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Anaplan replaced shared spreadsheets.
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan's security feature enable input data accountability. Its dashboards or reports update on the fly when data change.
Its flexible modelling features allow seamlessly model update. For example, when adding a new entity to entity list in a model, the same set of calculations will applied to the new entity straight away. No need to duplicate calculations for the new entity.
Its flexible modelling features allow seamlessly model update. For example, when adding a new entity to entity list in a model, the same set of calculations will applied to the new entity straight away. No need to duplicate calculations for the new entity.
What do you dislike about the product?
Dashboard functionality is not as flexible as excel. For example, font size in dashboard is not adjustable. Cell highlighting by user is not possible. Line item alias is not there, we need to create a separate line item to accommodate the reporting requirement.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Before Anaplan, we used spreadsheet for monthly workforce planning process which involves 20 cost centers and around 400 workforce resources. Some resources will be shared by multiple cost center, and it caused double counting in planning. To maintain the accuracy and integrity of data, a delegated staff responsible to meet with individual head of business functions and to input the workforce planning data for them. Also, it took the staff around 3-4 stressful days to produce a consolidation report. During these 3-4 days, any new-comer or resignation still need to be handled and updated to get an accurate report.
With Anaplan, individual head of business functions are able to input the workforce planning data themselves via the self-serve dashboard. With the control of cost center resources hierarchy, planning for shared workforce resources without double count become possible. Also, a cost center dashboard, which is impossible in spreadsheet model, allows the head of business functions to review their own workforce planning. Once the workforce planning data is completed by the head of business functions, the consolidation report is produced automatically. For any changes in resource, it reflects in the report immediately.
With Anaplan, individual head of business functions are able to input the workforce planning data themselves via the self-serve dashboard. With the control of cost center resources hierarchy, planning for shared workforce resources without double count become possible. Also, a cost center dashboard, which is impossible in spreadsheet model, allows the head of business functions to review their own workforce planning. Once the workforce planning data is completed by the head of business functions, the consolidation report is produced automatically. For any changes in resource, it reflects in the report immediately.
I've been involved with Anaplan tool for 8 years
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan is a great Planning tool and canbe used for various use cases and it has strong connected capabalities.
What do you dislike about the product?
Anaplan is not a good tool for User Experiance. It lacks a lot in UX design
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
With Anaplan we were able to connect a lot people at one platform
Highly Customizable No Code Business Application Building Platform
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan is highly customizable and can be used to create any business application. You can make changes to it quickly and you don't need a engineering team to support if the platform is built right.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is learning curve. Cost of license is getting more expensive. New features are behind paywall.
Poor customer support
Poor customer support
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Anaplan to automate financial modeling.
Solution Architect
What do you like best about the product?
- The most flexible and agile planning platform
- User friendly
- Fast and scalable implementation
- Really like the initiatives around Machine Learning
- Unparalled customer support from Anaplan team as well as the partner ecosystem
- Easy to integration to and from various third party systems
- User friendly
- Fast and scalable implementation
- Really like the initiatives around Machine Learning
- Unparalled customer support from Anaplan team as well as the partner ecosystem
- Easy to integration to and from various third party systems
What do you dislike about the product?
- Minor limitations of the UX that can be handled by workaorunds
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan helps the businesses address the disconnets between teams while allowing them to be efficient and transparent with each other. Having all team members talk and work with the same language in one unified platform fosters the trust and collaboration amongs teams while increasing the accuracy of the otucome.
A Highly Effective, Intuitive EPM System
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan is an excellent tool to standardize their planning processes and connect previously disparate systems. The speed at which an effective model can be built and integrated into an overall business process is one of the biggest advantages of the Anaplan platform.
What do you dislike about the product?
One of the challenges with Anaplan is the upfront investement to successfully integrate data with Anaplan. One of Anaplan's key advantages is the ability for a line-of-business user to be the model builder. This advantage can only be fully achieved with some initial investment to get data flowing into Anaplan.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan helps solve the following problems for our clients: planning and budgeting, enrollment and tuition forecasting, program economic analysis, capital plannning and budgeting, and long range planning to name a few
Powerful analysis and reporting tool
What do you like best about the product?
- Excellent analytical capabilities
- Easy to learn
- Encourages single source of truth
- Easy to implement
- Easy to connect to other systems
- Easy to learn
- Encourages single source of truth
- Easy to implement
- Easy to connect to other systems
What do you dislike about the product?
- Support improving but could be better
- Certain "nice-to-have" features missing despite community support
- Certain "nice-to-have" features missing despite community support
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Monthly forecasting process, annual budgeting process.
- Allows multiple users to input data simultaneously
- Connects to accounting ledger and other systems for actuals
- Displays budget/forecast in ROY months
- Displays actuals in YTD months
- Allows multiple users to input data simultaneously
- Connects to accounting ledger and other systems for actuals
- Displays budget/forecast in ROY months
- Displays actuals in YTD months
Agile, Scalable and on-the-go planning
What do you like best about the product?
Multi-dimensionality and scalability results in error free planning.
Easy to implement and maintain
With improvements in REST APIs, lots of integration options with other systems
Real-time visibility on the go
Collaboration with other users within the app
Mobile app that enhances on the go planning
Easy to implement and maintain
With improvements in REST APIs, lots of integration options with other systems
Real-time visibility on the go
Collaboration with other users within the app
Mobile app that enhances on the go planning
What do you dislike about the product?
