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\nCANADA\u00a0–\u00a0Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0– 4 March 2021 –\u00a0Kinaxis<\/a>\u00ae Inc. (TSX:KXS), the authority in driving agility for fast, confident
\ndecision-making<\/a> in an unpredictable world, today
\nannounced it has been named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Supply
\nChain Planning Solutions. The company is recognized for both the ability to
\nexecute and its completeness of vision. Kinaxis is positioned furthest on the
\nCompleteness of Vision axis amongst those in the Leaders quadrant\u00a01<\/sup>. <\/p>\n
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\ncopy of the report<\/a> can be downloaded from Kinaxis. This is the seventh
\nconsecutive time Kinaxis has been named a Leader in a Gartner Magic Quadrant related
\nto supply chain planning 1<\/sup> . <\/p>\n
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\nover the past year, corporate supply chains have never been more relevant and
\ndoing nothing to improve planning has become the biggest risk. Supply chain
\nleaders at companies of all sizes have recognized a need for a transformational
\nshift to agility and resiliency based on a new planning technique — concurrent
\nplanning, that only Kinaxis can provide,” said John Sicard, CEO of Kinaxis. “Kinaxis
\nuniquely combines AI, analytics and human intelligence to empower innovative
\nmanufacturers to eliminate functional silos and cost-effectively optimize the
\npotential of their supply chains in just a few weeks.”\u00a0 <\/p>\n
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\nleading innovator based on vision in the market and are thrilled with our positioning
\nfor our current, proven RapidResponse platform. Kinaxis takes pride in our
\ntalented team, the collaborative relationships we have with our customer and
\npartner community and helping advance the craft of supply chain planning for
\nthe benefit of the planet.”<\/p>\n
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\nKinaxis in the aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer products, high-tech
\nand electronics, industrial, life sciences and retail industries, including
\nUnilever, Schneider Electric, Flex, Merck, Technicolor, Alstom and Honda, and
\nmany others. <\/p>\n
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\ndigitalization journey, including our work with Kinaxis, has allowed us to
\nfunction as a truly global enterprise,” said Mourad Tamoud, Chief Supply Chain
\nOfficer at Schneider Electric. “Through our engagement with Kinaxis, we have
\nfound them to be industry-leading, and the partnership has enabled us to have
\ngreater transparency, wider collaboration and increasingly autonomous high-quality
\ndecision-making throughout the organization.”<\/p>\n
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\nsoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) platform purpose-built for planning, leveraging
\npatented in-memory database technology and always-on algorithms. Combined with
\nKinaxis’ unique concurrent planning technique and AI, RapidResponse helps
\nglobal manufacturers gain agile and resilient supply chains. The Kinaxis suite
\nof ready-to-deploy planning applications (S&OP \/ IBP, Demand, Supply,
\nCommand & Control Center, Inventory, Live Lens Insights) is optimized with
\nindustry best practice processes and robust analytics that are synchronized
\nacross long and short-term planning and across the end-to-end network from
\ncustomers to suppliers. The RapidResponse platform is uniquely extensible to
\nbuild, access or connect to custom applications, algorithms and external
\nsystems across the supply network ecosystem. <\/p>\n
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\nrealization with multiple deployment options to go-live in as little as six
\nweeks. These seamlessly expandable options allow companies to start now and
\nfocus on the most important initiatives. All based on RapidResponse, these
\noptions can grow over time to meet budget, team and change management needs
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\n(SCP) solution as a platform that provides technology support which allows a
\ncompany to manage, link, align, collaborate and share its planning data across
\nan extended supply chain. It supports demand creation through to the detailed
\nsupply-side response and from strategic planning through tactical-level
\nplanning. An SCP solution is the planning decision repository for a defined
\nend-to-end supply chain and is the environment in which end-to-end integrated
\nsupply chains are managed. It establishes a single version of the truth for the
\nplan data and decisions, regardless of the underlying execution technology
\nenvironment.” 1<\/sup><\/p>\n
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\n2019 and is projected to grow at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR)
\nof 7.5% according to the Gartner Forecast: Enterprise Application Software,
\nWorldwide, 2018-2024, 4Q20 Update. 2<\/sup><\/p>\n
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\nstrong SCP solution vision and execution capabilities. They have a broad, deep
\nand differentiated functionality that addresses a broad range of user
\nrequirements. Their coverage across the three categories of planning capability
\n— configure, optimize and respond — is good enough, with a good balance across
\nthe categories now and\/or planned for the future. They have a reasonable range
\nof features to support a user’s maturity journey. Their visions for supporting
\nthe three paradigms of SCP — algorithmic SCP, digital supply chain planning and
\nresilient planning — align with Gartner’s vision. When these three paradigms
\nare blended together, they build the foundation to support a Level 5 SCP
\nenvironment. Leaders anticipate where customer demands and markets are moving
\nand identify how innovative technologies can be applied to planning
\napplications. They have strategies to support these emerging requirements to
\nbuild a future-proof SCP solution. Because leaders are well-established in
\nleading-edge complex user environments, they benefit from a user community that
\nhelps them remain in the forefront of emerging needs.” 1<\/sup><\/p>\n
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