Center of Excellence

Culture of Connected Planning
Defining and fostering a culture of Connected Planning within and outside your CoE is a critical responsibility of a CoE Leader; Breaking down silos and challenging the norm is at the core of Anaplan and CoE members. The vision, clarity, and connections empower everyone to stay focused and act faster to continue the…
Adopting and Expanding in a Connected World
The vast benefits of Anaplan are both widely known and constantly evolving. The ability to impact a business plan at the click of a button, understand a decision's downstream effects, quickly navigate between detailed planning and elegant visualizations are all attributes that make Anaplan offerings second-to-none. How can…
Call Anaplanners France-S2E1-Part 1-Sept 2021
Dans ce call du mois de sept 2021, Louise Mouyeaux et Olivier Grosseuvres (SOGECAP) présentent le Centre d'Excellence de SOGECAP. La vidéo en pièce jointe.
Call Anaplanners France-S1E6-Mar 2021
Dans ce call du mois de mars 2021, Aymeric Deulet (Global Manager - Performance Management, Planning) présente le Centre d'Excellence Anaplan d'Axa (AXAplan). La vidéo en pièce jointe.
Centre of Excellence - where do I start?
For customers to really drive self-sufficiency and have the expert skills in house we strongly recommend creating an Anaplan Centre of Excellence. But, * How do you start this journey? * What skills do I need? * What resources do I need? * What does it do? * What would be our responsibilities? * How we do create this? *…
A guide: How to tidy up any Anaplan model
Got multiple models on the go built by different departments? Thinking about establishing a CoE? Some of the first baby steps towards establishing your CoE can be daunting. Where do you start? In the past, I have spent a fair bit of time embedded within a client's CoE and have navigated existing models across various…
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…
Certified Master Anaplanner Rachel Goering Named CoE Lead of the Year!
This month we interviewed Certified Master Anaplanner Rachel Goering, who was recently named Center of Excellence Lead of the Year, about how her certification helps her guide her team of model builders. Rachel Goering is a finance manager at DaVita Kidney Care. She joined DaVita over three years ago after several years in…
Centres of Excellence - how do you manage and showcase your Anaplan delivery?
I'm interested to hear how you approach the management and ongoing delivery of Anaplan within your own organisations. This can be tricky when Anaplan is part of a wider IT eco-system and not your "day job"! Does the concept of a Centre of Excellence seem too much for your business? Or just simply too much to initiate and…
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…
CoE Community Ask Me Anything Recap
As the Anaplan ecosystem continues to mature, many companies are beginning to commit dedicated resources to building and scaling an Anaplan Center of Excellence (CoE). We have found that those customers who have made this investment are the most likely to attain independent sustainability, and maximize their value received…
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…
Building a Lasting Capability and Protecting Your Investment
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. Spaulding Ridge has created this…
Anaplan—Spring Cleaning!
It is not uncommon for the way in which your organization uses Anaplan to grow and change. Sometimes, your business processes change. Sometimes, individuals enter and exit your organization. And sometimes, you simply think of better ways of doing things. The good news is that Anaplan is designed to help you respond to all…
Forrester TEI Study: Anaplan Centers of Excellence are Key to Business Success
According to a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) Study, recently conducted by Forrester Consulting, it was reported that the Anaplan platform can deliver a 3X return on investment. To understand the fundamentals associated with an Anaplan investment, Forrester anonymously interviewed seven long-term customers, then developed a…
Certified Master Anaplanner Sarah Roberts—Harnessing the Power of Anaplan
Certified Master Anaplanners are Connected Planning pioneers, building industry best practices and shaping the way Anaplanners everywhere utilize Connected Planning solutions every day. They understand the possible and are passionate about helping set the direction of the platform. Certified Master Anaplanner Sarah Roberts…
Recap: User Groups Live! from the UK
What a week! User Groups Live! (UGL!) wrapped up two successful, live-streaming events last week from the United Kingdom. Read on to catch the highlights and discover where you can catch the recordings from each event. User Groups Live! from York On Tuesday, November 12, UGL! streamed from the Anaplan York office. The…
Announcing the Centers of Excellence Section of Community
At Anaplan, we know that enabling Connected Planning depends on more than just a technology solution. Our most successful customers are those that invest in a dedicated team of Anaplanners focused on breaking down siloes to truly make the most of cross-functional planning while maintaining high-quality consistency across…
Introduction to Centers of Excellence
What Is a Center of Excellence and Why Are We Talking about Them? CoE Leaders must be grounded in the fundamentals of the team they are building. — By Prince Ayinde @ Linkedin CoE. When talking about Connected Planning, the technology enabler is often at the forefront of the conversation. However, without connected people…
Why Do I Need a Center of Excellence?
What drives the need for a Center of Excellence? The need for a Center of Excellence comes after businesses have successfully implemented Anaplan into their organization and are ready to become self-sufficient in ongoing Anaplan development and support. Organizations will establish a Center of Excellence to proactively…

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