Item: Anaplan
Rating: 8
Author: Tom Hutten

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Anaplan is a platform in the truest sense. You buy the platform and can build on it what you like. These can be a wide range of use cases ranging from planning to business cases and for IT to Finance to Supply Chain. It helps to solidify and integrate a scattered landscape of excels, that are difficult to maintain and check for consistency and quality.

Pros and Cons

Create simple hierarchies/grids.
Create tailored dashboards.
Fast calculations.

Speed of development on platform capabilities.
Dashboarding (new UX) still needs to improve significantly.
Cost.

Most Important Features

Calculation engine (easy of calcs to be made).
tailoring to specific processes and use-cases.
Speed.

Return on Investment

Less fte required in process.
Better planning choices.
Less space for error.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Excel

Key Insights

Do you think Anaplan delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Anaplan's feature set?

Yes

Did Anaplan live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Anaplan go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Anaplan again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited with semi-standardized planning processes of a certain size (number of shops, products) that become difficult to maintain in excel. Anaplan can handle large volumes of calculations while still being quick. Less Suited When your planning process is small and concise and changes every week Anaplan is not going to provide the benefits.

Anaplan, does what it sells

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan