Aggregate Supply Planning RapidResponse

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Aggregate Supply Planning
The Kinaxis® RapidResponse® Aggregate Supply Planning application

lets supply planners align collective supply to the consensus-generated
demand plan, ensuring continuous alignment.
With the Aggregate Supply Planning application, you’ll know sooner if your demand plan can support the key material and
capacity constraints, like long lead-time and/or single-sourced components, outlined in the supply plan. If it can’t, RapidResponse
makes resolving conflicts and eliminating gating issues simple with adaptive collaboration right in the platform. Concurrently plan
with colleagues across business functions to make sure supply and demand plans align. Everyone will be on the same page and
using the same up-to-date data for reference.
Business outcomes
Early identification and proactive management of discrepancies between the
We’ve seen planner efficiency gains
consensus demand and aggregate supply plans
of 40% + with RapidResponse.
Quick, complete feasibility evaluation of the aggregate supply plan in relation to
material and capacity constraints* Executive
Large Enterprise Electronics Company
Informed tradeoffs between supply, demand and inventory risks at the product,
regional or channel level
Directly integrate the aggregate supply plan into S&OP, capacity planning
(constraints) and MPS processes for effective demand and supply rebalancing
Application process components
The out-of-the box Aggregate Supply Planning application supports these process steps:
1 Review and resolve supply plan shortages

• Collaborate on gating key components (optional Master Production Scheduling application)
• Collaborate on gating key constraints (optional Capacity Planning (Constraints) application)
2 Review and resolve supply plan excess

• Collaboorate on supply plan excess (optional Master Production Scheduling application)
3 Finalize and publish constrained supply plan
Aggregate supply plan dashboard Collaboration Center
Aggregate supply plan Aggregate supply plan details

Managing performance
Standard measures include revenue, margin, inventory value, on-time delivery and constraint utilization as well as metrics
associated specifically with aggregate supply planning. This allows for focused analysis of the performance measures most
applicable to the function at hand. Measures presented in the Aggregate Supply Planning dashboard include:
Revenue Missing Period: Summary of the value, by High & Low Inventory Violations: Summary of the value, by
period, of revenue expected to be late. period, of inventory that exceeds or is below target levels set in
Supply Plan at Risk: Summary of the count of parts, by the annual plan.
period, where the supply plan is unobtainable due to Excess & Obsolete Value: A time-phased measurement of the
material or capacity constraints.* excess or obsolete value over a horizon.
Overloads & Underloads: Count of overloaded or
underloaded constraints, by period, broken up into key
constraints and other constraints.*
Cross-functional collaboration
In the Aggregate Supply Planning application, collaboration occurs across these functional roles:
Provides a high-level supply plan in response to the

consensus demand plan, and ensures availability of
material and capacity support
Collaborates on resolving any gating components Participates in overcoming any gating constraints
identified in the aggregate supply planning process** Supply identified in the aggregate supply planning process*
Planner
Master Operations
Scheduler
Aggregate
Supply
Planning
Kinaxis RapidResponse allows companies to concurrently plan, monitor

and respond on one platform, across business functions.
With a single data model and analytics engine, RapidResponse offers an array of supply chain
applications all easily accessible through a common user interface. Using our single product, instead of
individual disparate software solutions, our customers gain end-to-end supply visibility and the agility
to respond quickly to changing conditions. The result is significant operating and cost efficiencies.
Deploy RapidResponse applications individually or together. Designed to be highly configurable, you

can easily adapt our applications to meet your company’s unique business needs without the heavy
burden of ongoing custom coding.
What’s next on your supply chain journey?
Choose the path that’s right for your organization. With all our applications RapidResponse has reduced the cycle
running on the single RapidResponse platform, you have the flexibility to deploy time for producing a supply plan for
at your own pace. We’ll help you mature your planning processes, wherever you operations by half, while allowing
happen to be in your supply chain journey. Achieve added benefits by using
for greater supply/operational plan
the Aggregate Supply Planning application alongside one or more related
accuracy.
applications to ensure synchronization across interrelated planning processes.
Organizations that use the Aggregate Supply Planning application can achieve IT Systems Analyst
even more value by using it with the S&OP, Demand Planning, Capacity Planning Large Enterprise Telecommunications
Equipment Company
(Constraints), Master Production Scheduling or Integrated Project
Management applications.
RapidResponse: One Product, Many Applications

DEMAND Demand Planning Order Fulfillment
Aggregate Supply Distribution Requirements Master Production Supply Action Supplier

SUPPLY Planning Planning Scheduling Management Collaboration
OPERATIONAL
Inventory Management
STRATEGIC
INVENTORY
Inventory Planning & Optimization
S&OP
Capacity Planning (Constraints)

CAPACITY
Capacity Planning (CRP)
Integrated Project Management

MANUFACTURING
PLANNING
Engineering Change Management
Revolutionize your planning with Kinaxis RapidResponse

Offering the industry’s only concurrent planning solution, Kinaxis is helping organizations around the world revolutionize
their supply chain planning. Kinaxis RapidResponse, our cloud-based supply chain management software, connects your data,
processes and people into a single harmonious environment. With a consolidated view of the entire supply chain, you can plan
expected performance, monitor progress and respond to disconnects when reality hits. RapidResponse lets you know sooner
and act faster, leading to reduced decision latency, and improved operational and financial performance. We can prove it. From
implementation to expansion, we’re here to help our customers with every step of their supply chain journey.
*applicable when Capacity Planning (Constraints) application is purchased

** applicable when Master Production Scheduling application is purchased
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R A P I D R E S P O N S E A P P L I C AT I O N B R O C H U R E

Aggregate Supply Planning

The Kinaxis® RapidResponse® Aggregate Supply Planning application

1 Review and resolve supply plan shortages

2 Review and resolve supply plan excess

3 Finalize and publish constrained supply plan

Aggregate supply plan dashboard Collaboration Center

Aggregate supply plan Aggregate supply plan details

Provides a high-level supply plan in response to the

Kinaxis RapidResponse allows companies to concurrently plan, monitor

Deploy RapidResponse applications individually or together. Designed to be highly configurable, you

RapidResponse: One Product, Many Applications

Aggregate Supply Distribution Requirements Master Production Supply Action Supplier

Capacity Planning (Constraints)

Integrated Project Management

Revolutionize your planning with Kinaxis RapidResponse

*applicable when Capacity Planning (Constraints) application is purchased

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