Sponsors Overviews
About John Galt
John Galt Solutions helps increase forecast accuracy and optimize inventory levels in consumer-driven supply chains. With the ForecastX Wizard, the Atlas Planning and Consumer Centric Planning Suites, we provide a wide variety of affordable, easy to implement, supply chain planning solutions designed for growing mid-market companies. Over 5,000 customers have profited from our solutions, which offer up to improvement in 50% forecast accuracy and reduce excess inventory by 5 to 40%. To learn more please visit www.johngalt.com or call 312.701.9026
About I2
Throughout its 20-year history of innovation and value delivery, i2 has dedicated itself to building successful customer partnerships. As a full-service supply chain company, i2 is uniquely positioned to help its clients achieve world-class business results through a combination of consulting, technology, and managed services. i2 solutions are pervasive in a wide cross section of industries; 20 of the AMR Research Top 25 Global Supply Chains belong to i2 customers. Learn more at www.i2.com
About Futurion
FUTURION provides Enterprise Forecasting Solutions to pharmaceutical companies of all sizes.
Currently, customers such as Boehringer Ingelheim International and Novartis Pharma AG benefit from the worldwide implementation of FUTURCAST Oracle assumption-based forecasting methodologies. These companies have one common vision: the complete integration of all forecasting and planning activities around a global, consistent and transparent assumption database.
For more information, please visit FUTURION at www.futurcast.com
About Oliver Wight
Oliver Wight professionals are leading business improvement specialists who educate, coach, and mentor people to lead, implement and sustain business process improvements. Core areas of Oliver Wight's focus are Supply Chain Management and Integrated Business Management. Demand management is a critical element of both of these processes.
Oliver Wight is recognized worldwide for publishing standards of business excellence. The Oliver Wight Class A Checklist for Business Excellence is now in its sixth edition. The checklist includes standards for Demand Management, Integrated Business Management, and Supply Chain Management.
Oliver Wight is also recognized worldwide for its methodology in successfully implementing change in companies. This methodology engages company leaders, process owners, and process users. This methodology utilizes visioning, business case development, process redesign and education and training to enable companies to implement change quickly and sustain that change.
Oliver Wight has offices in the United States, Europe, and Australia. The company was formed in 1969. Since that time, the company has been a pioneer and innovator in driving an evolution of integrated business processes and integrated business management both internally and externally in supply chains.
About Forecast Pro
Forecast Pro is fast, easy and accurate forecasting software for business professionals. In fact, using Forecast Pro's Expert Selection mode, you can create accurate forecasts in minutes-even if you don't have a background in forecasting or statistics! Powerful enough to take on all of your forecasting challenges, Forecast Pro provides a complete range of forecasting models and all the diagnostic tools you need. With Forecast Pro, you can do it all: generate accurate forecasts quickly, make adjustments based on your business knowledge, collaborate with colleagues, create dazzling presentations, work with your existing data and interface with other systems. Forecast Pro will save you time and money while improving your planning and decision making.
For more information, interested attendees can receive a free demonstration package by stopping by the booth or visiting www.forecastpro.com.
Business Forecast Systems, Inc.
68 Leonard Street
Belmont, MA 02478 USA
Phone: (617) 484-5050
Fax: (617) 484-9219
Email: estellwagen@forecastpro.com
Website: www.forecastpro.com
About Logility
Logility is a provider of supply chain solutions that help companies realize substantial bottom-line results in record time. Logility Voyager Solutions provide supply chain visibility; demand, inventory and replenishment planning; sales and operations planning; supply and global sourcing optimization; manufacturing planning and scheduling; transportation planning and management; and warehouse management.
About International Planning & Research
Founded in 1978 by market planners from Xerox, International Planning & Research (IPR) is an international consulting firm that specializes in providing high-quality, cost-effective, customized solutions to the most complex planning and research problems facing marketing organizations today. We work with our clients to develop solutions to their marketing pain points associated with a wide range of pricing, product design, market sizing/forecasting, and customer opportunity analysis issues.
IPR's multinational staff of 50 professionals has a broad range of experiences and qualifications. We have developed a unique set of techniques, proprietary software tools, and skills over the last three decades which have helped solve our clients' otherwise intractable real-world marketing, planning, and research problems. Our two largest offices are located just outside of Boston and London. We have additional satellite offices in the US, India, and Ireland.
We work with our clients to find the right solutions to address their specific pain points on a strictly confidential basis, in a manner that cost-effectively expands their in-house staff and skills. Our approaches, tools, and skills have enabled us to help many of the world's leading multinational corporations including: Adobe, AMD, AT & T, Autodesk, BMC Software, British Rail, Business Software Alliance, Canon, Dell, Epson, Ford, General Motors, Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Lenovo, KB Home, Macromedia, Microsoft, NCR, Samsung, Sun Microsystems, Unisys, Western Union and Xerox. We have become partners with our clients in their strategic marketing efforts to better understand customers and markets.
About Salford Systems
Salford Systems specializes in providing new generation data mining and predictive analytics software and consultation services. Applications in both software and consulting span market research segmentation, direct marketing, fraud detection, credit scoring, risk management, bio-medical research and manufacturing quality control. Industries using Salford Systems products and consultation services include telecommunications, transportation, banking, financial services, insurance, health care, manufacturing, retail and catalog sales, and education. Salford Systems software is installed at more than 3,500 sites worldwide, including 300 major Universities. Key customers include AT & T Universal Card Services, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, General Motors, Sears, Roebuck and Co.
About TERRA TECHNOLOGY
Terra Technology is the leading provider of demand sensing and inventory optimization software for consumer goods companies. Terra's solutions incorporate demand signals from throughout the supply chain including Point-of-Sale data, channel inventory and retailer forecasts, reducing forecast error by up to 50 percent and inventory up to 20 percent.
