The leading provider of an on-demand Response Management service to drive rapid and more profitable response to daily changes in demand, supply and product inside the sales and operations planning (S&OP) horizon, Kinaxis™ Inc., announced that in order to help dynamically align demand and supply across its global supply chain amid constant volatility, the leading independent supplier of turnkey wireless transmission solutions, Harris Stratex Networks, has chosen the Kinaxis RapidResponse™ solution for three manufacturing sites.

Harris Stratex Networks is the largest independent supplier of wireless transmission systems in the world. Harris Stratex, with globally distributed operations, aggressive customer demands and a broad product portfolio that is subject to rapid product evolution, operates a complex supply chain within a volatile market. The demand on mobile operators to deliver more - more access, more media, more services - means that transmission systems providers like Harris Stratex must deliver to their customers what they need, when they need it. A high level of responsiveness is demanded by this.

RapidResponse, which will integrate with Harris Stratex' Oracle ERP environment, will facilitate effective impact analysis of supply, demand and product changes. Users throughout the company, with RapidResponse, will be able to access accurate and detailed manufacturing information in an easy-to-use spreadsheet interface that is embedded with ERP and supply chain analytics and automatically populated with live data feeds from their Oracle ERP system. While maximizing customer service and operations performance, rmpowered with multi-enterprise visibility and collaborative decision-making tools, supply chain participants across various functional groups will model data to instantly simulate and assess countless "what-if" supply and demand scenarios to mitigate supply chain risk.

Effective customer order management is of particular priority for Harris Stratex. RapidResponse will facilitate more accurate order promising with a quicker response to order changes. As well, RapidResponse will help the company stay on target with S&OP objectives despite the daily changes that occur inside planning horizons. Specific benefits are expected to be seen in inventory reductions & rationalization and improved customer service.