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Barloworld Supply Chain Software

Barloworld Supply Chain Software is a world class supply chain planning company, providing expertise, tools and solutions to help companies optimise their supply chain networks, inventory and transportation.

It has over 20 years' experience in supply chain planning, with more than 400 software installations across over 600 international clients, supported from offices in the UK, South Africa, U.A.E, Spain, China and the USA, and partners worldwide.

Barloworld Supply Chain Software provides planning software and methodologies to support supply chain efficiency and continuous performance improvement. It offers global solutions in:

• Network design — optimising the warehouse and transportation infrastructure.
• Demand planning and forecasting — multi-level forecasting for complex environments.
• Inventory management — inventory planning and order execution.
• Inventory strategy — optimising inventory across the multi-echelon supply chain.
• Integrated demand and supply planning — on-demand risk management
• Carbon emissions optimisation — measuring and optimising the carbon footprint of the supply chain.
• Transportation management — managing a company's transportation planning and execution.

Barloworld Supply Chain Software is part of the Logistics arm of Barloworld Plc, a South African multinational with over 18,900 employees and a turnover of more than $5.5 billion.

For further information please visit www.barloworldscs.com

Copeal, Inc.

Copeal, Inc. is a supply chain management (SCM) solution provider. Copeal provides solution expertise, including; strategic sourcing, planning, execution and simulation for the automotive, high-tech electronics and leisure equipment industries. Copeal’s head office for Asia is based in Taipei, Taiwan with regional sales offices in Shanghai, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Through a partnership agreement with Kinaxis™, Copeal represents Kinaxis RapidResponse™ as its solution offering for Response Management.

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)

CSC's Federal Consulting Practice is a dedicated management consulting group that provides CSC's federal government clients with business management expertise. This practice provides specialized business and technology consultants who can look into the specifications of a program from multiple perspectives, understand the complexity of the issues and then design comprehensive solutions that support business needs and optimize technical infrastructure.

The Federal Consulting Practice offers federal customers the knowledge and experience to implement technology solutions and then leverage them as an enabler to improve operating performance. Federal Consulting Practice provides customers with front-end consulting services, from vision and strategy development to business case and policy impact analysis. In addition, the practice offers deep strategic expertise in functional areas and the service oriented architecture, enterprise transformation and technology solutions that support them.

EXA Corporation

EXA Corporation, founded in 1987, is a system integrator capitalized by 51% Japan-IBM and by 49% JFE-Steel. EXA acquired manufacturing business knowledge as a user and system development experiences as an integrator, and inherited the strength of IBM, as a world-leading computer system professional. This has made EXA an excellent integrated solution provider.

EXA can provide integrated solutions for manufacturing, distribution, finance and public sector, and also cross-industrial solutions such as ERP, NMS, security, EIP and CMS etcetera.

EXA optimizes the customers' value chain by dynamically combining the engineering of the supply chain and PLM (product lifecycle management) through multi-vendor services, which has established high customers' satisfaction.

EXA's alliance with Kinaxis RapidResponse will continue to contribute to solving our customers' business problems and realizing business innovations.

Genesis Technology, Inc.

Genesis is a leading system integrator focused on the high technology manufacturing sector. They focus primarily on Semiconductor, TFT-LCD, and Consumer Electronics industries in the Greater China area. They provide integrated IT total solutions to resolve the dynamic IT requirements for their customers. Genesis is headquarted in Hsinchu, Taiwan (near the Hsinchu Science Park area). They also have offices in Taipei, Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung in Taiwan, and Shangahi and Suzhou in China. Genesis Technology uses "Customer Requirement Oriented" processes in helping their customers achieve their goals. Genesis has an impressive list of satisfied customers in the Greater China area.

Hewlett-Packard (HP)

Kinaxis is a recognized ISV partner in the Hewlett-Packard Developer and Solution Partner Program (DSPP). RapidResponse leverages the value of the broad spectrum of HP platforms. As an HP Partner, Kinaxis is among an impressive list of like-minded leaders and innovative developers of IT solutions who develop, and deploy solutions using industry-leading HP technologies.

Hewlett Packard Services provides a complete portfolio of services tailored to a company's unique business and IT needs. HP partners closely with customers to help the company design, build, integrate, manage, and evolve an adaptive enterprise that lets the company effectively respond to changes in its business. HP Services helps bolster business agility with an experienced team of more than 65,000 professionals. Kinaxis and HP target electronics manufacturers through a value added reseller relationship that enables Kinaxis RapidResponse to be marketed and supported by Hewlett Packard Japan.

"Large manufacturers require a strategic response management solution as a part of their supply chain management strategy," said Hiroshi Oowaki, director, Manufacturing Industry Practice, Consulting & Integration of Hewlett Packard Japan. "RapidResponse addresses this critical business need and is an important part of HP Japan's portfolio of offerings to help manufacturers profitably attract and retain customers."

For more information on our partnership with Hewlett Packard:
Kinaxis to Target Electronics Manufacturers with Hewlett Packard

JFE Systems, Inc.

JFE Systems is a spin-off from JFE Steel, one of the largest steel companies in the world. Known for its reliable service and support for more than 20 years, JFE Systems specializes in providing leading companies advanced business application, supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management and B2B/e-business systems. Its global clients include leading automotive, high tech, process industry, telecommunications, finance & banking, insurance, consumer packaged goods, public and utility services including Toyota, Mazda, Sanyo Electric, Seiko Epson, Ricoh, Omron, Nippon Oil, JFE steel, NTT, KDDI, Mizuho Bank and Mitsubishi Tokyo Bank. The company is traded on the 2nd section of Tokyo Stock Exchange under the code "4832".

ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute)

ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute) has been a Kinaxis partner since 2002 and is continuing to successfully implement Kinaxis solution in Taiwan.

ITRI is a non-profit R&D institution based in Hsinchu, Taiwan. ITRI was founded by the Taiwanese government in 1973 with the purpose of establishing the technical arm of government's industrial policies and creating a partner to Taiwan's industry in their technological needs.

Some of the research organizations under the ITRI umbrella are:

• Electronics Research & Service Organization (ERSO)
• Opto-Electronics & Systems Laboratories (OES)
• Computer & Communications Research Laboratories (CCL)
• Union Chemical Laboratories (UCL)
• Materials Research Laboratories (MRL)
• Energy & Resources Laboratories (ERL)
• Mechanical Industry Research Laboratories (MIRL)
• Center for Measurement Standards (CMS)
• Center for Environmental, Safety & Health Technology Development (CESH)
• Center for Aerospace & System Technology (CAST)
• Biomedical Engineering Center (BMEC)

ITRI has a highly skilled workforce of more than 6000 of which at least half holding Master's degrees in their respective fields and a significant number Doctorates. ITRI's US$475 Million annual revenues are split between government research contracts and industrial contract services.