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Response Management Solutions that Drive Operations Performance

Founded in 1995, Kinaxis™ defined and leads a new solution category called Response Management that enables customer-focused companies to achieve breakthroughs in operations performance and customer satisfaction by rapidly and more profitably responding to constant changes in demand, supply and product.

Kinaxis RapidResponse™ is an on-demand service that combines personal alerting, multi-enterprise visibility, collaborative "what-if" analysis and rapid decision support to empower front-line supply chain staff with tools for risk tradeoff and response to daily changes inside the Sales and Operations Planning horizon — from the individual order or forecast change down to the component inventory level.

Kinaxis Response Management solutions serve a broad range of customers and industries, including aerospace, automotive, consumer products, 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 (Four time recipient: 2004-2007)
Supply & Demand Chain Executive's 100 list (Three time recipient: 2005 - 2007)
Manufacturing Business Technology's 40 Emerging Software Vendors
Start Magazine's T&B Technology Enabler award

In addition, Kinaxis executives: John Sicard, EVP Development & Services Operations; and Kerry Zuber, Director, Solutions 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 Response Management solution to our customers. Kinaxis Partners include: SAP, 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 the Intel 64 Fund, G.E. Capital, and HarbourVest Partners.