Leading Analyst Firms Advocate Response Management Capability as a Strategic Necessity in Successfully Managing Volatile Global Supply Networks

Ottawa, Canada, October 15, 2007
According to recent analyst reports, experts agree that a company’s responsiveness is vital to its success in today's volatile business environment. Leading industry analysts from AMR Research, Aberdeen Group, Technology Forecasters Inc. and Ventana Research all advocate the merits of Response Management — the ability to quickly and effectively respond to change.

Read the full press release here.

Analyst Perspectives on Response Management

• Response Management: Next Wave of Supply Chain Innovation?
• Steve Hochman, AMR Research in a podcast interview with Supply and Demand Chain Executive
• Steve Hochman, AMR Research in an podcast interview with Industry Week

• Managing Demand Volatility by Colin Snow, Ventana Research
• Response Management Resource Kit
• VentanaCast: Visibility is Not Enough by Colin Snow, Ventana Research

• A Response Management Pioneer Offers Its Solution (free registration required)

• Beyond Supply Chain Visibility: Response Management is the Key by Nari Viswanathan, Aberdeen Group
• Podcast – Beyond Supply Chain Visibility: Response Management is the Key

• Succeeding in an Imperfect World: Best Practices in Demand Management in the Face of Poor Forecasts and Demand Volatility, A Technology Forecasters Inc. (TFI) White Paper
• Response Management for the Next Wave of Outsourced Manufacturing, A Technology Forecasters Inc. (TFI) White Paper
• Technology Forecasters Blog

Kinaxis Perspectives on Response Management

• The Kinaxis Blog on Response Management
  • Shocks to the supply chain
  • The growing need for demand management
  • Accessing supply chain data for decision making
  • SCM increasingly seen as strategic market differentiator
• Kinaxis White Papers
  • Leveraging Response Management in a Super-Charged Environment
  • Achieving Supply Chain Visibility: There is More than Meets the Eye
  • Rapid Response to Change Drives Improved Operating Performance
• Kinaxis Podcasts
  • Podcast with Randy Littleson, VP Marketing
  • Podcast with John Sicard, EVP Development and Service Operations
• Media Coverage
  • IndustryWeek
    Keep the Customer Satisfied
  • Advanced Manufacturing
    2007 Case Study Software Guide
  • DC Velocity
    Visibility & Control — in a (software) class by itself?
• Kinaxis Webcasts
  • IndustryWeek Operational Excellence Web Conference:
    Enabling a Responsive, Demand-Driven Supply Chain