AMR Research finds Kinaxis a leader in supply chain management innovation
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SupplyChainBrain has a story highlighting new research by AMR Research entitled “The Supply Chain Management Applications Report, 2005-2010.”
According to the report, in 2005, the SCM grew 3% to $5.6B, exceeding AMR Research’s forecast of 1% growth. This is the second year of consecutive growth for the market.
The report goes on to say that “the most rapid innovation is being delivered by independent software providers that are focusing on industry-specific functionality and targeting under-serviced business problems like Jonova, Kinaxis, LogicTools, Logility, Optiant, SmartOps, Synchrono, Terra Technology, ToolsGroup, TrueDemand, Vision Chain, and WAM Systems.”
The report also says that “analytics is merging with optimization to drive decision support for critical processes like demand management, inventory optimization, and sales and operations planning (S&OP). Vendors following this trend now or in the near future include Adexa, Demantra, i2Technologies, Kinaxis, Logility, Oracle, SAP, and Teradata.”
I thought the most interesting comment was AMR’s finding that companies are moving from enterprise planning to multitier decision support. This is a bulls-eye with what we’re seeing and the key value that we deliver to brand owners (OEM’s) in the markets we serve. The move to an outsourced and distributed manufacturing environment has made this a necessity for companies today.
For the complete report and tables, go to AMR Research.
