Kawasaki Engines and Power Products Division Selects Baxter Planning Systems for Parts Planning
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Engines & Power Products Division of Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A., which recently announced a distributor and dealer service-oriented change to its warehousing and distribution system, has indicated it will be relying on software from Baxter Planning Systems, Inc. to help manage the new process.
The software - Prophet by Baxter - is a software-as-a-service solution to support Kawasaki’s parts, power products and engine distribution business.
Kawasaki will use Prophet to forecast inventory purchases, determine warehouse stocking levels and initiate inventory replenishment and re-balancing of inventory between stocking locations. The Baxter system will also automate the planning for Kawasaki’s large OEM and distributor customers by aggregating common part orders and facilitating drop-ship orders direct to suppliers.
The implementation of this new software service coincides with Kawasaki’s announcement that the company has engaged UPS to warehouse and ship all of its parts, power products and engines. [...]
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