Connected Planning

Planning an organization’s workforce while considering internal and external factors
"Operating and planning a business is like solving a complex puzzle: an organization can have all the correct pieces for its business but at the end of the day, the right people are required to put it all together." Check out recent blog from @Brett.Francis on Planning for a Company’s Most Valuable Asset—its…
Sales Planning Meets Production Planning
Planning complexity in manufacturing and order fulfillment stems from the attempt to “fit” forecasted demand with available production machines while hoping to leverage an algorithm that will provide the best “**** for the buck.” This algorithm normally incorporates Level 2 production machine metrics like run-rate, machine…
On-demand Webinar on Strategic Workforce Planning: “Mind the Gap” – the Workforce and Skills Gap
“Mind the Gap” – the Workforce and Skills Gap: Join Philippa Johnston and Trachelle Hart for a deep dive into #StrategicWorkforcePlanning at Queensland Rail.They'll discuss how they identified upcoming workforce gaps and their strategies for closing these to minimize impact on services and CapEx projects. Link…
Happy New Year From Our Family to Yours!
In 2021, we'll work to turn challenges into opportunities and drive transformative change! We'll fill the year with new ideas, bold plans, and big accomplishments. The new year is here, and we’re kicking it off by celebrating with you. From the Anaplan family to you, Happy New Year!…
The Age of Anaplan
You have probably heard this at least once recently from a co-worker, a friend, or maybe even a heartfelt marketing email from your favorite big-box retailer: “We are living in unprecedented times.” While that is definitely true, the reality is that our businesses often face unprecedented disruptions and changes. Now more…
Headcount Alignment Executive Summary
Overview Anaplan has had challenges getting our finance, human resources, and sales team on the same page of what our headcount is and what our headcount is forecasted to be in order to hit our revenue targets. We struggled to understand where requisitions were in the cycle and how many were currently open. We built a…
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…
Will you join us to hear from St Joseph's University? Live Webinar at 2pm
Please join us at 2pm Eastern today to see first-hand how Saint Joseph's University leverages Anaplan
How to leverage user access: Anaplan (Planning) and Business Intelligence (Reporting)
NY User Group Members, One of the more common questions we get as a Customer Success team is how to optimize the use the Anaplan platform with a Business Intelligence platform (or in some cases, a simple tool). This question comes in many forms – e.g.: * Why use Anaplan when we already have X visualization tool? * How do I…
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…
Scale With Anaplan: The 3 Tenets of Planning at Scale
As organizations evolve and expand to serve a growing number of use cases, customers, and employees, scalability—the ability to support greater demand without impacting performance—is critical to success. Yet, with many traditional point or on-premises planning tools that operate in silos, scalability can appear as an…
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…
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…
Delivering Successfully in the 'New Normal'
The dog needs a walk, the kids are hungry, and your boss is calling—this is our 'new normal.' As we navigate new and challenging environments, our ways of working and how we conduct business need to be examined under the lens of these shifting circumstances. While working remotely is not new for some of us—you may have had…
Using Data and Technology to Create Value in Your Organization
We are living in disruptive times driven by uncertainty, volatility, and ambiguity. People tend to forget quickly, but looking back, disruptive events are increasing over time. Remember the real estate crisis in the ’90s and the .com bubble in early 2000? What about the events of 9/11 and the financial crisis in 2008? And…
Starting an Anaplan Center of Excellence
A Center of Excellence (CoE) can be a daunting undertaking, especially if you have a full Connected Planning vision on the horizon. While the vision may be big, the first steps are small and consistent to ensure you are involving the right people early enough to set yourself up for success. Let this be that guide to your…
Connected Planning Helps Prepare Organizations for Success
As the COVID-19 landscape continues to evolve, Anaplan leaders are here to support businesses through this new normal. Thoughtful planning and decision-making are even more critical for the long-term success of organizations everywhere. Today, we’re talking to more Anaplan leaders to share perspectives on navigating…
Higher Education—Managing Forecasts in Uncertain Times
Recent changes to all sectors of business and society in the U.S. have been swift and sometimes devastating. Colleges and universities, in particular, are experiencing a total collapse of their business models, rendering first quarter financial forecasts virtually useless. But institutions that use Anaplan Connected…
Connected Planning Supports Success in Uncertainty
COVID-19 has forever changed the planning landscape for organizations. In this blog series, we're teaming up with Anaplan leaders to share their perspectives on the long-term impact and new normal of business today. In this installment, Anaplan's Chief Planning Officer Simon Tucker shares his guidance and thought…
Is Anaplan’s New User Experience Right for My Organization?
If you attended Anaplan's CPX conference last year, you've probably already heard about and seen Anaplan's New User Experience (New UX). After seeing a demo or two of what is possible with the New UX, you are likely wondering, “what else do I need to know before implementing the New UX?” To help shed light on this, we've…
The Advent of Sales Planning Natives: Why “Set It & Forget It” No Longer Works
Generational studies and paradigms capture the interest of theorists, sociologists, and writers, and more recent research has examined implications of generational influences in workplace skills, motivation, and management. Several years ago, significant analyses were placed on millennials—more specifically, their…
The Anaplan Planual—A Sales Perspective
The Anaplan Planual is an incredible document, designed to ensure customer success. If you’re not familiar with this series of best practices, you’re missing out! Take some time to check out the Planual today. So what exactly is the Planual? It’s is a series of best practices developed by the Anaplan Operation Excellence…
How to Better Manage Your Enrollment and Tuition Forecasts
Ever-changing economic pressures and a shifting student landscape continue to cause significant changes and challenges for higher education institutions. Institutions have been affected by price sensitivity, increasingly limited state funding, greater competition for students, increased constraints due to shifting student…
The Honeycomb Effect: Beyond the Boundaries of Finance
Business disruption might not be new, but its ever-increasing magnitude and frequency continue to reach new heights. Because of this, our customers have already taken the first step in becoming more agile and delivering greater insight with the Anaplan platform. And just as disruption is nothing new, business…
Data-Driven Forecasting for the Holidays
During the holiday season, the ability to analyze and react to data effectively can be the deciding factor between having your shelves stocked or scrambling with inventory transfer issues. Historic data can provide the basis for true statistical forecasting, accounting for seasonality, and other retail trends. Cleansing…
Transforming IT Project Planning for CIOs
Project planning and tracking is something that falls under the responsibility of most Chief Information Officers (CIO). With many stakeholders, it is a cumbersome process to manage, is disconnected across cost centers and business units, and often does not generate insights at a meaningful level of detail. The Current…
Connected Planning Internship Program—Minneapolis
After a long winter season, there’s nothing like the energy and excitement of a Minnesota summer to lift your spirits. This year, Anaplan is stepping up its summer game with the introduction of the Connected Planning Internship program. This 11-week program is designed to help build the next generation of talented model…
3 Planning Tips from the Rebel Alliance
May the 4th be with you! In recognition of Star Wars Day, we wanted to share some insights on planning that we picked up a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. In this special dual blog post, we’re analyzing the successes and failures of both the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire throughout “Star Wars: Episode IV…

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