Get an insight into what makes Anaplan a top-chosen platform when it comes to getting your business planning truly connected.
Anaplan connects teams, their plans and data across all levels and functions to get a Connected Planning process running flawlessly throughout the business
Anaplan does away with hundreds of Excel© documents and thousands of Excel© tabs and creates a connected cloud-based platform. Now any change to a cell immediately and automatically recalculates all associated cells throughout the model.
Anaplan is a precise solution for single micro-processes such as Promo planning, bigger integral processes such as S&OP and FP&A, and a comprehensive IBP tool for the whole organization
The platform is supported and developed by business users, not consultants. All system updates and applications from the Anaplan Hub are always free
Anaplan can expand beyond the company borders to loop in external partners like suppliers, agencies, clients into the planning process on a single joint platform
Seamlessly embeddable Machine Learning enabled models opens extensive possibilities for better forecasting and optimization.
And integrated capabilities of Optimizer© by Anaplan, leveraging leaner optimization methods, aid in finding an optimal allocation on budgets, costs, materials etc. based on set criteria.
In 2022, Anaplan was ranked for the first time as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supply Chain Planning Solutions. As a result, more than 1300 companies worldwide have chosen Anaplan to transform and evolve their planning processes.
Large and fast-growing organizations use the Anaplan planning platform in every business function to make informed decisions and drive faster, more effective planning processes.
Sales planning by territory and other quotas
Start planning at the most detailed level: customer, city or sales manager or vice versa: set targets at country or channel level – each level can be created and linked in Anaplan
Manage your promotional calendar by creating and experimenting with event scenarios, selecting the best areas for investment, and coordinating promotions without leaving Anaplan.
Customer conditions, discounts, bonuses and compensations planning
Management of the entire cycle of new product development and launch, from product concept development, production planning, sales, advertising and promotional budgets, to the preparation of the full P&L of the innovation.
An end-to-end S&OP process management with unified data, plans and analytics – another step toward maturity of this pivotal business process
From sales plan to ordering raw materials and packaging based on current recipes with the ability to calculate production costs. Inventory management of finished goods, taking into account safety stocks, delivery times and agreed minimum batches at each stage from production to the shelf
More than 30 statistical forecasting algorithms are in integrated in Anaplan and seamlessly embeddable ML-enabled forecasting models
Calculation and planning of warehouse and transport logistics costs based on the current sales and movement plan with the option of flexible scenario planning
Multiple budgets management – starting from simple bottom-up template consolidation to complex CAPEX models with a various scenario planning
Operational data-integrated financial plans & forecasts, including reports based on a selected calculation methodology. Decisions modelling and evaluation process. Creation of a unified information base for informed and balanced decision-making
Linked strategic, annual and tactical plans with “what-if” analysis on all planned expenditures. Precisely adjusted processes of planning and analysis for expenditures with deep hands-on knowledge for continuous improvement
Management of the budgeting process, analyzing the feasibility of each expense item to optimize those that do not create significant value for the business.
A truly integrated planning process based on the creation and management of a single database for effective business planning, as well as a clear process for sequencing key planning processes and managing decision-making roles
A strategy model with a scenario planning and business simulation and an integration with Annual and Operation models
Various HR planning tasks starting from standard workforce planning to more sophisticated solutions like ramp-up planning, talent management, bonus & compensation planning
Enables viewing the business through the prism of strategic projects, to see their impact on all parts of the business, such as production, supplies, sales, human resources, and finances
Starting off with just on planning process, the platform easily expands to new adjacent ones to create truly connected planning in a single platform with a single licensing policy. That is what makes Anaplan unique and different.
Anaplan enables structuring and consolidation of data and information wherever they are - in voluminous Excel© and Access© documents or in corporate systems. You can integrate all master data, processes and people into a single planning platform for the entire business.
Anaplan is helping companies run their existing business processes simpler, faster and more cost-efficiently. Its customers see significant change across core business metrics with Anaplan, which gets further reflected in positive business results.