Smithfield Packing Company Selects John Galt Software for Forecast and Plan Production


CHICAGO, Ill. (USA) - March 26, 2007 - John Galt Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of supply chain planning software, today announced that Smithfield Packing has selected John Galt Solutions for forecast and plan production within Smithfield Packing's packaged meats division. Smithfield Packing is a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork processor and hog producer, with revenues exceeding $11 billion in 2006.

John Galt provides a professionally designed forecasting system which bridges the gap between sales and production planning. With John Galt, Smithfield Packing is building a user-friendly link for sales to communicate with production planning and to do so in one common framework.

"We selected John Galt Solutions because it was flexible enough to meet the complex requirements of forecasting and planning associated within the protein industry. The above, coupled with minimum installation time and dedicated service support, made this an easy decision process," said Stuart Yowell, Director of Demand Planning at Smithfield Packing.

"We're very proud that industry leader Smithfield Packing has selected our software for such a business-critical application," said John Galt Solutions CEO Anne Marie Omrod. "This is more evidence of the outstanding capabilities of our software as a solution for essential business operations."

John Galt Solutions will showcase its cutting-edge supply chain and business forecasting solutions at its fifth annual user conference in Chicago June 6-8, 2007. The John Galt Insights 2007 User Conference will bring together market-leading John Galt customers, analysts and other industry notables from around the nation. Please visit: www.johngalt.com/userconference.shtml

About John Galt Solutions

John Galt Solutions, Inc., a privately held company founded in 1996, provides leading-edge supply chain, demand planning and forecasting solutions. It improves businesses' supply chain and demand planning processes through accurate, innovative solutions and customer partnerships. John Galt Solutions provides a broad family of ForecastX products and services that meet the needs of any company at every growth stage. John Galt Solutions' 5,000 customers include such industry leaders as Fidelity Investments, DuPont, Levi's, Hasbro Games, The Container Store, Hartz, Pfizer, Syngenta Crop Protection, John Deere and Company and Huhtamaki. For more information, visit www.johngalt.com.

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