Nimble Storage Deploying Kinaxis RapidResponse

Kinaxis, Inc., provider of RapidResponse, delivering cloud-based SCM and S&OP applications, announced that Nimble Storage, Inc. has deployed Kinaxis RapidResponse as its core planning and analytics engine.

Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Nimble Storage is a growing company with a commitment to deliver support and customer satisfaction in the storage industry with around-the-clock resources and four-hour onsite parts replacement service. With this mission in place, and its install base getting larger, the company faced challenges getting visibility into its inventory hubs and depots to provide this critical customer support. This required an investment in technology to support the expanding business and operational needs.

The RapidResponse implementation was completed in February 2014 and has offered value to its growing user base.

The ROI for this deployment is expected to come from:

• Condensed planning cycle times;
• Reduced inventory levels;
• Faster and more reliable scenario planning; and
• Increased visibility to data for service parts planning.

“Nimble’s world-class customer service agreements are incredibly important to our business,” said Stacey Cornelius, VP of operations, Nimble. “As a past RapidResponse user, I know the breadth of capabilities and the flexibility of the solution. With RapidResponse deployed, we have the confidence we can keep up with our growing install base to achieve visibility of inventory at hubs, depots and parts in transit. We have the ability to quickly perform many “what-if” analyses we face on a daily basis and have already reduced the time to make decisions, which positively impacts our customer relationships.“

“We are thrilled that RapidResponse is the chosen supply chain planning system for Nimble Storage,” said John Sicard, chief products officer, Kinaxis. “An agile supply chain that can respond to unexpected change and volatile customer demands necessitates a supporting supply chain software solution that is equally as agile. As a single offering which solves multiple business problems, we believe in RapidResponse as the technology enabler for making effective demand and supply balancing decisions that drive corporate performance and customer satisfaction improvements for the company.“