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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.

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.

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.

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