Kinaxis Inc. and Wahupa LLC announced a partnership that combines the resiliency planning of Wahupa and the agility of Kinaxis to take inventory planning to the next level. The partnership will bring Wahupa's probabilistic multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO) to the Kinaxis RapidResponse® platform to help companies maximize service levels and lower costs. The new MEIO application will calculate optimal inventory targets and safety stock settings through market-driven service planning, helping companies reach their strategic, financial, and service goals while removing waste from their supply chain.

When combined with Kinaxis what-if scenarios, companies can simulate various strategies, such as network streamlining and portfolio rationalization, to predict outcomes before choosing the optimal approach. The result will be an inventory plan that optimizes across product mix, inventory tiers, and production stages, while considering physical and monetary constraints. Wahupa will join the growing Kinaxis ecosystem of Solution Extension Partners.

These partners increase the value customers gain from RapidResponse by delivering digital inputs and developing domain-specific applications that leverage the power of concurrent planning and extend the capabilities of the widely-trusted planning platform.