Returning Demand Forecasts for Recession and Recovery". MIT-CTL Supply Chain Strategy. http://ctl.mit.edu/library/supply_chain_strategy_newsletter_mit_center_transportation_logistics_0. 
  11. ↑ "PeopleSoft partnership". https://johngalt.com/partners/. 
  12. ↑ "Strategic Partnerships - OEM Partners". https://johngalt.com/partners/. 
  13. ↑ Galt, John. "Forecast Xpert". John Galt Solutions. http://www.johngalt.com. 




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