solutions
for your business challenge
Caught in Spreadsheet Chaos?
Why are so many manufacturers spending a fortune on improving their demand and supply chain planning software and processes, only to find themselves relying excessively on spreadsheets to take care of problems?
Because those applications and processes assume a totally different environment than the one they're living in.
Kinaxis™ RapidResponse™ solves the many challenges that fall within:
You Can't Rely on Supply Chain Planning Alone
For years, companies have invested large sums of money in legacy demand planning and supply chain planning systems in hopes of improving their operations performance.
And they're still riddled with problems: poor customer service, excessive inventory levels and other operational challenges. Why?
Because traditional software solutions assume a different environment. The modern supply chain is defined by pervasive global outsourcing, increasing demand volatility and shrinking product life cycles. The best-laid plans are made, but then everything unravels.
Legacy supply chain planning systems were not designed for today's world. The reality is that today's supply chains are multi-enterprise. Today's supply chain solutions must provide clear visibility into the extended supply chain, along with tools that understand this virtual enterprise and its nuances. And, they must empower people, using human judgment—not optimization techniques—to deal with the increasing number of unplanned events.
Today's solutions must:
- Provide access to one set of data that integrates demand, supply, and financial plans in a single data model
- Arm front-line staff with tools to make risk tradeoffs and respond to plan deviations quickly and appropriately
- Foster team-based decisions that tap the collective insight of the right people in the organization-those that understand the potential impact of proposed actions
- Empower staff with demand and supply chain planning, monitoring AND response capabilities
We Can Help You Plan, Monitor AND Respond
Kinaxis RapidResponse is a new breed of service: a single on-demand offering for solving multiple S&OP and supply chain management challenges. RapidResponse eliminates spreadsheet chaos and helps you meet and exceed your business objectives with capabilities for the innumerable problems your team faces on a daily basis.
RapidResponse provides integrated demand-supply planning, proactive performance monitoring, and collaborative risk management and response…delivering benefits that have a positive impact on your entire business!
You Have Many Challenges, But You Only Need ONE Software Service
How many supply chain problems do you face? How many software modules or Excel spreadsheets are you using to work through them?
Is your collection of disjointed tools driving effective, fast decisions? We would bet, no. And we would also wager that it's taking a toll on your business as inefficiencies lead to issues such as less than desired customer service and higher than desired inventory.
- “Usually we start with a particular business problem and solve that effectively, and in the process of doing that, they realize how well the tools themselves can be applied broadly across their business. And then it takes on a life of its own.”
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Kerry Zuber, director, business consulting, Kinaxis
Your business and your customers require better systems and processes—and outcomes. Wouldn't it be nice to use a single service to solve your multiple supply chain problems?
Let Kinaxis™ RapidResponse™ be your decision-making point for tackling these business challenges and more:
S&OP
Order Promising
Respond to Order Changes
Respond to Forecast Changes
Demand Planning
Lean Manufacturing Support
MPS Planning
Clear to Build
Supply Allocation
Respond to Supply Disruptions
Inventory Reduction & Rationalization
Engineering Change
Capacity & Constraint Planning
New Product Introduction
Multi-Enterprise Visibility
Respond to Cost Changes
Line of Balance
Supplier Collaboration
Data Integrity Management
Performance Monitoring & Alerting
Want to learn more about how RapidResponse can help you close the gap between planning and execution to increase customer service and reduce inventory risks?
