Supply & Demand Chain Executive Selects Kinaxis Executive As A "Pro To Know"

Monique Rupert, Kinaxis Vice President of Professional Services, Named Pro to Know for her Pivotal Role in Ensuring Customer Success

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For the fifth consecutive year, Kinaxis, provider of the on-demand supply chain management service, RapidResponse(TM), was recognized in Supply & Demand Chain Executive's Provider Pros to Know list. Monique Rupert, vice president, professional services, was recognized for helping customers achieve the competitive advantage of improved visibility and collaboration within their supply chain network- a critical capability given the economic uncertainty of the past few years.

At Kinaxis, Rupert has worked directly with customers to face recessionary challenges head on by achieving supply chain visibility, increasing supplier and customer collaboration, and by better managing inventory levels. With the help of Rupert's team's initiatives and education, customers are able to balance demand and supply on a continual basis, which ultimately leads to improved customer service and reduced inventory risks, keeping them on financially-sound footing.

"In an unpredictable economy, it is vital that companies increase visibility and collaboration within the supply chain to both minimize the hardships and position themselves to lead their market once the economy turns around," said Rupert. "Since it is now impossible for companies to predict the future with any certainty, they must have the ability to sense and respond to the unexpected as it happens."

With more than 15 years of experience in the field, Rupert leads the Company's deployment, training and consulting services team. Monique has been instrumental in ensuring Kinaxis customers' success by working directly with them as they deploy or expand their use of the Kinaxis' RapidResponse service. She believes Kinaxis consultants should be advisors to their customers on how to best address their business challenges and improve their company's performance, and not simply how to use the functions and features of the product.

Supply & Demand Chain Executive Provider Pros to Know is a listing of individuals from a software firm or service provider, consultancy, or analyst or research firm who have personally helped clients manage risk in the supply chain, provided competitive advantages and/or delivered value to the bottom line. The complete list of Provider Pros to Know is published in the February/March 2010 issue of the magazine. The full 2010 Pros to Know listing is available on the Supply & Demand Chain Executive website at www.SDCExec.com.

SOURCE: Kinaxis Corporation