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A Distinguished Record of Providing Supply Chain Management Solutions that Drive Operations Performance
Founded in 1995, Kinaxis™ delivers an on-demand supply chain management service that enables customer-focused companies to achieve breakthroughs in operations performance and customer satisfaction by building better plans and rapidly and more profitably responding to constant changes in demand, supply and product.
Kinaxis RapidResponse™ combines collaborative and integrated demand-supply planning, monitoring and response to change to empower front-line supply chain staff with tools for supply chain visibility, demand management, supply management, sales and operations planning (S&OP) and supply chain risk management.
RapidResponse solutions serve a broad range of customers and industries, including aerospace & defense, automotive, consumer products, consumer electronics, high tech, industrial, and medical devices markets.
Global leaders such as Casio, Research in Motion (RIM), Honeywell, Jabil, Qualcomm, Raytheon and Toshiba use Kinaxis RapidResponse to establish superior responsiveness within their fulfillment networks and supply chains and gain competitive advantage.
Awards
Kinaxis has gained significant recognition in the marketplace for its focus on delivering a real-time supply chain that drives operations performance management in manufacturing and demand management.
Recognition includes:
- Global Logistics and Supply Chain Strategies' 100 Great Supply Chain Partners (Five time recipient: 2004-2007, 2009)
- Supply & Demand Chain Executive's 100 list (Five time recipient: 2005 - 2009)
- Intelligent Enterprise’s “Company to Watch” for 2009
- Manufacturing Business Technology's 40 Emerging Software Vendors
In addition, Kinaxis executives: John Sicard, EVP development & services operations; Duncan Klett, VP, analytics; and Kerry Zuber, director, business consulting have all been featured in Supply & Demand Chain Executive's Annual "Pros to Know" listing.
Industry Affiliations
Kinaxis works with application partners, systems integrators, and technology providers selected for their expertise to provide a complete supply chain management solution to our customers. Kinaxis Partners include: HP, Intel, Microsoft, Copeal Inc., EXA Corporation, JFE Systems Inc. and ITRI.
Kinaxis is a member of MIT's Demand Management Solutions Group (DMSG) which is supported by research from MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL). Kinaxis also maintains the following industry affiliations: APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society), MMO (Materials and Manufacturing Ontario) and OMN (Ottawa Manufacturer's Network).
Investors
With its demonstrated ability to deliver measurable results and its strong history of profitability, Kinaxis has attracted discerning investors including Intel Capital, G.E. Capital, and HarbourVest Partners.
