Anaplan vs IBM Planning Analytics

• Anaplan is great for headcount reporting. We have reports by dept, office location, and subsidiary that is great for planning and also for full company reporting.
• Although they can be complicated to set up, Anaplan is also great for setting up complex P&L views. For example, setting up a P&L with a combination of subs/depts., that still needs to consolidate to the total P&L.
• Systems-wise, I like that it's impossible to #REF the model! Anaplan shows you where everything is referenced, so it's very difficult to break anything.
• I also like that formulas copy across, so there is no chance of pointing to the wrong cell, like in Excel

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• TM1 is tremendously more flexible than the competitor products due to its ability to calculate real-time.
• Hierarchy changes are instantly available to take advantage of the real-time calculation. No pre-consolidations needed!
• Native write-back capability allows for simple, integrated budgeting, forecasting and what-if analysis.
• IBM is constantly improving the product and integrating with new products like Cognos BI, SPSS and is now beginning to integrate it with Watson Analytics.
• New cloud versions of TM1 are now providing some really great web-based tools to simplify and streamline the presentation development and strengthen the self-service reporting, analytics and what-if analysis capacity.

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• Performance - in the case of complex business cases, the size of Anaplan is increasing drastically, and even a simple click would take more than it should.
• UI - The User interface needs to be improved: group/expand hierarchy, "Ctrl " + select option to allow multi selection, Content page clean up, easier "Drag & drop" when customizing or building exports.
• Review & enhance the type of security user roles.

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• Would like IBM to ensure the Cloud experience is as stable as the on-premise version.
• More direct IBM involvement to resolve system & environment issues & informing the customer directly rather than through 3rd party support providers who may not be able to.

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• I'm sure the impact is positive. We have streamlined many processes and created capacity for our finance team.
• It's great to have "one source of truth" and know that everyone is looking at the same metrics.

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• Increased employee efficiency. Employees have more time to analyze the results because little time is spent gathering or compiling data
• More accurate forecasts and predictions based on the data due to it's efficiency
• Better planning for future years based on accurate historical data

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