Leading life sciences company to employ concurrent planning platform for end-to-end visibility across the
entire supply chain
OTTAWA and TOKYO, June 19,
2017 /CNW/ - Kinaxis ® (TSX:KXS), provider
of RapidResponse ®, the leading cloud-based concurrent planning solution, today announced that Santen Pharmaceutical Company has selected Kinaxis
RapidResponse to plan concurrently across functions and time periods for end-to-end visibility across the entire supply
chain.
Headquartered in Osaka, Japan, the company sells ophthalmic pharmaceutical products in
approximately 60 countries. Santen has begun a significant transformation of its global supply chain environment. Ultimately, the
company wanted a single end-to-end planning platform that would reduce global planning cycle times and raise efficiency.
Following a thorough evaluation, Santen selected Kinaxis RapidResponse because of its concurrent planning capabilities. With the
deployment of RapidResponse, Santen will reduce global planning times, manual activity and eliminate the use of multiple
disconnected spreadsheets. Having a consolidated view of the entire supply chain, Santen will plan for its expected performance,
monitor its progress, and respond to variations to the plan as reality hits.
"We chose Kinaxis to develop a consolidated view of our entire supply chain to collapse decision cycle times by connecting all
links in our supply chain," said Frank Binder, PhD, Vice President, Head of Global Supply Chain
Management, of Santen Pharmaceutical. "Through RapidResponse, we will remove supply chain planning functional boundaries and gain
the critical capabilities to drive tangible business outcomes. We look forward to growing our partnership."
"Global organizations appreciate that to achieve breakthrough results they need to leverage the capabilities of an innovative
approach," said John Sicard , Chief Executive Officer at Kinaxis. "We are excited that
RapidResponse has been selected by Santen, our first Japanese headquartered pharmaceutical customer, as its supply chain planning
system of record. RapidResponse is a powerful concurrent planning platform, used by many leading life sciences organizations, that will enable them to know sooner and act faster,
revolutionizing how they perform supply chain planning functions to drive improved corporate performance."
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About Kinaxis Inc.
Offering the industry's only concurrent planning solution, Kinaxis helps 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.
SOURCE Kinaxis Inc.
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