solutions inc. type 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 . contents 1 company overview 2 history 3 references 4 external links company overview edit 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 edit 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 edit a b c d e who is john galt . a b c d krauss michael july 1 2006 . tech entrepreneur takes her job quite literally . chicago sun times . john galt solutions leadership . a b c d lundy dave august 21 2003 . firm helps others look ahead . chicago sun times . m3 forecasting competition results . ord keith october december 2000 . he m3 competition . international journal of forecasting . a b business forecasting 6th edition . mcgraw hill higher education . 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 . peoplesoft partnership . strategic partnerships oem partners . galt john . forecast xpert . john galt solutions . john galt solutions . retrieved 13 october 2016 . external links edit official company website atlas planning suite forecastx wizard retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title john galt solutions inc. & oldid 744203035 categories supply chain managementcompanies established in 1996companies based in chicagosoftware companies based in illinois navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 19 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view