Supply Chain, Demand Management, Inventory Management, business forecasting software

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Don't miss this opportunity to learn best practices from Industry Leaders and the Forecast Xperts™.

NEW for this years Conference

>	Implementation Track - Focused on current issues that customers face during Implementation
>	New! Process Roundtable - Discussions with Peers and Xperts in the Best Practices Track
>	New! Organized Roundtable where current Forecasting, S&OP, and Inventory Management Issues are discussed
>	Full Training Sessions in Atlas Planning Suite™ and the ForecastX Wizard™ before the conference
>	Extended Education Track - Includes Statistical Forecasting, Event Modeling, DRP and Inventory Management
>	Key Note Speaker - Larry Lapide from MIT will be the speaker during lunch on Thursday August 26, 2004.

Keynote Speaker

Larry Lapide, Ph.D.

Research Director
MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics

Dr. Lapide has more than twelve years of experience in supply chain and marketing consulting, ten years of management experience in the high tech sector, and seven years as a supply chain technology market analyst, as well as ten years experience in college teaching on a part-time basis.

Dr. Lapide, a recognized leader in supply chain technology, was profiled in 2001 by Supply Chain Technology News magazine as one of four top thought leaders in the supply chain arena. He was most recently on the staff of AMR Research, a technology market analyst firm specializing in software business applications, serving variously as VP and Service Director for Supply Chain Strategies, as VP of Research Operations for Business Applications, and as the GM for Benchmarking Services.

Agenda Thursday

Breakfast 8:00-9:00
President's Address 9:00-9:30
Education Track	Implementation Track	Best Practices Track
Statistical Forecasting Techniques Dr. Jain/Dr. Keating 9:30 to 11:00	Reporting Techniques in the Demand Management Galt Staff 9:30 to 11:00	Product and data forecastibility: Kai Trepte CoFounder and Vice President of Sales & Service 9:30 to 11:00
Break 11:00 to 11:15
Statistical Forecasting Techniques Dr. Jain/Dr. Keating 11:15-12:00	Reporting Techniques in the Demand Management Galt Staff 11:15-12:00	Product and data forecastibility: Kai Trepte CoFounder and Vice President of Sales & Service 11:15-12:00
Keynote/Lunch 12:00 to 1:30 Keynote Speaker -- Dr. Larry Lapide, MIT
Multiple Regression how to do it workshop Dr. Keating 1:30-3:00	Sales Forecasting vs. Sales and Operations Planning Galt Staff 1:30-3:00	Customer Success Story Container Store 1:30-2:30
Break 3:00 to 3:15
DRP using the ForecastX Wizard Galt Staff 3:15-4:30	Sales Forecasting vs. Sales and Operations Planning Galt Staff 3:15-4:30	Customer Success Story Murray Feiss 2:30-3:30 Customer Success Story Syngenta 3:30-4:30

Agenda Friday

Breakfast 8:00-9:00
Education Track	Implementation Track	Best Practices Track
Atlas Planning's Inventory Management Galt Staff 9:00 to 10:30	Advanced Topics in Engine Galt Staff 9:00 to 10:30	Customer Success Story TBD 9:00 to 10:00
Break 10:30 to 10:45		Break 10:00 to 10:15
Atlas Planning's Inventory Management Galt Staff 10:45-12:00	Advanced Topics in Engine Galt Staff 10:45-12:00	Process Roundtable 10:15-12:00
Lunch -- Product roadmap & Birdie Bucks 12:00 to 1:00
Event Modeling and Management TBD 1:00-2:30	Staffing for Implementation 1:00-2:30	Process Roundtable 1:00-2:30
Report card & Wrap-up 2:30

Implementation Track Thursday

Reporting Techniques in the Demand Management Engine

Many times during implementation, reporting getting overlooked. Back by popular demand is a session geared to get Customers up and reporting. In this session, customers will learn:

1)	The ABC’s of Excel Pivot Reporting
2)	Reporting architecture of the Demand Management Reporting
3)	How to build reporting templates and deploying reports throughout reports
4)	How to customize the Engine SQL statement’s for different needs
5)	Examples of Forecast ability, Accuracy analysis, Exceptions, S&OP and Inventory Management Reporting.
6)	Customer Examples

Duration: 9:30am to 12:00pm

Sales Forecasting vs Sales and Operations Planning

In this session you will learn how to move from a Sales Forecasting process to a collaborative Sales & Operations Planning process using the Atlas Planning Suite. Learn how to build participation across your enterprise along with reporting and analysis tools utilizing the Demand Management Engine and S&OP module of Atlas Planning.

Duration: 1:30pm to 4:30pm

Implementation Track Friday

Advanced Topics in the Demand Management Implementation

John Galt surveyed its help desk database for the most difficult questions that customers had during Implementation.

