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]
Historyedit
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 (the European Institute of Business Administration), 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]
^McNulty, Eric (December 2005). "Just in Time for the Holidays". Harvard Business Review.
^Staff writer (April 2009). "Returning Demand Forecasts for Recession and Recovery". MIT-CTL Supply Chain Strategy. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11.
^Galt, John. "Forecast Xpert". John Galt Solutions. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
January 01, 1970
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