Make your life easier - but have to put in the hard work upfront
May 24, 2017
Make your life easier - but have to put in the hard work upfront
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan
I've implemented Anaplan for two different departments in our company:
1. Sales Finance - Anaplan was used for weekly forecast process and I was part of the team that implemented Anaplan.
2. Business Strategy and Marketing Team - I implemented Anaplan for this team for our annual target setting.
Both experiences had positive outcomes and each model was implemented and currently being used.
1. Sales Finance - Anaplan was used for weekly forecast process and I was part of the team that implemented Anaplan.
2. Business Strategy and Marketing Team - I implemented Anaplan for this team for our annual target setting.
Both experiences had positive outcomes and each model was implemented and currently being used.
- If the model in Anaplan is built well, it allows the user to make one change as part of an input and that one change will be reflected through out the model.
- Unlike Excel, there is no need for a formula check - it's a very useful feature for a large model for multiple variable and drivers.
- The key to a successful model is to keep your model simple, don't overcomplicate things.
- So far, I've been pleased with Anaplan. Where Anaplan, as a company can improve, is the consultants. Different consultants have different styles and Anaplan Consultants should be teaching their customers how to use the tool rather than doing the work on their behalf.
- Also, most of the consultants I interacted with were from LA so it would be nice to have some local consultants (Bay Area) or at least have some face to face time with our consultants.
Our company was looking at few other products, such as QlikView and Microsoft Access. However, I'm not and was not a fan of either those products.