Bedford Advantage & Managed Services

Operationalise Anaplan for the long term – from day-to-day support to continuous platform optimisation

Support – Service – Maximise

Bedford Consulting Employee Development

Support – We provide you with complete peace of mind that our team is on hand to offer support, share knowledge and provide access to exclusive resources, events and a community of subject matter experts.

Service – Your business doesn’t stand still, and your planning environment shouldn’t either. We provide ongoing optimisation, structured governance, and lifecycle management so your Anaplan platform stays aligned with your organisation as it evolves.

Anaplan Financial Consolidation

Maximise – We work with you to continuously optimise your Anaplan environment – identifying new use cases, driving adoption, and ensuring you achieve the best return from the platform as your needs and the technology evolve.

Bedford CARE Programme

Flexible packages to match how you work

Our Advantage and Managed Service packages are designed to scale with your needs – from lightweight access to expertise through to fully managed platform optimisation. We’re continuing to expand our service scope and commercial options, so talk to us about what’s right for you

Support

Hours included – N/A

Price guide £12,000

Community, Enablement & Vision

Ask us anything, anytime, on your dedicated Slack channel.

Access to our eLearning courses, video library, knowledge base and utilise training support.

Spend time with our industry experts to learn how customers are using Anaplan, plotting future use case expansion and crafting a vision for success.

Support+

Hours included – limited

Price guide £30,000

Community, Enablement & Vision

Ask us anything, anytime, on your dedicated Slack channel.
Access to our eLearning courses, video library, knowledge base and utilise training support.

Spend time with our industry experts to learn how customers are using Anaplan, plotting future use case expansion and crafting a vision for success.

Platform Service

Our team will manage user access to Anaplan models on behalf of your organisation and setup and maintain permissions.
Completion of any task which needs to be completed in Anaplan on a regular recurring basis. Capped at approx. two hours a month.

Bug Resolution & Enhancements

Our team can make minor enhancements to existing model logic or add new functionality to existing models and make formula changes.
We will identify the source of issues in Anaplan models and propose a potential full fix or workaround and deploy as needed.

Service Max

Hours included – unlimited

Price guide £75,000-£200,000

Community, Enablement & Vision

Ask us anything, anytime, on your dedicated Slack channel.
Access to our eLearning courses, video library, knowledge base and utilise training support.

Spend time with our industry experts to learn how customers are using Anaplan, plotting future use case expansion and crafting a vision for success.

Platform Service

Our team will manage user access to Anaplan models on behalf of the organisation and setup and maintain permissions.
Completion of any task which needs to be completed in Anaplan on a regular recurring basis. Capped at approx. two hours a month.

Bug Resolution & Enhancements

Our team can make minor enhancements to existing model logic or add new functionality to existing models and make formula changes.
We will identify the source of issues in Anaplan models and propose a potential full fix or workaround and deploy as needed.

Sustainability & Growth

We will forensically examine the engine of your models and produce reports detailing model health status and a course of recommendations.
Our expert team will work directly with your model builders to advise and coach on Anaplan best practices.
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“The team is always responsive, and we get answers to our questions no matter what we throw at them.”
Yewande Lawrence, Tearfund
“I cannot stress enough how valuable these sessions are for us and how well they maintain the momentum of the use of Anaplan – a big thank you for your patience and creativity.”
Becky Wilde, University of Exeter
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“Working with Bedford was a seamless experience, the team are knowledgeable, and they have a proven process where their expertise shines through.”
Robert Whaley, British Engineering Services
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“Bedford provides us with structured time and access to our dedicated consultant. We are also benefitting from immediate access to answers to our questions on the Slack Knowledge Exchange. Bedford are always a joy to work with and everyone we meet is knowledgeable and helpful.”
Kathryn Kendall, Valor Hospitality Services
“I would 100% recommend Bedford, it’s good value and feels like health insurance – in an emergency, you know who to call – a special Anaplan doctor!”
Sandra Brady, Aspen Insurance

Why Bedford Advantage?

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

  • We’ve worked with over 550 customers and have delivered over 1,100 projects.

  • Trusted by over 100 customers to support their Anaplan eco-system post-implementation with Bedford Advantage. 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.

  • Evolving from Anaplan’s leading delivery partner to its leading optimisation partner. We’re investing in the next generation of managed services to help customers drive continuous value from their platform

We’re waiting to help you

Book an Advantage Consultation to discuss the best fit for your business.