Anaplan
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Great plattform great capabilities
What do you like best about the product?
The possibilities to create a connected planning ecosystem with multiple use cases. the flexibillites to use multiple data sources and still connect the dots. Can be use as ETL as well
What do you dislike about the product?
The price is quite high and rigid and also a bit hard to communicate, based on GB but not regular storage but calculation engine.. more GB the more users eventhough you don´t need user.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The main problem solved is that you can have one set of data and get rid of the excel hell and version tsunamies. agreeing on data to use makes the plans owned by the entire company and not different apartments.
Anaplan really is a game changer for finance and business functions
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan is a fantastic tool to model complex business processes in a multi-dimensional platform, where users can collaborate in real time and sing from a single source of truth.
FP&A, Workforce planning, and S&OP are revolutionised by the way Anaplan takes large data sets and transforms them into insightful analysis, freeing up teams time to focus on value-add analysis, or to generate new revenue streams and products.
Don't pass Anaplan by if you're looking for a enterprise level planning tool.
FP&A, Workforce planning, and S&OP are revolutionised by the way Anaplan takes large data sets and transforms them into insightful analysis, freeing up teams time to focus on value-add analysis, or to generate new revenue streams and products.
Don't pass Anaplan by if you're looking for a enterprise level planning tool.
What do you dislike about the product?
Anaplan is wonderful in many many ways, but as with any system there can be downsides. The main one is that the tool needs to be fully planned for implementation, in order to build a system that is scalable for the long term and which remains flexible to business changes.
This is where partnering with a implementation consultant like Bolt Consulting really pays off. We're ex-Big4 accountants and consultants with decades of experience between us implementing solutions like Anaplan. Go to someone you can trust to implement it right, first time round.
This is where partnering with a implementation consultant like Bolt Consulting really pays off. We're ex-Big4 accountants and consultants with decades of experience between us implementing solutions like Anaplan. Go to someone you can trust to implement it right, first time round.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The core problem businesses face is in spreadsheet overload, where many complicated processes are modelled out with error prone and large spreadsheets. By pushing and automating calculations into a platform such as Anaplan you can formulate calculations and lock them down so theres no danger of someone accidently changing a reference. User access is managed at the granular level so you can be sure people only have access to what they need to have access to.
Anaplan for Public Sector
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan is really flexible and adaptable to any organization! I have seen it used it across different industries for a wide variety of purposes (sales performance management, FP&A, etc). It's easy for non-IT users to learn, and it can be used to make processes much more efficient. The connected planning features are great - for example, a university could have their budget, long range planning, grant planning, etc. all connected in Anaplan.
Anaplan also is also continuing to update their platform and add new features, such as with its acquisition of Fluence.
Anaplan also is also continuing to update their platform and add new features, such as with its acquisition of Fluence.
What do you dislike about the product?
While I like Anaplan a lot overall, it could have better ways of tracking licenses. There are also some minor enhancements that would help with usability.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Consolidation is much easier. Planning can also be done at much more granular data levels, and automated validations free up time for the central budget offices. It also ensures that all financial tools are connected, saving time and increasing reliability of the data.
Anaplan: Scalable, Customizable, but Expertise Required for Success
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan allows for finance teams to have a single source of truth for budgeting. Being a cloud-platform, hundreds of users can work on a single budget plan at a time. As a sandbox modeling platform, custom models can be developed to accommodate a host of planning needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
The learning curve for modeling in Anaplan is steep. A Center of Excellence needs to be established and granted autonomy to govern data flow, model interactions, and model building best practices.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan solves the pain point of budgeting in excel models that are unreliable and prone to version control issues. Anaplan allows end users to see data updated on daily basis from source ERP systems, and inputs from other users are shown in real time. This allows finance teams to build budgets collaboratively and in less time, with less headache / confusion.
Anaplan is Flexible and Powerful, But Does Not Require Technical Expertise or Coding
What do you like best about the product?
Excel is great when you are working by yourself, but as you start to collaborate with colleagues and add enterprise-level amounts of data the cracks start to show. Anaplan gives you the same flexibility to build whatever you need, but with enterprise-level information system guardrails for things like security, auditability, change control, etc.
What do you dislike about the product?
The initial price point is pretty high. It is hard for organizations to inexpensively do a Pilot or Proof of Concept. I would like to see them offer an inexpensive 90 or 180 day option for 2-4 users with Model Builder access to accelerate adoption.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan helps our clients connect their Financial planning with Operational planning. We hear over and over again from our clients that they are able to forecast more frequently and more accurately because the Anaplan solutions we configure for them reduce the time to forecast and plan.
Fantastic Tool for Planning
What do you like best about the product?
Similar to Microsoft Excel, Anaplan is a blank sheet that allows you to build whatever you like. Anaplan handles massive amounts of data, in a connected fashion, which is extremely valuable.
What do you dislike about the product?
Users are typically coming from Excel, I wish Anaplan had more Excel-like features like in-cell formulas for users, expand/collapse, same filter style, etc.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
My customers see a massive time savings with Anaplan. There are no more consolidations of their excel models, which is also prone to formula errors etc. They can focus on what the numbers mean versus are my numbers rolling correctly.
Flexible Modeling Tool
What do you like best about the product?
I love how flexible it is and how many ways there are to solve a single problem. It really allows you to take an issue or pain point that you have having and create it in a an elegant, scalable, accurate solution.
What do you dislike about the product?
In recent years there has been a lot of information released about best practices, and sometimes the ways that we used to build are not best practice currently. It is imperative to build using best practices or you could face performance and concurrency issues.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan takes generally disparate systems and processes and brings them together in a single platform. It helps the Analyst spend more time Analyzing the data and less time curating and wrangling the data.
Get into connected planning with Anaplan
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan has a potent calculation engine, which allows a very fast processing of information and allows you to connect different parts of the organisation; every process is auditable and you can set up a very detailed and easy-to-use security system, so users can only access specific data, even when seeing the same page as others.
What do you dislike about the product?
Anaplan requires someone with some knowledge of the tool, which can be hard to find in some markets. Also, you need to pay for the space used, so it is not suitable as a database.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan allows you to process millions of data points in mere seconds, allowing an integration of data across the entire organisation and giving real-time updates on the planning process.
Anaplan transforms business planning with the greatest flexibility
What do you like best about the product?
In Anaplan, anything is possible. A process that was manual and tedious can now be automated and centralized. This can eliminate time in the planning cycle and give users the ability to make more accurate forecasts.
What do you dislike about the product?
Anaplan is limited in the capacity for the graphs. I'd like them to release more graphics for the interface that would be useful to planning process. This is especially important in high level reporting.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan solves the pain point when different departments are using different datasets for the same goal. This causes inaccurate forecast and does not foster a culture of collaboration.
Robust, Customized Planning Tool
What do you like best about the product?
Use cases are almost endless, and solutions can be built within reasonable time periods.
What do you dislike about the product?
Options for showing variances for user planning pages (not within Management Reporting). Lack of iteration solution for circular references.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Efficiency and accuracy of detailed planning that had historically been done in Excel. Cuts hours spent by planners significantly.
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