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It’s in our DNA, this is what it all started – IT platforms. We carefully select renowned or emerging platforms across the globe which work to simplify, speed up and eventually advance planning and business management so the business can focus on making decisions, not excuses.

Anaplan

Goodness, explained in short

Get an insight into what makes Anaplan a top-chosen platform when it comes to getting your business planning truly connected.

Great unifier

Anaplan connects teams, their plans and data across all levels and functions to get an Integrated Planning process running flawlessly throughout the business

SuperExcel in clouds

Anaplan eliminates hundreds of Excel© docs and thousands of Excel© tabs into a solid connected cloud-based platform. Now any change to any cell instantly cascades through all models and results are recalculated on the fly

For Big and Small

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

DIY

The platform is supported and developed by business users, not consultants. All system updates and applications from the Anaplan Hub are always free

Going beyond

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

Brainy one

Intellectual capabilities of Optimizer© by Anaplan aid in finding an optimal decision based on set criteria. Get your budgets, resources, RMPs split optimally in a click

Globally recognized

Anaplan is in the league of the best and fastest growing cloud companies in the world which makes it an easy choice for the biggest global companies

One of the World’s Best Cloud Companies

Anaplan was named on the 2018 edition of the Forbes Cloud 100 list, the definitive list of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world

Leader in the Gartner rating

Anaplan was recognized as a Leader in the 2018 Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis Gartner Magic Quadrant

Chosen by the he best

Anaplan is used by 200 out of 1000 biggest companies worldwide

One of the World’s Best Cloud Companies

Anaplan was named on the 2018 edition of the Forbes Cloud 100 list, the definitive list of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world

Leader in the Gartner rating

Anaplan was recognized as a Leader in the 2018 Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis Gartner Magic Quadrant

Chosen by the he best

Anaplan is used by 200 out of 1000 biggest companies worldwide

Holistic solution

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.

Click on each to explore Anaplan’s use cases

SALES

Sales, Territory, Quota planning

A top-down and bottom-up sales planning across channels, territories and people

Promo management

Promo calendar management with promo scenarios and an embedded promo approval process in one interconnected model

Commercial conditions and Compensations

Customer conditions, discounts, bonuses and compensations planning

New Product Development

Management of a full cycle of New Product Development – starting from the concept stage to production, sales and promo planning up to a full P&L for the launch

SUPPLY CHAIN

S&OP

An end-to-end S&OP process management with unified data, plans and analytics

Material & Inventory management

A detailed bill of materials planning with COGS calculation material needs on each point from supplier to goods on the shelf using safety stocks, lead times and MOQs

Production and Capacity planning

Draft capacities in scenarios with risks and opportunities

Logistics

Delivery and warehousing costs calculations, transport management

FINANCE

Classic FP&A

Multiple budgets management – starting from simple bottom-up template consolidation to complex CAPEX models with a various scenario planning

Revenue & Profit planning

Operational data-integrated financial plans & forecasts, including reports based on a selected calculation methodology. Decisions modelling and evaluation process. Decisions knowledge management

OpEx and CapEx planning

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

Zero-based budgeting

Models rationalizing costs against benefits. Decisions packages synthesizing and a rating tool

CORPORATE MANAGEMENT

IBP Orchestration

A truly integrated planning process carried out by leveraging a common data hub, workflow and roles management

Strategic planning

A strategy model with a scenario planning and business simulation and an integration with Annual and Operation models

Workforce planning

Various HR planning tasks starting from standard workforce planning to more sophisticated solutions like ramp-up planning, talent management, bonus & compensation planning

Project portfolio planning

Connecting a project portfolio based on scenario planning with other models like production, sourcing, sales, workforce and finance models

Anaplan is different

Anaplan allows for the structuring of massive Excel© and Access© files. You can unify and integrate all master data, processes and people together in a single model for your organization.

Simple & Intuitive

No need to manage any in-house infrastructure
Any change to the model can be made on the fly by your local teams

Connected & Transparent

Anaplan smoothly integrates into your current IT infrastructure, enriching it, without disturbing
The platform connects fragmented data, disjoint processes and dispersed teams in your business into a single connected model
It links Operational planning with Financial and Strategic planning
The platform brings transparency for top management via dashboards. Deep, intuitive and detailed drill-down capabilities is the strength of the platform
Automated model visualization and logic documentation helps to have a transparent and open model

Easy to work with

It takes about 8-10 weeks to implement one use case for your business
We involve your team from the very beginning, co-create and teach them so that later you can make changes and create models yourself
It does not take a Math Phd to work and model in Anaplan. All technical aspects of the system are invisible for your extended teams and modelers

Powerful & Productive

Anaplan’s platform boasts the world’s most powerful and flexible modeling and calculation engine, called Hyperblock™
This in-memory engine enables the creation of detailed planning models that utilize all your data down to the transactional level (product SKU, stores, employees, etc.)
Once you make a change to any cell in Anaplan, data is recalculated across all models on the fly
The platform capacity allows you to work with almost unlimited models with millions of cells and thousands of users working simultaneously

Cost Efficient

The total cost of ownership is considerably low and transparent for the client from the very beginning. There are no hidden costs
With Anaplan, you spend NOTHING on hardware, new versions, or administration
Unlike many other systems, you always get upgraded versions for free once they get released
Anaplan Service Level Agreement (SLA) guarantees a 99,95% service availability all year long which is included in the subscription. In-house solutions cannot provide a comparable level of performance for the same cost

Safe & Secure

Anaplan has been recognized by the largest companies all over the world like Unilever, HP, Walmart, Tata Steel, Sky, PwC and many others
The highest security standards are guaranteed on every level – from physical access to data centers to web transfer encryptions

Results that matter

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