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Death of Fast Fashion?
Retail Anaplanners! The Pandemic has been a catalyst, or a “great accelerator”, as some call it, regarding retail winners/losers. Is fast fashion really over? Thought you all might like this article. Agree? Sure makes planning easier in my mind. https://www.therobinreport.com/finally-the-death-of-fast-fashion/
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Announcement! MHarris Earns Level 2 Modeling Certification!
One of our RAG members @mharris has successfully earned her Level 2 Modeling Certification on the NEW UX! Congratulations @mharris !!
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Announcement! MSkinner Reaches a Major Milestone!
Retail Anaplanners! One of our Retail Anaplan Group members, @mskinner has reached a major milestone yesterday by earning the Anaplan certified modeler certification! A super, duper, crisp salute to you @mskinner - Congratulations Marc and to Columbus Consulting. Nicely handled!!
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Retail Anaplan Group - September 2020 Update
Retail Anaplan Group Monthly Summary - 2020 September Headlines * RAG held two CPX Sessions September 23rd at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. EST. 33 people attended the first ands 11 attended the second. The PowerPoint of the main stage introduction is attached. * 8 New Members joined, raising the membership count to 114 *…
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Scenario Planning
Hey Team! I am trying to compile a ranking and prioritization of retail scenario planning use cases. What are you hearing out in the marketplace (or inside you company)? Bob
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Retail Anaplan Enthusiasts! Are you ready for Retail Anaplan Group CPX? Check out This Video!
Hope to see you all there! Stop by and say hello, I want to hear all about your year and what you look forward to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl73GxGpcLU
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PlanIQ for Predictive Forecasting and Agile Scenario Planning
Anaplan Extends Intelligence Capabilities with PlanIQ for Predictive Forecasting and Agile Scenario Planning September 15, 2020 New integration with Amazon Forecast arms business users with easy to understand machine learning-driven insights and predictions SAN FRANCISCO, CA, SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 — Anaplan, Inc. (NYSE:…
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Anaplan's PlanIQ for Predictive Forecasting and Agile Scenario Planning
Anaplan Extends Intelligence Capabilities with PlanIQ for Predictive Forecasting and Agile Scenario Planning September 15, 2020 New integration with Amazon Forecast arms business users with easy to understand machine learning-driven insights and predictions SAN FRANCISCO, CA, SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 — Anaplan, Inc. (NYSE:…
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Requirements Gathering Questions for Retail FP&A
This is a response I made to a question posed by @CommunityMember128799 in this post here. I thought it would be helpful to have it in our retail group knowledge base. With regard to retail specifically, there are several themes you're going to want to take as it relates to FP&A and pretty much all finance related…
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Retail Anaplan Group - Month Summary - 2020 August
Retail Anaplan Group Monthly Summary - 2020 August Headlines * RAG held their first virtual meeting August 28th, 11 members attended.Here is the summary of that meeting. The PowerPoint and 6 recorded minutes are attached. * 5 New Members joined, raising the membership count to 105 * SUM/LOOKUP Example specifically for…
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Retail Anaplan Group - August 28th Virtual Coffee Wrap Up
Navigation: Retail UAG Home | Forum | Get Started - Content Directory Retail Anaplan Group - August 28th Virtual Coffee Wrap Up What a great 1 hour event! Well, yes, we had a few technical glitches, but we did it! We had our first Retail Anaplan Group meeting. Here's the summary: * 30 wonderful people signed up, 11…
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Price elastic planning for Retail
I have a retail customer they are interested in seeting "Price elasticity" based forecasting calculation for their products, we did calculate a correlation coefficient to identify the products which are price elastic, as a next step they want to use the model to predict a possible price-sales function and use it in their…
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Retail Anaplan Group Launch - Virtual Coffee
Navigation: Retail AG Home | Forum | Get Started - Content Directory Our First Virtual Event is August 28th at 11:00 EST (New York City) Join Bob Debicki @BobD and jared Dolich @JaredDolich for a very casual one hour virtual coffee session to introduce the Retail Anaplan Group. Agenda * Kickoff | Retail Anaplan Group Goals…
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SUM and LOOKUP for Retail
