Enterprise DNA

Instead of Kinaxis Maestro

Stop renting Kinaxis for a monthly meeting. Own your S&OP system.

Book 30 minutes with Sam. Bring last month's S&OP pack and your Kinaxis renewal. We look at which planning work your team actually does each month, which parts of the suite it uses, and what your own version would cost to build and run. One setup fee, then a monthly retainer, and the system and the records are yours.

Kinaxis publishes no price for Maestro: it is sold by private quote, with modules, users and planning scope setting the figure. Independent estimates put it well into six figures a year before implementation. Your renewal is the number that counts.

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What the Kinaxis bill covers

A concurrent planning engine, priced by private quote

Kinaxis Maestro, formerly RapidResponse, plans demand, supply, capacity and inventory across every part and site in one engine. That is real work for a global supply chain. Many mid-sized firms pay for it and use it for one monthly conversation at family level.

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A private quote, not a price list

There is no public price. Modules, users and the size of what you plan shape the quote, so the renewal is hard to compare with anything else.

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Part-level planning you may not run

Bills of materials, every part, every site, planned concurrently. If your monthly meeting looks at twenty to two hundred product families, most of that engine sits idle.

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Seats for the people in the room

Sales, operations, finance and the managing director all need to see the plan. A suite licensed by user or scope makes the meeting itself a cost.

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Implementation and integration

Connecting the engine to your systems and keeping it fed is a project of its own, usually with a partner, before the first meeting runs on it.

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Workbooks someone has to maintain

The views your team reads each month are configured inside the product. A change to how you run the cycle waits for someone who knows how to change them.

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The spreadsheet that still runs the meeting

Many planning teams still pull the family view into a spreadsheet for the pack. The suite feeds the meeting; it does not run it.

Your own S&OP system

The five-step monthly cycle, answered from one database

Demand review

One agreed number, and who agreed it

Statistical, sales and consensus forecasts side by side for every family and month.

  • check Sales against statistical, with the differences over 10% called out
  • check Consensus against budget for every month in the horizon
  • check Consensus signed off by a named person before supply review
  • check Forecast bias by family over the last three months, from what actually shipped

Supply review

See what does not balance before the meeting

Projected stock, months of cover and line load worked out from the consensus and the supply plan.

  • check Families that run short, fall below target cover or carry too much
  • check Line hours planned against hours available, shutdowns included
  • check What-if on demand, supply or line hours, nothing saved until you decide
  • check Last month's plan carried forward as this month's starting point

Executive meeting

Decisions with owners, not slides

The executive pack is written from the records, and what the meeting decides is recorded against the cycle.

  • check Gap to budget by month, never mixing currencies
  • check The two or three decisions the meeting has to make
  • check Every decision with an owner and a due date, overdue ones raised the next Monday
  • check Assumptions behind the plan, each with a date to check it again

Your records

The plan, the trail and the paperwork stay yours

Every change records who made it, the number before and after, and the evidence given.

  • check A branded executive pack and a plan sheet for every family
  • check Read-only dashboards for the week, the balance and forecast accuracy
  • check Record checks for sign-offs, missing actuals and families without a price
  • check Every record exportable whenever you want it

Make it yours

Design your own Kinaxis Maestro replacement

Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Kinaxis Maestro. Try it here, and we build the real one.

2. What it runs

3. Make it fit

4. Your colour

Your business · your Kinaxis Maestro replacement Your version
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Answered from your own database

Build my version

We build it from the open-source base, bring your Kinaxis Maestro data across and run it for you.

What it looks like

Ask it like you would ask a colleague

Real answers from the demo data that ships with S&OP for Claude Code. It runs in Claude Code inside the Claude app, so it feels like any chat you already use.

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S&OP for Claude Code

Connected to your own database

How far is our plan from the budget, month by month?

2026-11

Currency
NZD
Plan_units
15500
Budget_units
16500
Plan_revenue
811000
Budget_revenue
853000
Gap
-42000
Families_without_consensus
1

2026-12

Currency
NZD
Plan_units
16700
Budget_units
17500
Plan_revenue
882000
Budget_revenue
913000
Gap
-31000
Families_without_consensus
1

2027-01

Currency
NZD
Plan_units
19200
Budget_units
19000
Plan_revenue
1023500
Budget_revenue
1003000
Gap
20500
Families_without_consensus
1

2027-02

Currency
NZD
Plan_units
18900
Budget_units
18000
Plan_revenue
998500
Budget_revenue
943000
Gap
55500
Families_without_consensus
1

2027-03

Currency
NZD
Plan_units
16600
Budget_units
16000
Plan_revenue
862000
Budget_revenue
823000
Gap
39000
Families_without_consensus
2

2027-04

Currency
NZD
Plan_units
15700
Budget_units
16000
Plan_revenue
816000
Budget_revenue
823000
Gap
-7000
Families_without_consensus
2

Ask it anything

Ten questions your S&OP system answers

Working examples on the demo records. Your answers come from your own families, lines and budget.

chat_bubble How far is the consensus plan from the budget, month by month?
chat_bubble Which families fall below their target cover, and from which month?
chat_bubble Which lines are over capacity, and is it a shutdown or real demand?
chat_bubble Which families have we over- or under-forecast for three months running?
chat_bubble Where do sales and the statistical forecast disagree by more than 10%?
chat_bubble If the promotion lifts 500 ml sauce 15% and we build to match, does line 1 cope?
chat_bubble What if line 2 gets 50% more hours in the shutdown month?
chat_bubble Which decisions from last month's executive meeting are still open past their date?
chat_bubble Which assumptions behind this plan have not been checked since they were made?
chat_bubble Who changed the consensus, from what, to what, and on what evidence?

