Anaplan

AI-driven scenario planning, analysis, and reporting for connected enterprise decision-making.

by Anaplan · Procurement Analytics

Executive Summary

Anaplan is a leading SaaS platform that empowers enterprises with AI-driven predictive insights, planning, and modeling solutions. It is designed to facilitate digital transformation and optimize critical business functions like supply chain management by enabling the alignment of strategic, financial, and operational plans across the entire organization. The platform provides a unified, real-time, cloud-based environment for comprehensive planning. Leveraging proprietary technology, Anaplan allows business users to transform complex operational data into powerful, easy-to-use models. It supports dynamic, collaborative, and scalable scenario modeling, which is crucial for navigating the demands of modern business and AI integration. This capability assists companies in making real-time, informed decisions, from accurate pricing management to detailed cost of goods sold planning. At its core, Anaplan Intelligence delivers precise, predictive, and generative insights, converting raw data into actionable, connected intelligence. This enables organizations to drive decision-making, boost growth, and maintain agility in a rapidly evolving market, ensuring plans are always optimized and based on the latest information.

Use Cases

  • Optimize decision-making and scenario planning
  • Align strategic, financial, and operational plans
  • Accurate pricing management and optimization
  • Create cost of goods sold planning scenarios
  • Configure Price and Quote (CPQ) optimization
  • Supply chain management and optimization

Features

Visibility

  • Real-time Dashboards: Provides customizable, real-time dashboards for a unified view of plans and performance across the enterprise.
  • Scenario Modeling: Enables users to build and analyze complex planning scenarios to understand impacts and optimize outcomes.
  • Connected Planning: Aligns strategic, financial, and operational plans across the business in a single, collaborative environment.

Intelligence

  • AI-driven Insights: Leverages Anaplan Intelligence to deliver precise, predictive, and generative insights from collected data.
  • Predictive Analytics: Assists with forecasting and identifying future trends to inform strategic decision-making.
  • What-if Analysis: Supports dynamic 'what-if' scenario planning to evaluate potential outcomes of different decisions.

Technical Specifications

Architecture
Cloud-native, multi-tenant architecture designed for real-time, collaborative planning and AI-driven analytics at enterprise scale.
Deployment
SaaS
API Available
Yes

Integrations

  • SQL Server
  • Informatica

Security & Compliance

Certifications: SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701

Encryption: Industry-standard encryption for data in transit and at rest, ensuring secure data handling.

Pricing

Target Customer
Enterprise

About Anaplan

Anaplan provides cloud-based business planning software for enterprises. The platform enables connected planning across finance, sales, supply chain, and workforce with modeling and scenario planning capabilities.

Founded: 2006 · Headquarters: Miami, Florida, United States · Employees: 1000-5000 · Private