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Gather 4 Clues to Find the Mystery Roadmap Item
The end of the year is fast approaching, and in the UK this usually means lots of quizzes (now done virtually, as opposed to at the pub). In June, I did a quiz about the Extensions, but many things have changed since then—so here is a new one for you to polish your knowledge about those products, as well as to discover an…
Anaplan—2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice
The Anaplan team is thrilled to announce that we have been recognized as the only vendor in the 2020 Gartner Peer Insights 'Voice of the Customer': Sales Performance Management (SPM). View the Anaplan for Sales page on Gartner Peer Insights. As noted in the report, over the past 12 months, Anaplan received 50 published…
Supply Chain Planning: The Power of Co-Creation
With the world changing at a faster pace than ever before, the need for organizations to be able to react quickly is drastically increasing. This impacts the way we design our business processes. In the complex environments of today, it is not enough to just have processes in place without system support. This was exactly…
Using the U.S.E.R. Methodology to Move to the UX
Anaplan’s UX is a great feature that can be used to condense multiple dashboards into meaningful apps and pages. I see this as a huge improvement to users' overall experience of the product. By taking an example of a simple case study, I'll explain how to use the new U.S.E.R. methodology to move from Classic to UX. Case…
Anaplan Live!—Your Opinion Matters!
The team is energized on the heels of this year's CPX, and we're moving quickly to bring you even more valuable content to support you in your Anaplan journey. Planning is under way for Anaplan Live!—an event with you specifically in mind, the Anaplan model builder. Anaplan Live! is a two-day online experience packed with…
How I Became an Anaplan Addict
Anaplan was not even a blip on technology’s radar when I started college, and I never could have predicted the seriousness of my ultimate relationship with the company and platform. I started out as a nerdy auditor at one of the top accounting firms in the country. While I hate to admit my age, this was a time when a MAC…
Designing a Better Upgrade Experience: How Customers Helped
As a Master Anaplanner and the Extensions product manager at Anaplan, I'm excited to share today lessons learned from building a better Anaplan product, how our users have contributed to our decision making, and how you can apply those principles as a model builder for your community of Anaplan users. In August we launched…
HEC Paris Students Augment Anaplan’s Internal Sales Performance Management Tool
HEC Paris Batiment Building—copyright HEC ParisA few months ago, we were lucky to meet three HEC Paris students who wanted to try their hand at the Anaplan platform by improving the Sales Performance Management tool we use internally. HEC Paris is one of the world's best business schools and a leader in research and…
Anaplan Groups: Further Your CPX Journey!
DigitalCPX—Anaplan’s global conference dedicated to operationalizing enterprise performance—continues this week. We’ve already heard amazing announcements, dived deep into Connected Planning concepts and principles, and explored the impact of today’s technological advancements on our businesses now and into the future.…
Announcing Predictive Insights Community Content
Anaplan’s Predictive Insights helps businesses optimize their sales team’s performance by connecting enterprise and market data with predictive scoring at scale to deliver actionable planning insights. With how-to guides and step-by-step tutorials, the new Predictive Insights section in Community helps Predictive Insights…
Excel Add-in Q&A —with Master Anaplanner Sonal Tripathi
We're back this month with more from Master Anaplanner Sonal Tripathi, talking about the how the Excel Add-in was helpful in solving two key problems for admins and end users. From saving time to running sanity checks, Sonal's team recognizes some key benefits of the Add-in and is already considering more opportunities in…
Community Update: September 2020
Things are heating up for DigitalCPX 2020! But, before we attend the "only global conference dedicated to operationalizing enterprise performance," let's take a look at what's new in the Community and what to expect during CPX month. Community Highlight Academy, Anaplan Live!, & Participation Badges August was all about…
Anaplan’s UX: Changing the Way Companies Plan
"Hold on, I'll have to call you back. The model needs to update with those changes we just entered, and it's going to be a while before we can see the results." Does this sound familiar? Countless businesses across the globe are dealing with these inefficiencies within existing planning processes. This leads to untold…
Anaplan Academy Wins Brandon-Hall Award!
