Kinaxis adds data centres in Tokyo and Osaka Kinaxis adds data centres in Tokyo and Osaka
2018-04-19 17:23 ET - News Release
Mr. John Sicard reports
KINAXIS CONTINUES TO GAIN MOMENTUM IN JAPAN; New data centers in Osaka and Tokyo in 2018 to provide world-class support for growing Japanese customer base
Kinaxis Inc. today released formal plans to deploy additional data centres in Tokyo and Osaka as part of the company's global expansion to support the company's growing customer base in Japan.
Leading Japanese companies such as Toyota, Nissan, ASICS, Lixil, Santen and Olympus, the most recent Kinaxis customer to be signed, are among the many Japanese organizations in a wide range of industries including automotive, life sciences and pharmaceuticals, and consumer packaged goods who have selected RapidResponse to better manage their supply chain operations.
To support the company's sustained growth in Japan, Kinaxis, the first provider of a cloud-based, software as a service (SaaS) offering for supply chain and sales and operations planning (S&OP), will host supply chain operations for Japan's largest and most successful brands from the new data centres starting in the company's third quarter.
"We are excited to build on our reputation as a leading provider of supply chain management solutions to support our growing customer base in Japan. We are proud to include many prestigious Japanese brands as customers, each of which are known for managing some of the most highly sophisticated supply chain operations in the world," said Kinaxis chief executive officer John Sicard. "Our investment in the new Tokyo and Osaka data centre facilities further strengthens our ability to support the scale, complexity, operational reliability and rigorous security requirements of our customer supply chains 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."
As Kinaxis continues invest and grow in Japan, the company's operational footprint will also expand accordingly. To support the acquisition of new customers, the company's Shinagawa, Tokyo, office plans to increase employee head count, which have doubled over the previous 12 months.
Offering the industry's only concurrent planning solution, Kinaxis is helping organizations around the world revolutionize their supply chain planning. With RapidResponse, its cloud-based supply chain management software, the company connects data, processes and people into a single harmonious environment.
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