Recently the cost of the tool has increased, but it is still preferable because of the value proposition it brings.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Error-free and a streamlined way of assigning accounts to territories. Manage territories dynamically.
Adjust/move geographies (postal codes) within Territories among different businesses.
Assign and maintain territory/geography owners within each business.
Manage indexes on each territory.
Help determine the compensation of each rep using an Audit trail.
Setup OP process among each market and submodality.
Adjust/move geographies (postal codes) within Territories among different businesses.
Assign and maintain territory/geography owners within each business.
Manage indexes on each territory.
Help determine the compensation of each rep using an Audit trail.
Setup OP process among each market and submodality.
FP&A Director /Master Anaplanner
What do you like best about the product?
What I love most about Anaplan is how versatile it is. Anaplan is used by a varietey of different industries for multiple use cases because of this. The ability to connect different functions and departments into Anaplan to develop a consolidated forecast that is unique to each funcitons needs is a game changer.
What do you dislike about the product?
While the interconnectivity is great, you need to be careful when making system changes that it is not having unintentional effects.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Interconnect forecasting
Anaplan Architecture and Functionality from a Model Builder Viewpoint
What do you like best about the product?
From a model builder’s perspective, what I like best about Anaplan is its flexibility and the control it provides over building complex planning models without needing traditional coding skills. The platform’s intuitive interface allows me to design and customize models that fit unique business requirements, combining data from multiple sources into a single, connected planning environment.
Anaplan’s in-memory engine is powerful and supports real-time calculations, which means changes in one part of the model immediately update all related calculations. This instant feedback is invaluable for testing scenarios and ensuring data accuracy. The drag-and-drop functionality and modular structure make it easy to organize data and logic logically, improving maintainability and scalability.
Another key advantage is the ability to create reusable components like lists, modules, and line items, which saves time and helps maintain consistency across models. The platform also encourages collaboration by allowing multiple users to work on the same model simultaneously, with role-based access controls ensuring data security.
While there is a learning curve, especially with complex formula building and model optimization, the extensive community support and training resources make it manageable. Overall, Anaplan empowers model builders to deliver agile, robust planning solutions that can quickly adapt to changing business needs, which is highly rewarding.
Anaplan’s in-memory engine is powerful and supports real-time calculations, which means changes in one part of the model immediately update all related calculations. This instant feedback is invaluable for testing scenarios and ensuring data accuracy. The drag-and-drop functionality and modular structure make it easy to organize data and logic logically, improving maintainability and scalability.
Another key advantage is the ability to create reusable components like lists, modules, and line items, which saves time and helps maintain consistency across models. The platform also encourages collaboration by allowing multiple users to work on the same model simultaneously, with role-based access controls ensuring data security.
While there is a learning curve, especially with complex formula building and model optimization, the extensive community support and training resources make it manageable. Overall, Anaplan empowers model builders to deliver agile, robust planning solutions that can quickly adapt to changing business needs, which is highly rewarding.
What do you dislike about the product?
What I don’t like about Anaplan is the performance slowdown when working with large or highly complex models. As the size of the model grows—especially with millions of cells, multiple dimensions, or intricate formula logic—calculations can take much longer to complete. This lag impacts day-to-day usability, causing delays when entering data, refreshing dashboards, or running scenario analyses. This becomes more noticeable when multiple users are collaborating simultaneously, sometimes leading to timeouts or frustration during critical planning cycles.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Anaplan to streamline our Master Production Scheduling (MPS) and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) processes for a CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) client. Before Anaplan, the client struggled with disconnected Excel-based planning, limited visibility across supply and demand, and frequent stockouts or overproduction.
Anaplan helped centralize and automate their planning process. The MPS model enabled planners to balance supply with demand using real-time data, while the MRP model calculated material requirements based on production plans, inventory levels, and lead times. This helped reduce excess inventory and improved service levels.
The scope of the project included demand inputs, inventory planning, BOM explosion, capacity checks, and purchase planning across multiple manufacturing locations. With Anaplan, the client achieved better visibility, faster planning cycles, and improved decision-making. It also allowed cross-functional collaboration between supply planners, procurement, and production teams.
Overall, Anaplan addressed key business challenges like manual errors, siloed data, and lack of agility in supply planning—resulting in a more resilient and responsive supply chain.
Anaplan helped centralize and automate their planning process. The MPS model enabled planners to balance supply with demand using real-time data, while the MRP model calculated material requirements based on production plans, inventory levels, and lead times. This helped reduce excess inventory and improved service levels.
The scope of the project included demand inputs, inventory planning, BOM explosion, capacity checks, and purchase planning across multiple manufacturing locations. With Anaplan, the client achieved better visibility, faster planning cycles, and improved decision-making. It also allowed cross-functional collaboration between supply planners, procurement, and production teams.
Overall, Anaplan addressed key business challenges like manual errors, siloed data, and lack of agility in supply planning—resulting in a more resilient and responsive supply chain.
User friendly, business owned cross functional planning tool
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to learn and implement to exact business requirements, UX is clean looking and offers multiple ways to visualize; easy to integrate with ERPs and other data sources
What do you dislike about the product?
Have to be intentional with what you want to implement as it is fully custom; need to dedicate time to learning
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Ease of allowing multiple users to enter forecasts in to one central location, of which aggregations happen naturally and calculations immediately work.
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