Kinaxis Strengths, Domain Expertise, and Key Differentiators
Kinaxis delivers cloud-based, software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that enable the agility to make fast, confident decisions across integrated business planning and the digital supply chain. Trusted by innovative brands, Kinaxis combine human intelligence with AI and concurrent planning to help companies plan for any future, monitor risks and opportunities and respond at the pace of change. Kinaxis flagship RapidResponse platform empowers customers to optimize their supply chain by ensuring the right supplies are delivered into production, resulting in the availability of the correct amount of finished products to meet demand, precisely when and where needed, in the most efficient manner. In 2022, they took their first step into supply chain execution with the acquisition of MPO, a Netherlands-based SaaS company. MPO extends their unique concurrent planning approach to include the planning and tracking of transportation for finished goods, all the way to customers' doors and back, managing returns if necessary. This expansion marks the beginning of Kinaxis' evolution into an end-to-end supply chain management vendor, solidifying their position as a comprehensive solution provider in the industry.
Kinaxis Recent Developments
At its Kinexions conference in 2023, Kinaxis unveiled several groundbreaking product innovations. These include Enterprise Scheduling, Supply Chain Execution integration, Sustainable Supply Chain solutions, and enhanced features within Demand.AI. These innovations demonstrate Kinaxis' commitment to providing cutting-edge solutions to address the evolving challenges of supply chain management.
In May 2022, Kinaxis has introduced Planning.AI, an advanced analytics solution for supply chain planning, within its RapidResponse platform. Planning.AI enables concurrent planning by automatically selecting the best combination of heuristics, optimization, and machine learning, ensuring both speed and accuracy in decision-making processes. This innovation eliminates the trade-offs between different planning algorithms, broadening the range of supply chain problems that can be effectively solved without the need for specialized data scientists. As part of Kinaxis' offerings, Planning.AI introduces a new category of advanced applications called Amplifiers. The first two Amplifiers leveraging Planning.AI, Demand.AI and Supply.AI, are now accessible, facilitating improved demand sensing and forecasting, as well as optimized supply chain operations to reduce costs and enhance performance.
Kinaxis Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Activities
In 2022, Kinaxis acquired MPO, a company headquartered in Europe that specializes in providing a unified global cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform designed for multi-party orchestration of orders, inventory, and transport. This strategic acquisition aimed to combine Kinaxis' flagship solution, Rapid Response, with MPO's Multi-Party Orchestration (MPO) execution capabilities.
In July 2020, Kinaxis acquired Rubikloud, a provider of AI solutions that automate supply chain prescriptive analytics and decision-making in the retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) industries.
Kinaxis Customers in ARTW Customer Database
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Kinaxis Overview
3199 Palladium Drive
Ottawa, ON, K2T 0N9, Canada
1 613-592-5780
https://www.kinaxis.com/
Ownership: - TSE:KXS
Number of Employees: 1152
Functional Markets: SCM,
Key Verticals: Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Communications, Consumer Packaged Goods, Distribution, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Media, Oil and Gas, Chemicals, Professional Services, Retail, Transportation,
Kinaxis Key Enterprise and Cloud Applications
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Kinaxis Customers - Breakdown by Geo, Size, Vertical and Product
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Kinaxis customers primarily consist of global enterprises with intricate supply chain networks and significant unresolved challenges. Among them are leading organizations such as Merck & Co., Ford Motor Company, Procter & Gamble, and Schneider Electric. These companies tend to choose RapidResponse as a purpose-built solution to comprehensively address their end-to-end supply chain management needs. They prefer RapidResponse over bundled solutions from enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors like Oracle or SAP due to its specialized focus and effectiveness in tackling complex supply chain challenges.
Recent customers wins are: BRITA SE, Confluent Medical, Fabbrica Italiana Sintetici, Volvo Cars, SUBARU, Accell Group, CSR, Castlery and others.
Kinaxis Market Opportunities, M&A and Geo Expansions
Expanding operations into Chennai, India, and establishing a new office at the World Trade Centre reflects the company's commitment to growth and its recognition of India's importance as a strategic market. By leveraging this new office as a global hub, Kinaxis can enhance its engineering, customer support, professional services, and overall business operations not only in India but also on a broader scale. This move aligns with Kinaxis's goal of driving agility and facilitating fast, confident decision-making in an increasingly unpredictable world.
By offering Kinaxis RapidResponse on both Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure platforms, Kinaxis aims to enhance accessibility and maximize value for businesses seeking to optimize their supply chain operations in today's dynamic business landscape.
Kinaxis Risks and Challenges
The relatively small client base Kinaxis have is a client concentration risk and a revenue concentration risk.
Kinaxis Ecosystem, Partners, Resellers and SI
In February 2024, Kinaxis announced an expansion of its PartnerLink program aimed at enhancing partners' capabilities to drive end-to-end supply chain orchestration for mutual customers. This move comes in response to escalating demand for digital transformation solutions amid heightened levels of volatility and uncertainty in the business landscape. The imperative for businesses to access solutions that offer agility, predictability, and intelligence at an accelerated pace has never been more pronounced. Since its inception in 2021, the Kinaxis PartnerLink program has experienced significant growth, boasting a network of over 170 partners and more than 2,500 certified consultants worldwide. This growth positions the program as one of the most extensive networks of specialists focused on supply chain transformation within the industry. The PartnerLink program encompasses various types of partners, including System Integrators (SIs), Cloud partners, Solution Extension partners (SolEx), and Value-Added Resellers (VARs). This diversity allows Kinaxis to collaborate effectively with partners possessing a wide range of expertise and capabilities, thereby empowering them to address the diverse needs of customers seeking supply chain management solutions.
Kinaxis also expanded its network by welcoming 12 new partners, including System Integrators, Value Added Resellers (VAR), and Referral partners, across Asia. This development brings the total count of Asia-based partners to 27, alongside global partners, thereby reinforcing support for the burgeoning region. Among the newly onboarded partners are five System Integrators with diverse backgrounds, ranging from large international firms to regionally focused consultancies. These partners, namely NTT DATA China Outsourcing, MaSyCoDa, Kobelco Systems, Risposta Software India Private Limited, and Savic Technologies Private Limited, bring extensive supply chain expertise to assist customers in maturing and digitally transforming their supply chains. Among the existing VAR partners are CEL, LG CNS, Active Business Solutions, Metanet Global, NTT DATA Taiwan, and Qualitas. Additionally, Matasma has joined as a Referral partner, further enriching Kinaxis' partner ecosystem.
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