Hi Retail Team! Here's a handy cheat sheet for how to use SUM and LOOKUP using a retail use-case. I provide the use case and then implement it in Anaplan. I also use D.I.S.C.O using system modules so you get the best practice. Use Case 1 - Lookup User Story: SVP of Store Operations wants to provide top down guidance to the…
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Anaplan Merchandising Content Update
Hey All, just updated our website with more merchandising content. https://2hn9my41c3ib340pet2h4da5-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/anaplan-for-merchandising-datasheet-june-2020.pdf
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Anaplan Retail UG: June 10 2020 Weekly Status
Weekly Update for 6/10/2020 Headlines * Membership status reaches 85 members (+5 from last week) * All 85 welcome notes have been distributed * One year proposed plan completed - see below * First retail Anaplan UG Event planned for July but hasn't been setup yet - agenda below. Working on guest speaker. * Planning Poker…
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Anaplan Retail UG: May 26 2020 Weekly Status
Weekly Update for 5/26/2020 Headlines * Membership status reaches 80 members (+9 from last week) * All 80 welcome notes have been distributed * One year plan to be developed this week (-1 week behind, was supposed to be done last week) * First retail Anaplan UG meeting to be planned this week (-1 week behind, was supposed…
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Merchandise Planning and Financial Planning: The First Step to Collaboration is the Calendar
Navigation: Retail UAG Home | Forum | Get Started - Content Directory Convert 445 Calendar to Gregorian Calendar Hi Retail Anaplanners! Today I was really fortunate to have an article posted in the best practices forum. This article is, in my opinion, the first step to connected planning between merchants and finance…
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Anaplan Retail UG: May 18 2020 Weekly Update
Weekly Update for 5/18/2020 Headlines * Membership status reaches 71 members * Welcome notes to be distributed this week * One year plan to be developed this week * First retail Anaplan UG meeting to be planned this week * How to manage your subscriptions so you only get updated once/day in a digest <-- Very important…
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Retail: The Most Important Supply Chain Equation for Anaplan | Part 1
Introduction The inventory balance set is quite possibly the most important supply chain equation for anyone having the responsibility for inventory planning, replenishment, finance, store operations, and executive/strategic accountability. The balance set documents and measures the value of your inventory, or more…
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Anaplan Retail UG: May 15 2020 Membership Status
Navigation: Retail UAG Home | Forum | Get Started - Content Directory Retail UG Membership Status - 5.14.2020 Our first 48 hours has been very productive. We had over 50 new members join the user's group. Below is a breakdown of the member types. Very soon we I will be sending out a welcome email (through Anaplan). One of…
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Retail UAG - Retail & Supply Chain Related Events
Navigation: Retail UAG Home | Forum | Get Started - Content Directory Retail Related Events We'll post all the retail or supply chain related events here. Visit regularly for updates. May 2020 Webinar: A Retailer's Outlook on Location Planning Sponsor: Columbus Consulting Hosts: Jon Beck Guests: * Brian Alexander, Helzberg…
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Retail UAG - Important Links Retail
Navigation: Retail UAG Home | Forum | Get Started - Content Directory Important Links Retail Related These links are curated just for you as you traverse your Anaplan for Retail journey! Anaplan Best Practices Here's some helpful articles related to retail (source is in parenthesis). * Converting a 445 Calendar to a…
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Retail UAG - Important Links Getting Started
Navigation: Retail UAG Home | Forum | Get Started - Content Directory Important Links These links are curated just for you as you traverse your Anaplan for Retail journey! Anaplan - Getting Started Here's some helpful tips to get you started. Links follow. * Most importantly, be patient, this will take some time but it's…
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Retail UAG - Introduction & Jared Dolich Personal Note to You
Contact Info: * Jared Dolich * Certified Master Anaplanner * Send me an Anaplan Text to @JaredDolich * Email | jdolich@columbusconsulting.com * LinkedIn * Anaplan User's Profile #22354
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Retail UAG - About
Navigation: Retail UAG Home | Forum | Get Started - Content Directory Welcome Anaplan and Retail Enthusiast! We're really glad you decided to join us. This article explains the purpose and goals of the Anaplan Retail User's Group.
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Register today for Anaplan Live!
Have you registered for Anaplan Live! on March 4 and 5? The Anaplan Community invites you to attend this online event, packed with presentations from Anaplan experts and Connected Planning thought leaders. You will have the opportunity to interact in real time with both presenters and other Anaplanners in forums and live…