Anaplan Academy is excited to share that we have won a Bronze Brandon-Hall Excellence Award in the category of Best Advance in Custom Content! Brandon Hall Group is a research and analyst firm and the premier thought-leader in learning and development, human resources, performance management, etc. The award recognizes…
Five Lesser Known Features of the UX
The release last year of the Anaplan UX was one of the largest and most eagerly anticipated product updates that Anaplan has seen. In the months since the first public UX release, we have seen hundreds of updates to the UX with extra features being delivered on an almost daily basis. Some of these new features will be…
Anaplan in the Classroom Paves the Way for Future Connected Planning Practices
Professor Kaushik Ghatak is teaching the business value of IT and supply chain management to graduate and undergraduate students at the Singapore Management University (SMU) Business School. He is using the Anaplan Connected Planning platform in the classroom, through Anaplan’s University Connect program, to help inspire…
New Anaplan Solution Architect Certification
Anaplan Academy is proud to announce the availability of the Anaplan Solution Architect Certification. This certification recognizes candidates who have extensive and proven knowledge of how to build and design models leveraging the latest Anaplan Best Practices. The Solution Architect Certification is an advanced level…
Utilizing the Anaplan Academy to Support Your Journey
As the days get shorter and schools are back in session, it’s a great opportunity to further invest in yourself and explore the offerings in the Anaplan Academy. Between the certifications, exams, and individual offerings, the Anaplan Academy has been a valuable resource to augment my growth as an Anaplan consultant. For…
Releasing the Anaplan Add-in for Excel 4.0
The Anaplan Add-in for Excel is key for many Anaplan users, helping their business processes for reporting and ad-hoc analysis. We’ve made it even easier to take advantage of the Excel Add-in, with a seamless experience from installation to support. Version 4.0 makes it easier for anyone to install and upgrade the Excel…
Dynamic and Agile While Reducing Cost and Effort
Rapid deployment of financial technology has been at the forefront of digital-first organizations. The issues with legacy technologies have never been more apparent in the light of this year’s rapidly changing environment’s financial impact. How long will it take to build a usable application that handles the company’s…
Community Update: August 2020
We’re back, and we've consolidated Community highlights from July—just for you, in one convenient place! Also, check out the sneak peek at what's coming next month, and then let us know what stood out to you in the comments. Community Highlight Anaplan Groups Change is in the air. Anaplan’s User Groups program is…
Scale with Anaplan: Tenet 1—Modeling That Spans Multiple Use Cases
In part two of the scalability blog series, we’re taking a closer look at the first important tenet—modeling that spans multiple use cases. Before we dive deeper, let’s recap what differentiates Anaplan from other planning technology offerings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IA4JsZaBN8 Anaplan combines elements of…
Testing the Anaplan Office Add-Ins and Your Models — Featuring Technical Lead Eddie Dvorak
Our engineering team develops the Anaplan Add-ins for Excel and PowerPoint. This team is primarily composed of developers and quality assurance engineers who write and test the code behind the add-ins. This month, we're sharing insights from Anaplan Technical Lead @edvard_dvorak to illustrate how we test our products…
Anaplan Solutions That Helped Our Planning
Spaulding Ridge, a global professional services firm with over 165 employees worldwide, kicked off our digital transformation journey internally at the start of the year. The main three components of this journey included replacing our ERP system with NetSuite, developing a series of Anaplan use cases, and improving our…
Connected Planning: How Do We Get There?
The term “Connected Planning” embodies the potential power and value-add the Anaplan platform can provide to organizations of all sizes. What is Connected Planning? It means connecting parts of the business that would not traditionally speak to each other, creating faster decision-making processes, and allows for a full…
Connection: The Road to Anaplan
Anaplanners are, by nature, a unique group of curious, tenacious, problem-solvers—dedicated to a technology that is designed to be agile and resilient. Anaplan connects communities of people with data to enhance and optimize decision-making capabilities. And speaking of connections, that's exactly how Madison Marino began…
You've Earned It: New and Improved Community Badges are Here
As an engaged member of the Anaplan Community, you deserve to be rewarded and recognized. After all, you help make the Community flourish. Badges are a visual representation of your dedication and commitment to making the Community a valuable resource to Anaplanners everywhere. Be proud—you’ve earned it! To show our…
Real-time Insights for Pharma Commercial Business Leaders
Today’s healthcare landscape is a challenging one, and commercial business leaders in the pharma/biopharma industry are realizing they need to both respond to the urgent challenges of today and innovate so they are ready for the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow. Successful commercial business leaders have been…
The 3 Pillars of Connected Planning: Part 3⁠—Plans
In the first part of “The 3 Pillars of Connected Planning” series, the Community team spoke with Chief Planning Officer Simon Tucker about the importance of the 'people' pillar of Connected Planning and the need for a cultural shift within an organization. In part two, we took a look at the 'data' pillar and what companies…
Community Update: July 2020
Welcome to the inaugural Community Update—July edition. In this blog series, we're bringing you all the latest Community updates and a look at what's coming soon. We know you're busy, so enjoy this quick view of what's new and subscribe to get real-time updates! Community Highlight Anaplan Access for Independent Learners…