Blueprint and governance
The model map, covering hub and spoke models, lists, the time scale and the data each module needs, is agreed with the planning owners in each function and with IT before building starts.
Platform implementation
Anaplan
We build Anaplan models that connect sales, supply and finance plans in one place, so a change in one plan shows up in the others the same day.
Anaplan is strongest when planning crosses departments: sales targets and territories, demand and supply, and the financial plan that has to absorb both. For Gulf retailers, distributors and consumer businesses, demand models have to reflect Ramadan and Eid seasonality, which moves about eleven days earlier each Gregorian year, alongside targets in several GCC currencies.
Models are built from lists, modules and line items, following Anaplan's Planual guidance so they stay fast and easy to maintain. Development and production models are kept apart with Application Lifecycle Management, and data moves from the ERP, CRM and data warehouse through Anaplan Connect, CloudWorks or the REST APIs.
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How we implement Anaplan
Implementation, customisation, deployment and ongoing support, with governance your steering committee can follow.
Sales and territory planning
Quota setting, territory design and incentive planning, linked to the revenue line of the financial plan.
Demand and supply planning
Statistical and judgement-based demand forecasts with promotion and seasonal effects, feeding supply and inventory plans.
Pages for planners
Boards, worksheets and reports in the Anaplan user experience, designed per role so planners never have to see the model behind them.
Hypercare and managed support
Anaplan ships platform updates through the year, so after go-live the work is model administration: deploying changes through ALM, tuning modules that slow down and watching scheduled integrations. We also train your own model builders to take over.
When connected planning across functions pays off
Anaplan fits organisations whose hardest planning problem sits between departments, such as sales capacity or demand and supply, rather than in statutory consolidation, and that will invest in model builders of their own.
- Planning owners in sales, supply chain and finance who agree to share one model
- A named internal model builder or centre of excellence
- Reliable master data for products, customers and territories
- One planning calendar agreed across functions
Plan Anaplan with Hosn Al Tomoh
Tell us what the platform needs to do and when. We will propose a first phase with scope, team and an itemised quotation.