Why the Smartest Kinaxis Users Add ketteQ’s PolymatiQ™ on Top

What separates the world’s leading supply chains from the rest isn’t the supply chain planning platform they chose years ago; it’s how they enhance it today.

Your legacy supply chain planning system remains a strong foundation for visibility and structure. But even the best legacy systems need a boost in today’s environment of volatility, disruption, and speed. That’s where ketteQ’s PolymatiQ™ AI Engine comes in. By running on top of your legacy system, PolymatiQ™ uses advanced AI to run thousands of scenarios in real time maximizing value delivery and ROI while giving your supply chain the adaptability and intelligence it needs to thrive.

Enhancer, Not Replacement

PolymatiQ™ isn’t about starting over. It’s about extending the life and value of the system you already trust. Think of it as a high-performance upgrade; an AI engine that respects your legacy planning foundation but pushes past its natural limits.

A simple analogy clarifies this: your HVAC system (Kinaxis) does its job. But add a smart thermostat (PolymatiQ™), and suddenly the whole system works harder and smarter. It adapts in real time, anticipates needs, reduces waste, and saves money month after month.

PolymatiQ™ does the same for your legacy planning system. It adds:

• AI-powered scenario modeling with thousands of possibilities, not just a few capped ones.

• Probabilistic, multi-pass solving instead of single-pass answers.

• Real-time adaptability to disruption and volatility.

• Measurable financial impact on utilization, margins, and service levels.

The result is a supply chain that performs at a higher level, maximizing the ROI of your legacy planning system without the disruption of ripping and replacing.

Proof from Partner in Pet Food

Consider the experience of Partner in Pet Food (PPF). After years of investment in Kinaxis, their system plateaued at 88% capacity utilization. Consultants couldn’t raise the results, and the company couldn’t afford the cost and risk of a rip-and-replace.

With ketteQ’s PolymatiQ™ on top of Kinaxis, PPF broke through in weeks. In just 4–5 weeks, their first plant went live, utilization jumped by over 13% and waste dropped by 22 tons. The rollout quickly scaled to 12 factories across 10 countries and 35 markets.

What made the difference was AI. PolymatiQ™ generated thousands of scenarios in real time, giving PPF planners a broader spectrum of options and the intelligence to act faster.

In short: PolymatiQ™ maximized the value delivered from their legacy planning system while unlocking ROI in weeks, not years.

As CEO, Gerald Kühr explained:

“We’d been trying to get good results from the existing planning solution for three years.  ketteQ’s PolymatiQ™ provides exactly what we need: real-time intelligence, seamless integration, and the flexibility to scale with our growth.

Beyond PPF: Other Proof Points

PPF isn’t alone. Other legacy planning system customers have achieved breakthrough results by enhancing their legacy supply chain planning systems with PolymatiQ™.

• Alliance Consumer Group (ACG): Automated promise dates in Salesforce, improved forecasts, and reduced fire drills. COO Phil Laster summed it up:

“We spent years and millions trying to make our old tools do things they were never designed to do. With ketteQ on top, we broke through those barriers in weeks.”

• NCR: Improved promise dates, increased revenue, and better on-time delivery by deploying PolymatiQ™ on top of Salesforce and Kinaxis.

• Johnson Controls and Carrier: Both global leaders in HVAC and refrigeration leveraged PolymatiQ™ to improve parts planning, increase service levels, and grow revenue—without adding more complexity.

• Cosmetica Labs and Trimble: Each enhanced their planning foundation with PolymatiQ™, delivering faster forecasts, more accurate replenishment, and higher adoption among planners.

These companies proved the same point: PolymatiQ™ doesn’t replace your investment; it multiplies its value and maximizes ROI.

Why It Works

PolymatiQ™ works because it was designed for today’s supply chain realities. Unlike deterministic, single-pass systems, it leverages AI-driven, probabilistic, multi-pass solving to explore thousands of possibilities in real time.

This allows planners and executives to make decisions based on a full spectrum of outcomes, not just one answer. And because it can be deployed in weeks with minimal IT lift, results arrive fast and scale easily across networks, plants, and markets.

The outcome is measurable: higher utilization, lower waste, more substantial margins, and better service levels maximizing value delivery and ROI from your legacy supply chain planning system.

The Takeaway

Your legacy planning system remains a strong foundation. But in today’s volatile environment, companies that rely on status quo planning systems alone risk hitting a ceiling.

ketteQ’s PolymatiQ™ breaks through that ceiling. It enhances legacy systems with unlimited scenarios, adaptive solving, and rapid ROI maximizing value delivery from your existing investment and delivering transformative results in weeks, not years.

Kinaxis got you here. PolymatiQ™ takes you further.

Ready to learn more? Read The Guide to Maximizing Kinaxis Value Capture with ketteQ’s PolymatiQ™ AI Engine on Top