Anaplan Frequently Asked Questions
We have compiled a list of the most common questions that we receive from our customers. If you can’t find the answer to your question, feel free to reach out and we’ll be happy to help.
Anaplan is a powerful, flexible, scalable, and collaborative platform for organisations to plan, analyse and optimise their business operations across finance, supply chain, sales and marketing, and HR to facilitate real-time decision-making and improve overall business performance.
Enterprise planning and performance management (EPM) and Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) are similar but focus on different aspects of an organisation’s financial planning and decision-making processes. FP&A forms part of EPM, but EPM also includes non-financial dimensions of performance management and strategic alignment.
Anaplan is a platform designed to support business planning and performance management. It empowers you to make fast data-driven decisions, optimise financial and operational performance, streamline planning processes, and promote collaboration, driving organisational growth, efficiency, and agility.
Anaplan is a cloud-based business planning and performance management platform and is suitable for most medium and large organisations across a wide range of industries. It is an ideal software platform for any business that requires extensive planning, forecasting, or resource allocation.
The costs associated with the Anaplan platform can vary depending on several factors including the scope of functionality, the level of customisation required, and the size of the organisation. If you would like detailed pricing information based on your specific needs, click here for a consultation.
Anaplan is known for its flexibility, allowing organisations to expand their usage and adapt the software to evolving requirements. It is a cloud-based platform that has been specifically designed to be scalable and accommodate future growth and changing business needs.
Anaplan places a strong emphasis on data security and compliance to ensure the protection and privacy of user data, given its position as a leading cloud-based platform, used by thousands of organisations around the world. It’s important to note that while Anaplan provides security measures and tools, organisations also play a role in implementing appropriate security practices, such as user access management and data governance, to maintain a secure environment.
As a cloud-based platform for business planning and performance management, it’s designed to streamline and automate many aspects of financial planning and analysis such as budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and also includes financial reports such as cash flow statements and more.
Yes, Anaplan offers customisable dashboards and visualisations to help users analyse and present their data in a visually engaging and intuitive manner.
Anaplan offers robust capabilities for forecasting and scenario analysis, two key features in its suite of planning and performance management tools.
You can be up and running within a matter of weeks! But, like any system implementation, it depends on a few factors like the complexity of your requirements, the size of the implementation team or your data integration needs. There are five factors that can impact your timing plan, click below to find out more.
Anaplan is designed to be user-friendly and accessible to both technical and non-technical users. Its intuitive interface and modelling capabilities make it relatively easy for business users to build, manage, and navigate their planning models without requiring extensive technical expertise.
Anaplan integrates with other business systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, and a range of other data sources. This integration allows Anaplan to pull in data which is then used for planning, modelling, forecasting, and analysis. For example, sales data from a CRM system can be used in sales planning and forecasting, while financial data from an ERP system can be used in financial planning and analysis.
Anaplan excels at handling multi-currency and multi-lingual requirements, essential to support global businesses.
Anaplan allows users to access and interact with their Anaplan models and data using mobile devices. Users can download the Anaplan mobile app from their app store and log in with their existing Anaplan credentials to access their models and data while on the go.
Even though, in theory, you could do it yourself, doesn’t mean you have to. Working with an implementation partner gives you the best chance at successfully implementing Anaplan within your organisation.
Partners are typically certified by the software provider, meaning that they know the technology, best practices, and roadmap to configure an implementation specific to each client’s specific needs.
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With certified expertise across all eight functional and industry specialisations, our consultants are considered world-leading experts. This certification recognises our ability to drive high-value transformation and deliver exceptional customer success. We have been recognised as Anaplan EMEA Partner of the Year every year since its inception in 2015.
