A great SOP solution for connected and smooth Demand and Supply handshake
November 26, 2025

A great SOP solution for connected and smooth Demand and Supply handshake

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan

Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, Supply Planning

Pros

  • Multi-algorithm statistical demand Forecasting
  • Real time collaboration to improve data driven baseline forecast
  • real time calculation of suggested Replenishment Orders

Cons

  • Data visualisation is good but there is room for improvement
  • workspace data allowance is limited to 130gb and is easy to reach
  • model opening time and frozen time when an erroneous formula is entered
  • faster S&OP plans
  • more detailed plans
  • transparent and auditable plans
  • ROI difficult to measure since in addition to the technology, dedicated professionals are advisable
Anaplan can be used for financial statement reporting, statistical forecasting, linear programming, good data visualisation... really diverse and powerful functionalities

Do you think Anaplan delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Anaplan's feature set?

Yes

Did Anaplan live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Anaplan go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Anaplan again?

Yes

Anaplan is great for modelling customised planning process that truly fir the business requirements. Is great for financial planning or demand planning, real time scenario planning, and bottom up planning with automatic data aggregations. Anaplan is a powerful in-memory real-time calculation engine, so it is advisable to load in Anaplan only the data that is truly necessary for the plan and avoid using it as data warehouse.

Anaplan Feature Ratings

9.8
Long-term financial planning
10
Financial budgeting
10
Forecasting
10
Scenario modeling
10
Management reporting
9
7.0
Financial data consolidation
7
Journal entries and reports
6
Local and consolidated reporting
6
Detailed Audit Trails
9
9.0
Financial Statement Reporting
10
Management Reporting
8
Excel-based Reporting
9
8.8
Personalized dashboards
9
Color-coded scorecards
9
Cost and profitability analysis
8
Key Performance Indicator setting
9
9.3
Flat file integration
10
Excel data integration
10
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
8
9.0
Customizable dashboards
9
Ad-hoc Reporting ()
Not Rated
9.5
Publish to PDF
9
Report Versioning
10
Data Discovery and Visualization ()
Not Rated
10.0
Role-Based Security Model
10
Report-Level Access Control
10
2.7
Responsive Design for Web Access
4
Mobile Application
2
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
2

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