London, 28th June 2023 — Bedford Consulting, today announced its participation in Anaplan’s PartnerAccelerate program, a new global program that offers specialised accreditations to partners in their ability to sell, support, and deliver Anaplan to customers.

As part of the new program, Bedford has achieved accreditation as a Solution Advisory & Delivery Partner and has successfully demonstrated its expertise across the following: Finance, Supply Chain, Sales & Marketing and HR/Workforce functions as well as Financial & Business Services, Manufacturing, Consumer and Technology, Media & Telecoms industries.

With the introduction of PartnerAccelerate, Anaplan customers can now identify partners, like Bedford Consulting, based on the certified offerings and capabilities that best align with the unique needs of their organisation. This approach will drive deeper relationships and faster time-to-value for customers as they leverage Anaplan to address their daily planning challenges.

As part of the new program, Bedford has achieved accreditation as a Solution Advisory & Delivery Partner and has successfully demonstrated its expertise across the following: Finance, Supply Chain, Sales & Marketing and HR/Workforce functions as well as Financial & Business Services, Manufacturing, Consumer and Technology, Media & Telecoms industries.

Bedford Consulting specialises in the end-to-end Anaplan project journey, supporting customers to develop their business requirements, process improvement, delivery, onboarding, training and offering a best-in-class CARE programme for post implementation.

With more than 130 deep-domain technical experts across EMEA, Bedford has delivered over 750 successful projects for 450+ customers and has been at the forefront of connected planning technology since inception

“Bedford Consulting has been an Anaplan EMEA wide partner for over 12 years, working with household brands such as Jaguar Land Rover, Gatwick Airport, Nando’s and itsu [grocery] to transform planning across the organisation, delivering agility and success. Achieving all eight functional and industry specialisations through PartnerAccelerate helps validate the skills we’ve honed over the years across multiple industries within finance, supply chain management, sales planning, HR and many more operational processes,” said Adam Hill, Chief Revenue Officer, Bedford Consulting.

“We are proud to be at the forefront of the PartnerAccelerate program. It is special recognition for our team at Bedford to be accredited in all available badges and a testament to their quality, innovation and commitment to supporting over 450 of our customers in making better, faster and more agile decisions with Anaplan. Thank you to our partners and colleagues at Anaplan for their continued support and collaboration on this journey. A true partnership.” said Cathal Doyle, CEO, Bedford Consulting.

“In an increasingly dynamic market, a partner’s ability to provide credible best practices and trusted expertise is critical to help customers successfully manage the effects of change on their operations,” said Carla Moradi, Senior Vice President, Global Partners and Alliances at Anaplan.

PartnerAccelerate will help deliver that level of confidence to customers as they identify and select the right partner for their business, and we look forward to working with our impressive network of partners, including Bedford Consulting, to help businesses around the world execute with agility, insight, and speed.”

To achieve accreditation, Bedford Consulting participated in an audit, conducted by a third-party, and met a rigorous set of requirements across its sales, pre-sales, and delivery capabilities.

About Bedford Consulting

We’re a company that enables businesses to connect their planning processes to make better, faster and more agile decisions and accelerate performance. We give businesses greater visibility and transparency using Anaplan.

Founded in 2008, we are a Solution Advisory & Delivery Partner, Anaplan’s selected delivery Partner for EMEA and have been awarded Partner of the Year for EMEA since 2015. Anaplan is a global cloud-based planning software company.

We specialise in the end-to-end Anaplan project journey, supporting customers to develop their business requirements, process improvement, delivery, onboarding, training and offering a best-in-class CARE programme for post implementation.

With more than 130 deep-domain technical experts across EMEA, we have delivered over 750 successful projects for 450+ customers, we have been at the forefront of connected planning technology since our inception.

As one of the first Anaplan partners in EMEA, we have been involved in implementations across all industries and areas of the business in some of the world’s largest companies.

Learn more about the Bedford story and our focus on people, customers, and our offerings here. With an EMEA wide footprint, we have dedicated Hubs in UKI, DACH, Nordics, France, Central Europe, Spain & Italy.