Case Study: Gertrude Hawk Chocolates achieves faster, more accurate forecasting and stronger sales and operations planning with John Galt Solutions

Gertrude Hawk Upgrades Sales and Operations Planning Utilizing John Galt

Gertrude Hawk Chocolates, a family-owned chocolatier with more than 60 retail locations, needed to turn stored data into accurate forecasts, gain control over inventory, and automate forecasting to capture rapidly changing seasonality. To address this, the company selected John Galt Solutions’ Demand Management Engine (part of the Atlas Planning Suite).

John Galt Solutions implemented the Demand Management Engine to generate fast monthly forecasts that are aggregated into weekly demand scenarios, account for seasonality and moving holidays, and integrate with Gertrude Hawk’s legacy systems. The result is a stronger sales and operations planning process with enterprise-wide forecast visibility, the ability to share plans across business units, plan to specific margin targets, and track replenishment performance—driving quicker, more accurate inventory and demand planning.

Gertrude Hawk Chocolates

Bruce Cottle

CIO