Switching

How to switch from Kinaxis Maestro

A move usually involves exporting the family-level monthly planning view, mapping and checking the records, then running both systems side by side before you switch.

  1. 1

    Export the planning view

    Export the family-level monthly view used in your S&OP pack to CSV, if your Maestro account allows it. Confirm the export route with Kinaxis if you are unsure. Include one row per family, month and measure, with consensus, statistical and sales forecasts, the supply plan and shipment history. Gather opening stock, line hours and the budget from your own records.

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    Load a test run

    Have the import run without saving first. It maps forecast and shipment measures by name, so check that your exported columns and measure names are clear. The test run shows what would load and what would be skipped. Review that result before you load the records for real.

  3. 3

    Review import findings

    Check every skipped measure and every changed value before proceeding. Measures the import does not recognise are skipped, not guessed. A changed number stops the import until you approve replacing the existing value. Resolve anything you do not expect, and confirm the records look right before relying on them for a planning cycle.

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    Run both side by side

    Keep Kinaxis Maestro available while you run a short period in the new system. Compare the family-level forecasts, supply plan and shipment history, then review the resulting stock, line load and plan against budget with your team. Use the same planning period and records in both systems so differences are easier to investigate.

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    Switch off Kinaxis Maestro

    Once your team has checked the new system through the planning period and is ready to use it for the monthly cycle, agree a final cutover date. Confirm that the records you need are in the new database and that the team knows where to run its reviews and prepare its meeting pack. Then end your use of Kinaxis Maestro.

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Where the real effort goes

Most of the work is mapping your column and measure names, checking your own planning rules, and deciding how much history to bring across. The standard import covers the family-level monthly view, while opening stock, line hours and budget come from your own records. If Enterprise DNA installs and runs it for you, Enterprise DNA handles this mapping and migration work.

Not ready for a call?

Get your Kinaxis Maestro switch plan by email

We will send you the step-by-step plan for moving your business off Kinaxis Maestro, what the move really involves, and how we would do it for you.

One email with your plan. No spam, and you can unsubscribe any time.

Three ways to own it

Start free, have it customised or have it run for you

Open source

Do it yourself

Free, open source

  1. 1 Clone the repo and run npm install
  2. 2 Run npm run demo to see a fictional sauce maker's cycle
  3. 3 Open the folder in Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or Cursor
  4. 4 Export your family-level Kinaxis view to CSV and test the import first
Get it on GitHub

Built around your business

We customise it

One setup fee, then a retainer for ongoing work

  • check Your families, lines, cycle dates and cover targets
  • check Your Kinaxis exports mapped, loaded and reconciled with you
  • check Connections to your ERP and finance system for actuals and budget
  • check Screens for the meeting room, or a different technology stack, if you want them
Get your version built

Omni by Enterprise DNA

We run it for you

One setup fee, then a retainer

  • check Installed and operated through Omni by Enterprise DNA
  • check Actuals and stock loaded on a schedule from your systems
  • check The demand review and executive packs prepared each month
  • check Your rules and reports kept current as the business changes
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Questions

Instead of Kinaxis Maestro, answered

How much does Kinaxis cost? expand_more

Kinaxis does not publish a price. Maestro is sold by private quote, and the modules, users and planning scope you choose set the figure. Independent estimates put it well into six figures a year before implementation. Bring your renewal to the call and we compare it with what your monthly cycle actually needs.

Does this replace everything Kinaxis does? expand_more

No, and it does not try to. It plans at product family and line level, which is where the monthly S&OP meeting works. It does not plan every part, explode bills of materials or schedule the factory floor. If you need concurrent part-level planning across many sites, keep the engine. If you mostly use it to run the monthly meeting, this is built for that.

What can we bring across from Kinaxis? expand_more

The family-level monthly view most teams already pull out for the S&OP pack: consensus, statistical and sales forecasts, the supply plan and shipment history. We map your columns and measure names, do a test run, and show you what was loaded and what was skipped. Opening stock, line hours and the budget come from your own records.

Who decides, the system or the meeting? expand_more

The meeting. The system works out the balance, line load, gap and scenarios, and writes the pack. It records a decision only when someone says it was made, with an owner and a due date. It never changes your ERP or places an order.

What does the switch cost? expand_more

The free version has no licence fee; running it has its own hosting and usage costs. For the version we build and run, Enterprise DNA agrees one setup fee, then a monthly retainer, after the 30-minute review. No seats, so everyone in the meeting can use it.

Bring last month's S&OP pack

Book 30 minutes with Sam. We look at how your monthly cycle runs, what you pay for the planning suite behind it and which records you would move, then show you what your own version would look like and cost to run. If it fits, we build it. If not, take the free version.

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S&OP for Claude Code is free and open source, published by Enterprise DNA.

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