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John Galt in Top 100
Leading business magazine, Supply & Demand
Chain Executive lists John Galt Solutions, Inc among the top Supply
and Demand Chain vendors.
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Fifth edition of Business Forecasting is on it’s
way
 The
fifth edition of "Business Forecasting" textbook, written by Dr. Barry
Keating with Notre Dame University and Dr. Holt Wilson with Central
Michigan University is soon to be released. The textbook contains
John Galt's newest version of ForecastX Wizard™ (student version.)
The new edition includes description of New Product Forecasting, BASS
Model, and Higher Order Durbin-Watson forecasting techniques.
"Business Forecasting" is a book about forecasting methods for managers,
forecasting practitioners, and students who will one day be business
professionals.
Upcoming
Events
Forecast Xpert Training
When: Aug 18-19, 2005
Where: Chicago, IL
When you attend training at John Galt, you will receive a unique blend of academic training and hands-on experience.
The first day of training focuses on developing a solid understanding of business and sales forecasting techniques using classroom lecture and hands on exercises. The second day provides customers the opportunity to apply their knowledge and forecast their own data.
After attending this intensive two day session you will have the skills
and knowledge necessary to make an immediate impact to your businesses
bottom line. This class is critical for anyone responsible for building
a base line forecast and beginning to obtain feedback.
Register Now
You can register by replying to this email,
emailing us at sales@johngalt.com
contact us at 312-701-9026
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here to register online
Spend the weekend in Chicago and
catch Business Forecasting: A Tutorial
When: Aug 22 & 23, 2005
Where:
Chicago, IL
Join us at Hyatt Regency in Chicago, IL, August
22-23 for the IBF Tutorial. Our Forecast Xperts will be exhibiting
on site presenting ForecastX Wizard, as well as the Atlas Planning
Suite.
IBF Tutorial can give you:
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Knowledge towards IBF
certification |
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Insight into how major
companies are utilizing the forecasting function |
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Forecasting instructions
at the level you are comfortable with: Beginner, Intermediate,
and Advanced |
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Networking opportunities
with forecasters from major companies around the world |
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Professional credit
towards continuing education & IBF recertification |
Upcoming Webinars:
Upgrading from ForecastX Wizard™
to Atlas Planning Suite™
When: Aug 17, 2005 1:00 CST
What are the warning signs that your forecasting process is taking up too much time and resources and you’re not getting the ROI your company should be receiving? (Starting with the multiple spreadsheets?)
When converting your demand forecasting process into the demand planning process there are several issues that need to be considered. This webinar will help you a build a checklist of tasks that need to be completed prior to upgrading to our solution that will move the organization to a more manageable and measurable process.
From the IT side:
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How do we determine the effort required to get data from the ERP/MRP System into the planning tool |
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System hardware and software requirements |
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How is data outside the core system incorporated |
From the planning side:
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Effectively using POS and/or Customer Forecast in the process |
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What business rules will be used to manage the process effectively |
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Integrating additional team members by assigning and measuring accountability |
John Galt will also be walking through a typical project plan and discussing what the implementation team should look like.
Following the session John Galt Consultants will follow up and help determine if the organization is ready to move to the next step.
Register Now
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here to register online
Partnership Announcement
As the result of recent merger of Oracle and PeopleSoft, John Galt
Solutions, Inc has recently signed a partnership agreement with Oracle.
Oracle will license John Galt's ForecastX SDK and integrate it into
its Supply Chain suite. By partnering with John Galt, the Forecast
Xperts, Oracle will cut its development cycle down and be able to
produce the most accurate forecasts for their customers.
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