Toyota Selects Kinaxis to Manage Automotive Demand and Supply

RapidResponse® chosen to revolutionize planning processes for multinational automotive manufacturer

OTTAWA, Jan. 23, 2018 /CNW/ - Kinaxis Inc. (TSX:KXS), provider of RapidResponse®, a leading cloud-based supply chain management solution based on concurrent planning, today announced Toyota Motor Corporation has selected Kinaxis® to manage its automotive demand and supply chain processes.

Headquartered in Japan, Toyota, one of the world's largest automotive manufacturers, will replace its manual planning systems with RapidResponse to unify the company's global demand and supply planning between its sales and production divisions, and to help better manage vehicle and unit volume.

"We are looking forward to working with Kinaxis to optimize inventory and enable more flexible responses to customer demand. RapidResponse will help us unify sales and production and will become the foundation upon which we can continue to realize improvement in demand and supply planning," said Iwao Nakano, General Manager Corporate IT Division at Toyota.

"We are excited to help drive breakthrough results for one of the world's most prestigious brands," said John Sicard, Chief Executive Officer, Kinaxis. "With a proven track record of increasing supply chain efficiencies for automotive manufacturers, we're looking forward to deploying our revolutionary cloud-based concurrent planning platform to help Toyota instantly create what-if scenarios and better understand the impact of various supply change management strategies to create positive outcomes."

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About Kinaxis Inc.
Offering the industry's only concurrent planning solution, Kinaxis is helping organizations around the world revolutionize their supply chain planning. Kinaxis RapidResponse, our cloud-based supply chain management software, connects your data, processes and people into a single harmonious environment. With a consolidated view of the entire supply chain, you can plan expected performance, monitor progress and respond to disconnects when reality hits. RapidResponse lets you know sooner and act faster, leading to reduced decision latency, and improved operational and financial performance. We can prove it. From implementation to expansion, we help our customers with every step of their supply chain journey.

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