1)	Incremental Update
2)	Batch Scheduler
3)	Using Hierarchies to Forecast New Items
4)	Life Cycle Forecasting

Duration: 9:00am to 12:00pm

Staffing for Implementation

In this session you can discuss and learn how to optimize your company's assets and expertise to expedite a successful implementation of the Atlas Planning Suite and its components.

Duration: 1:00pm to 2:30pm

Best Practices Track Thursday

Forecastibility
Presenter: Kai Trepte

One of the key items to successful planning is developing an accurate forecast. This session will concentrate on providing attendees with a series of measures and a process for determining if items are forecastable and if so, at what level. By understanding the forecastibility of items, planners can more effectively allocate their time to the items that can be forecast. After attending this session planners will have a powerful new analysis framework that will enable them to develop more effective plans.

Duration: 9:30am to 12:00pm

Container Store

The Container Store has reinvented its forecasting and planning process to enable forecasting at the SKU- Week level This session will explore the next phase of our project driving store replenishment and supplying key vendors with accurate SKU level forecasts.

Syngenta

This session will concentrate on the process that Syngenta uses to balance its supply and
demand to ensure that sales plans and production plans are properly aligned.

Murray Feiss

This session will concentrate on the process that Murray Feiss uses to build forecasts every month.

Duration: 1:30pm to 4:30pm

Best Practices Track Friday

Process Roundtables

Here’s your chance to leverage experiences to other companies and bring your forecasting process to a new level. The Process Round--Tables provide the ability to discuss and review forecasting issues in an informal setting with your peers.

Duration: 9:00am to 2:00pm

Educational Track Thursday

Statistical Forecasting Techniques

Presenter: Dr. Jain Professor at St. John's University and Editor in
Chief of the Journal of Business Forecasting and Dr. Barry Keating of Notre Dame University, Co-Author of “Business Forecasting” 4th edition

Topics Covered:

This session should be attended by anyone who wants to learn about statistical forecasting in more detail. The session will concentrate on how to use the following techniques to develop forecasts:

1)	Time Series
2)	Event Modeling
3)	Slow Moving Algorithms
4)	New Product Forecasting

Duration: 9:30am to 12:00pm

Multiple Regression Workshop:
Dr. Barry Keating; Notre Dame University

In this hands-on workshop Dr. Barry Keating of Notre Dame University and co-author of “Business Forecasting” leads you through the fundamentals Multiple Regressions with the ForecastX Wizard. Dr. Keating has collected several real life examples.

Duration: 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Using the ForecastX Wizard to Define Inventory and Stocking levels
John Galt Staff

Drive deeper into your forecasting process by understanding how your forecast is consumed. Learn how to achieve greater results by comparing and using your forecasts to your inventory levels. In this session you will learn how about the new Features in the ForecastX Wizard 6.0 as it relates to Inventory Planning.

1)	Stocking Levels --
2)	Safety Stock Improvements --
3)	DRP Report -- Evaluate inventory levels and report on how Most of the New Features are focused the forecasting accuracy of the ForecastX Wizard integrates with the Demand Replenishment Plan to help manage inventory and meet customer service levels.

Educational Track Friday

Inventory Management in the Atlas Planning Suite.
John Galt Staff

In this Session you will learn how the Inventory Management Module and the Demand Management Module are integrated in the Atlas Planning Suite. Some of the topics that will be addressed include:

•	How to forecast Unforecastable items
•	Overview on Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP)
•	The components of the Inventory Planning Module in the Atlas Planning Suite
•	How the Inventory Management Component Integrates and helps leverage your current ERP system.

Duration: 9:00 AM –12:00PM

Event Management and Event Modeling
TBD

In the ForecastX Wizard and in the Atlas Planning both have Event Modeling capabilities to help customers determine the lift in the events and promotions.

This session will cover the features and functionality of the Event Model and explain why Event Modeling is important to your forecasting process.

This session will also cover the Event Management capabilities in the Atlas Planning including:

1)	Setting up and Manage events as they relate to the forecast
2)	Apply Event lift factors to the forecast
3)	Report on the ROI of the event

Duration: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

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Where

This year John Galt Solutions has partnered with the Drake Hotel to provide an elegant and functional setting for our Clients and Guests. The Drake Hotel is a Chicago landmark and has been a symbol of white glove elegance for over 80 years.

The Drake Hotel has offered attendees of the John Galt User Conference a room rate of $135.00 per night. To make reservations call 1.800.55.DRAKE and be sure to tell them you are attending the John
Galt Solutions User Conference.

When

User Conference Dates

Aug. 26		Day 1
Aug. 27		Day 2

Training Dates

Aug. 24		Day 1
Aug. 25		Day 2

Join us for a complimentary dinner and drinks on a tour of the Chicago waterfront on Thursday Night.

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