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Anaplan Platform Effectiveness Assessment2025-06-07T19:32:04+01:00

Maximise your Anaplan ROI with a comprehensive Platform Effectiveness Assessment

Our Platform Effectiveness Assessment identifies inefficiencies, enhances user adoption, and aligns your solution with strategic goals.

Is your Anaplan platform delivering its full potential? Our Platform Effectiveness Assessment will help. Gain actionable insights to optimise performance, mitigate risks, and drive long-term value. With improved system efficiency and empowered teams, your organisation can make better, faster decisions and fully maximise its Anaplan investment.

  • Optimise performance – Identify inefficiencies, improve model integrity, and ensure system scalability.

  • Enhance decision-making – Align Anaplan with leadership’s strategic objectives for better insights.

  • Boost user adoption – Resolve user pain points to improve satisfaction and engagement.

  • Mitigate risks – Detect performance bottlenecks and maintenance issues before they escalate.

  • Empower teams – Strengthen internal skills to maintain and expand your Anaplan environment.

Anaplan is a powerful planning tool, but without regular evaluation, inefficiencies can impact performance.

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Anaplan Effectiveness Assessment

A comprehensive review across four key pillars

Model integrity and best practices - part of Anaplan Platform Effectiveness Assessment

Model integrity and best practices

  • Assess model architecture for efficiency and scalability.

  • Identify inefficiencies, risks, and optimisation opportunities.

  • Benchmark against Bedford Consulting’s industry best practices.

User Experience and Adoption

Alignment with strategic objectives

  • Engage leadership to evaluate whether Anaplan supports key business goals.
  • Identify untapped functionalities to enhance decision-making.

  • Ensure Anaplan is driving agility and long-term success.
User experience and adoption - part of Anaplan Platform Effectiveness Assessment

User experience and adoption

  • Conduct surveys and interviews to assess user satisfaction.
  • Evaluate dashboards, workflows, and reporting for ease of use.
  • Provide actionable recommendations to improve engagement.
Skills readiness and enablement - part of Anaplan Platform Effectiveness Assessment

Skills readiness and enablement

  • Assess team capabilities in maintaining and expanding Anaplan solutions.
  • Evaluate training, documentation, and support effectiveness.
  • Deliver a roadmap to build internal expertise and self-sufficiency.

Actionable insights, clear roadmap

At the end of the assessment, you’ll receive:

  • Detailed performance report – Identifies inefficiencies and improvement areas.
  • Benchmarking analysis – Compares your setup with industry standards.
  • Customised oadmap – Outlines steps to enhance Anaplan efficiency and scalability.
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Why Bedford Consulting?

  • We’re Anaplan experts. Awarded Anaplan EMEA Partner of the Year since 2015 and a fully certified Solution Advisory and Delivery Partner.

  • Significant project experience. We’ve worked with over 500 customers and have delivered over 800 projects.

  • Trusted by over 60 customers to support their Anaplan eco-system post-implementation with Bedford Care. We’ve delivered implementations in all industries within finance, supply chain, sales and operational planning teams within some of the world’s largest companies.

  • Dedicated to Anaplan. Bedford only works with and supports the Anaplan Platform.

  • True Domain Experts. We can support with Anaplan technical queries, data integration requirements and the provision of best-practice process advice.

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Frequently asked questions – Platform Effectiveness Assessment

What is an Anaplan Platform Effectiveness Assessment?2025-04-14T17:35:13+01:00

An Anaplan Platform Effectiveness Assessment is a structured review that evaluates model integrity, user adoption, alignment with business goals, and internal skill readiness. It helps organisations maximise ROI and get more value from their Anaplan investment.

What are the benefits of an Anaplan platform assessment?2025-04-14T17:35:57+01:00

Key benefits of an Anaplan platform assessment include:

  • Increased return on investment (ROI)

  • Improved model performance and scalability

  • Enhanced decision-making through better strategic alignment

  • Higher user satisfaction and engagement

  • Reduced operational risk

  • Stronger internal capability and skills

What does the assessment include?2025-04-14T17:38:56+01:00

The assessment reviews four key areas:

  • Model integrity and best practices
  • Strategic alignment
  • User experience and adoption
  • Skills readiness and enablement

Each area is explored in detail, with clear recommendations and a tailored roadmap.

Who should participate in the assessment?2025-04-15T09:42:45+01:00

Stakeholders across the business should be involved — including model builders, end users, and senior leadership. This ensures a complete view of how Anaplan is performing and where improvements can be made.

What do I receive at the end of the assessment?2025-04-15T09:44:34+01:00

You’ll receive a detailed report outlining performance insights, identified risks, and an actionable roadmap to optimise your Anaplan platform and maximise business value.

Optimise your Anaplan platform and drive long-term success

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