Arysta LifeScience Selects John Galt Solutions for Demand Planning and S&OP

CHICAGO, Jan. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- John Galt Solutions announced today that it has entered into a partnership to provide demand planning and Sales & Operations Planning software to Arysta LifeScience North America. Arysta LifeScience joins John Galt's long list of prominent agroscience clients, including Syngenta, Bayer, Dupont, and many more.

Arysta LifeScience sought a solution that would allow them to automate their demand planning process, which relies on sales team input. John Galt's Atlas Planning Suite was selected for its ability to collaborate via the Web using the user-friendly Planning Portal, automatically manage workflow, track planning assumptions, and report forecast accuracy and other key performance indicators in real time.

"With John Galt, our Sales & Operations Planning process is about to become much more efficient and effective," says Jimmy A. Crump, Financial Systems & Reporting Manager at Arysta LifeScience North America. "Our sales team will no longer need to spend all their time forecasting manually, and we will have the visibility we need to ensure that the process delivers the results we need."

"Agro science offers a great deal of unique demand planning challenges," says Anne Omrod, President & CEO of John Galt Solutions. "Our 15 years of experience working for major clients like Syngenta and Bayer Crop Science has helped us refine crucial features to be ideally suited to this industry. We look forward to bringing this expertise to Arysta LifeScience."

About Arysta LifeScience Corporation
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Arysta LifeScience is one of the world's largest privately held crop protection and life science companies with 2012 revenues of JPY131.7 billion (US$1.6 billion). An entrepreneurial provider of crop protection and life science products in more than 125 countries worldwide, Arysta LifeScience specializes in marketing and distribution of respected crop protection brands and life science products that meet the needs of our global partners. More information on the company is available at: www.arystalifescience.com.

About John Galt Solutions
John Galt Solutions helps mid-market companies build effective demand and supply plans. If you or your team are just getting started with a planning process, John Galt offers tools and training to jumpstart your forecasting process. Once your forecasting process is defined, John Galt offers the solutions and education to build this forecast into a full demand and supply plan. Visit www.johngalt.com to learn how to start with planning today.

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