Anaplan platforms drift without the right partnership.
Bedford Advantage is the partnership that stops that happening. A managed service designed to keep your Anaplan platform supported, optimised and aligned to your business, wherever you are on your journey. For a predictable quarterly fee.
Every Advantage engagement starts with a Review.
For existing Anaplan customers, we assess the health of your estate, the architecture, the models, the adoption, the gaps, and give you a clear picture of where you are and what to prioritise. For organisations choosing Anaplan, the Review establishes the right starting point: scope, readiness, and the priorities that should shape your first phase.
Either way, it is how we make sure the work that follows is the work that matters, not guesswork. The output is a prioritised picture, not a report that sits in a drawer.
Review draws on the same methodology as Bedford’s Visibility Review, our established Anaplan audit approach.
When something breaks, you need an answer quickly.
When a formula fails, when a data load does not run, when a user is locked out, you need someone who knows Anaplan and knows your models. Response is reactive support done properly: fast, accountable, and delivered by people who already understand how your platform works.
It is the reassurance that you are never managing your Anaplan platform alone.
Anaplan platforms drift, slowly, quietly, away from what the business actually needs.
Optimise is the proactive pillar that stops that happening. Regular health checks, value reviews, and a roadmap that keeps your platform aligned to where the organisation is going.
It is how Advantage makes sure your Anaplan investment compounds in value over time, rather than eroding after go-live.
Optimise aligns to Anaplan’s own Value Assurance methodology. A standard element of Optimise is included in every Bedford Advantage agreement.
Your planning needs do not stand still.
There is always a backlog. The enhancement someone asked for months ago. The model that needs rebuilding. The new use case finance has been waiting on. The reporting view that has not quite kept up with how the business has changed.
Enhance is the dedicated expert capacity to work through it, drawn from Bedford’s professional services pool and matched to your planning strategy roadmap for the duration of the agreement. Senior Anaplan expertise the moment the work demands it, without the cost and delay of hiring.
Covers small enhancement delivery, process optimisation, UX improvements, reporting updates, new model builds and new use cases such as moving from FP&A into S&OP or workforce planning.
