Maximizing ROI: Extending Kinaxis with ketteQ’s PolymatiQ™

When you chose Kinaxis, you made a wise investment. It was one of the most advanced supply chain planning platforms available at the time, delivering meaningful improvements in visibility and process efficiency.

But supply chain planning has changed dramatically. Volatility, disruption, and speed now define the competitive landscape. Deterministic, single-pass solve gave Kinaxis its strength for structured planning, but in today’s uncertain markets, it can reach limits in navigating the volatility and rapid decision-making that now define supply chains.

The good news? You don’t have to rip and replace your current planning system. With ketteQ’s PolymatiQ™ AI Engine stacked seamlessly on Kinaxis, you can protect your investment and maximize ROI while unlocking adaptive, unlimited, real-time capabilities that legacy planning systems weren’t designed to deliver.

The Performance Ceiling

Many executives experience the same pattern: legacy planning systems deliver substantial early gains, but over time, results level off. It’s not that the system isn’t working; it’s that it was built for the challenges of its time.

Large enterprise planning platforms deliver substantial initial value, but like many systems, results can eventually level off. Utilization gains taper, workarounds emerge, and ROI growth becomes harder to capture. That’s where PolymatiQ™ helps companies break through to the next level.

That was the case for Partner in Pet Food (PPF). Despite significant investments, capacity utilization flattened at 88% — leaving efficiency and margin gains on the table.

A Smarter Way Forward

When results stall, the natural instinct for many companies is to double down on consultants and customizations — but returns diminish quickly. Others consider a rip-and-replace with another large platform, a risky, costly process that can take years before ROI materializes.

ketteQ’s PolymatiQ™ offers another path. Instead of replacing legacy planning systems, it supercharges them- solving with accuracy, unlocking unlimited scenarios, and delivering the agility today’s supply chains demand.

PolymatiQ™ is:

• Fast to implement: Deployed in weeks, not years.

• Seamlessly integrated: Minimal IT lift, thanks to modern open architecture that integrates quickly with existing ERP and APS data.

• Infinitely scalable: Delivers the speed and scale to run tens of thousands of automated real-time scenarios

• Planner-friendly: Designed for adoption, so teams don’t fall back on workarounds.

Proof in Action: Partner in Pet Food

For PPF, the difference was immediate. After struggling to break through 88% capacity utilization, the company turned to ketteQ. Within 4–5 weeks of deploying PolymatiQ™ on top of Kinaxis, capacity utilization increased by 13%.

The impact didn’t stop there. PPF cut waste by eliminating 10.2% of unnecessary bulk production, saving 22 tons of cost. Agility improved across plants, markets, and customers. The solution scaled quickly across 12 factories, 10 countries, and 35 markets.

The Bottom Line

Your legacy planning system was the right choice at the time. However, the world has changed, and many companies have reached the same plateau as PPF.

ketteQ’s PolymatiQ™ helps you break through. Seamlessly layering in with your existing tools like Kinaxis delivers unlimited scenarios, adaptive solving, and rapid ROI —without the disruption of ripping and replacing.

Kinaxis got you here.. PolymatiQ™ breaks the ceiling.

Want to learn more? Read The Guide to Maximizing Kinaxis Value with ketteQ's PolymatiQ™ AI Engine.