Kinaxis: what it is, features and reviews

Kinaxis offers its Supply Chain Orchestration solution, This solution encompasses the optimization of the supply chain from start to finish, connecting demand, inventory, capacity, transportation and customer service, this helps to unify data and improves decision-making. It offers:

• Concurrent planning and scenarios, allows several teams to work on the same model with planning, capable of hypothetical scenarios that allow us to evaluate sudden changes in the chain.
• Orchestration of processes and workflows: incorporates exception workflows, business rules and collaborative spaces to coordinate decisions between demand, supply, finance, logistics and external partners, capturing decisions, approvals and tasks on the same platform.
• Integrated visibility, consolidates demand, supply, inventory, production, orders and transportation data into a “control tower” with comprehensive visibility, real-time alerts and impact analysis to react to disruptions in seconds.

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Datup is a comprehensive Supply Chain Analytics platform with data integration capabilities from the different departments involved in the supply chain (demand, finance, sales, commercial). Datup revolutionizes supply chain management through advanced artificial intelligence that offers:

• Demand forecasts with accuracy of up to 95% for Individual SKUs, Full Categories, and Each Channel or point of sale.
• Visualization of multiple forecast scenarios in short, medium and long term horizons, incorporating external variables, seasonality patterns and market trends, in addition to estimating the demand for new products before launch.
• In inventory optimization, Datup dynamically calculates safety stocks, reorder points and optimized lead times, automatically classifying the portfolio according to its impact, revenue, turnover and stability.
• It offers centralized control panels which facilitates collaborative planning and efficient management of working capital, transforming complex data into actionable strategic decisions.

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Kinaxis has functionalities for demand planning, that help automate the planning process. These include accurate forecasts with machine learning, short-term demand detection, collaborative demand planning, use of internal and external data for forecasting, segmentation of products according to their impact (ABC, volatility, margin).

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In the same way, the Datup software It also includes demand forecasts of up to +95% accuracy, incorporating + 200 external variables that reinforce the analysis. In addition, do the Forecast demand by SKU, product category and location. It also processes up to 7 scenarios to optimize decision-making, and has a collaboration panel to coordinate demand with other key teams such as sales, finance and operations (S&OP). Another noteworthy feature of Datup is that before all the forecasts it performs the classification of inventory or portfolio, to prioritize SKUs in terms of profitability, rotation speed and stability of their demand.

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The Kinaxis Sales & Operations Planning solution seeks to align sales, operations and financial decisions on the same plan in near real time, using simultaneous planning, scenarios and cross-functional collaboration to reduce risks, shorten the S&OP cycle and improve business results.

With Datup, also has S&OP collaboration, through a collaboration panel where, together with other teams such as marketing, sales, finance, and operations, they can plan together. This contributes to collaborative decision-making and breaks down silos between areas that hinder chain efficiency.

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Kinaxis Inventory Management seeks to optimize inventory levels across the network using real-time insights and AI capabilities to reduce stockouts, minimize excess, improve inventory quality and accelerate decision-making.

• Proactive Inventory Risk Management: identifies inventory risks and opportunities in advance, allowing policies and levels to be adjusted to maintain optimal stock and prevent disruptions.
• Inventory quality monitoring: incorporates advanced metrics to assess “health” of inventory (excess, obsolete, coverage, turnover) and support corrective actions

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The module of Datup Inventory Optimization helps you maintain the balance between availability and financial efficiency. Datup automatically calculate your safety stocks, reorder points and lead times. In addition, classify your portfolio according to revenue, turnover and stability so you know exactly where to focus your efforts and resources.

• The system gives you Intelligently suggests when and how much to reorder, both by product and by specific location, optimizing distribution in all your CEDIS, warehouses and points of sale.
• You can easily visualize the history of your inventory levels and manage everything from a dashboard that gives you full visibility of your working capital.
• You receive Early Alerts when there is a risk of running out of stock or when you are accumulating too much inventory, allowing you to act on time and keep your operation running smoothly.

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