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Anaplan is a fantastic planning solution for business focused teams
What do you like best about the product?
It is simple to build (point and click instead of writing code). It is fully customizable. It can be architected to build any train of logic. Therefore it forces the business to truly understand itself when building models. So not only does Anaplan helps teams plan more effectively because it puts structure around their process, but it also allows businesses to think thru, collaborate on, and develop the logic of their business in more details terms.
What do you dislike about the product?
Anaplan has a tendency to talk the talk about a year before they can walk the walk. This causes many customers to become frustrated when they hear that new functionality is available, but the model builders tell them it is not actually in a useable format yet. However this is not all downside, because it prepares customers for the exciting new changes that are coming to Anaplan.
Also, since any logic can be built in Anaplan, if builders are not careful, it is easy to build an overly complex solution that ends up failing in the end because it cannot adapt to the changing nature of the business. However if builders are thoughtful, it is a great tool to build solutions with the right amount of complexity and pair them with sound business processes.
Also, since any logic can be built in Anaplan, if builders are not careful, it is easy to build an overly complex solution that ends up failing in the end because it cannot adapt to the changing nature of the business. However if builders are thoughtful, it is a great tool to build solutions with the right amount of complexity and pair them with sound business processes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sales forecasting, P&L forecasting, new item development, and marketing budget planning. Teams collaborate more efficiently, use one source of truth instead of many competing versions of the data, and understand their business more deeply.
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AN Review by K. Mihaylova - Senior Anaplan Consultant
What do you like best about the product?
The connected planning, single source of truth, reliable & up-to-data calculations, what-if scenarios
What do you dislike about the product?
The User interface could be enhanced; There's no automated email notification directly from Anaplan
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are transferring really big processes into one place which means substituting a number of excel spreadsheets with one cloud based tool :)
Anaplan - Powerful & Flexible Business Planning Platform
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan is a truly dynamic multi dimensional modeling platform which performs calculations in real time. This allows Anaplan to offer agility, flexibility and power to model any Business planning process or workflow across any function.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are no major downsides of the platform. The platform is constantly evolving and I am excited for new UI and reporting enhancements which will offer advanced analytics to the end users
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The platform is able to solve core problem of agility which any business process requires and ability to model across multiple dimensions which truly makes the platform industry and function agnostic in Enterprise Business Planning
Anaplan for Supply Chain
What do you like best about the product?
It is flexible and owned by the business
What do you dislike about the product?
Limited visualization items for end users
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Flexible and easy to integrate with multiple areas of a business
I would recommend Anaplan because it is a better way to model.
What do you like best about the product?
Due to Anaplan's architecture, when building a model you can focus on the model and dont have to worry about the container, like you have to do in excel. Dragging rows and formulas for example.
What do you dislike about the product?
Because of the architecture, some relatively simple tasks in excel are much harder to accomplish in Anaplan.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have solved complex cash flow calculations with Anaplan, the benefits received are better, more timely data.
Great tool
What do you like best about the product?
Scalability, flexibility and ability to move from the standard solution to cloud
What do you dislike about the product?
reacting to proposed changes is rather weak- platform could be better hearing valuable opinions
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
cloud solution instead of standard local files
Recommendations to others considering the product:
try it and love it
Quick Implementation, Low Maintenance, Increased Accuracy!
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan is relatively intuitive and easy to pick up on if users have a background with MS Excel, which makes it great for system admins and power users since they typically have strong Excel backgrounds and can pick up on the syntax/logic required to build in Anaplan. I also love how quick the implementations are and the ability to have multiple use cases all within the same system (and even same workspace). There's also a strong community with forums, blogs, template models, etc. to assist organizations in their Anaplan journey.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not too much to dislike, but would like to see improvements in aggregation methods for P&L purposes aggregates everything, but would like ability to have a more flexible option of flipping signs when needed).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Connected Planning across Demand, Supply, and FP&A functions. Increased forecast accuracy in less time. Real time updates. Easily version or snapshot forecasts that isn't easily possible in other solutions.
Anaplan is a connected planning dream!
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan can be maintained and updated by the team using the model (i.e. does not require IT support).
What do you dislike about the product?
Some limitations for dashboarding exists.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan gets you out of big complex excel files for planning and gets you into a cloud-based tool where everyone can access everything at once.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make sure you have a good team in place with the time and eagerness to learn Anaplan.
Powerful plattfrom
What do you like best about the product?
The flexibility and the power of the engine. The fact that Anaplan actually can solve pains that others can´t
What do you dislike about the product?
The reporting part is still in need of enhancement! It is to difficult when you want to use LIS and varitations with both numbers and %
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
FP&A, Supply chain and Connected planning. The main long-term benefit comes with multiple use cases. At the same time a simple use case can solve great issues for any business. You can start off with simple collect and aggregate data to complex planning across multiple disciplines.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The more use cases implemented the more valuable the software is. Start simple and learn the power of the platform. Most companies do not know what the final product should be until they have tried, explored and tested. You learn and develop
Versatile Calculation Engine
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan standardizes and promotes healthy processes and workflows within a business. It centralizes key hierarchies which are used across multiple calculations and business units, ensuring everyone is on the same page and eliminating duplication of work effort.
What do you dislike about the product?
The new UX has a grid system that does not lend itself to holding a lot of data on one dashboard. However, the improved user interface is more attractive than the previous iteration referred to as "classic dashboard"
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan is a robust calculation engine that regularly uncovers longstanding errors within excel processes. In all of my clients, once processes are moved or rebuilt in Anaplan, we have found long standing formula errors and irrelevant hardcoded values when reconciling to Anaplan. Anaplan is incredible flexible and I have personally used it across multiple use cases (monthly FP&A reporting, revue forecasting, HR management, recruitment, WFP, data hub, budget consolidation, comp planning, waterfalls)
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would highly recommend Anaplan as a calculation engine. It is an incredibly flexible tool that allows users to pick up the syntax and self govern easily compared to other systems. However, I would fully understand the reporting capabilities and limitations prior to signing on. With that in mind, I believe Anaplan is most powerful when coupled with a reporting tool such as Tableau
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