With over 10 years of experience in providing forecasting and planning systems for the mid-market and thousands of installations, John Galt has developed the Walk, Drive, Fly Methodology. We have helped thousands of customers, automate their planning activities and measure the results of their business processes. This methodology was specifically developed for the mid-market and is focused on achieving ROI from day one through a series of measured and defined steps.
John Galt's Walk™ Team Framework
Enterprise Planning requires a team. Team composition, Roles & Responsibilities are the key to getting optimal results. John Galt's Team Framework provides clear, detailed roles and responsibilities for each team member based on their contribution to process.
The Roles & Responsibilities will include the work tasks and how the tie back to the process creation, key accountability measurement, and hand off points to the next team member. This will ensure that each individual knows what it will take to be successful and achieve optimal results.
John Galt's Walk™ Planning Templates
Once the Team has been created, the methodology for the planning process can be defined. John Galt Walk™ Planning Templates provide the structure and framework needed to build a scalable planning process.
John Galt's Walk™ Planning Templates provide the roadmap to success. Defining the timeline, handoff points, locking periods, sales feedback and the consensus methodology form a strong foundation for the overall process. John Galt's Walk Planning Templates will provide the work papers and documentation required to communicate the process throughout the organization and obtain the buy-in necessary for success.
John Galt's Walk™ Forecast Xpert Toolkit:
Providing education and continued training is the key to process improvement. John Galt will provide three modules of training that provide the following:
- Forecasting -- Statistical forecasting techniques
- Inventory Management -- Exercises for setting safety stock, reorder point, and order quantity. When to use a reorder point versus when to use days coverage.
- Sales & Operation Planning -- Exercises that demonstrate balancing Supply and Demand
John Galt's Walk™ Forecastability Analysis
The Forecastability Analysis focuses the forecasting process on the products that drive the profit in the company and provides a way for how to manage all other items. The methodology provides the framework for determining the trade-offs between forecast accuracy, inventory levels and supply chain flexibility. By developing a language around these areas companies can focus resources and efforts where they are needed most.
The Forecastability Analysis will provide a segmentation of your items into one of four quadrants.
1. High Value/High Forecastability
2. High Value/Low Forecastability
3. Low Value/High Forecastability
4. Low Value/Low Forecastability
This analysis allows for a process to be developed for handling all the items within the business. Not only is the forecastability completed at the item level, but for up to three levels of aggregate so that the organization can implement a top-down and bottom-up approach.
Defining the right performance measures is critical to the success of any process. It allows the business to focus on the areas that will have the greatest impact. Performance measures are the way to steer and guide people's actions and determine the effectiveness of the process and team.
John Galt's Walk methodology will provide the platform for developing a world-class planning process. If you want to succeed in planning contact John Galt today.
