Item: Anaplan
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Anaplan is the current solution used for the commercial planning process. It allows to plan volumes, pricing and promotions (discounts/rebates/A&P spend) and it allows to track the effectiveness of each promo with a feedback of actual data that are brought in at the lowest level of detail.
Another use case where Anaplan is used is for planning the NSV impact of NPI (new product introduction).

Pros and Cons

modern UX
on the fly calculation
short lifecycle implementation

in the new UX it would be great to have more flexibility in terms of layout design
multirole for user
admin cockpit to check performance of the model

Most Important Features

on the fly calculation
integration with other tools

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?

Did implementation of Anaplan go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Anaplan again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

In my experience as a consultant (in my previous job) and as solution architect in the current one), the ability to develop complex use case in a short amount of time is definitely what makes Anaplan unique compared to other tools. It is the go-to solution for any planning use case (finance, commercial, S&OP, ...) and, with proper design and integration, it can be used to have feedback on execution.

Anaplan review

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan