Anaplan’s Supply Chain Planning solutions are delivered ‘as-a-service’ and developed based on industry best practices, providing a best-in-class planning solution for Demand, Supply, Inventory, Production and S&OP/IBP. Built on the Anaplan platform and delivering rapid time-to-value and high ROI.
Orchestrating seamless planning across your enterprise and supply network with end-to-end visibility. With “always on” functionality, all information is available in real-time for accurate, integrated decision making.
Providing a reliable demand signal to Supply Planning is critical to ensuring high customer satisfaction, maximum revenue and margin. Anaplan’s Collaborative Demand Planning solution supports and manages all the required steps to develop an effective demand plan. Starting with Forecasting solutions (ML or Best-Fit), a baseline forecast is generated to drive and guide the process. With planning functions such as Product Lifecycle, Marketing, Promotion, Sales, Demand and Consensus, a realistic forecast is developed. Supporting each of these functions, are rich analytics and performance management metrics to ensure a repeatable and sustainable process.
Anaplan’s Inventory Management solution is a robust set of capabilities for planning and optimising inventory across a network to improve service levels, reduce E&O and inventory write-offs. Inventory levels are optimised based on inventory policies which are statistically derived. DCs/Locations are replenished based on their inventory positions and the demand placed on them. Inventory is easily balanced between locations using transfers while considering lead times. Additionally, inventory can be assessed for expiry based on production or receipt dates and monetised for liability.
Anaplan’s Supply Planning is a robust set of industry-leading solutions for effectively planning and promising supply. Balancing demand with supply is a key part of supply chain planning. Considering demand, inventory, capacity, materials (suppliers) are critical information when planning supply across the planning horizon. Inventory policies are used to determine the required inventory levels for optimal customer service, preventing stock outs, which maintaining cost. Anaplan’s Supply Planning solution seeks to fulfil demand (forecast/sales) across production and/or contract manufacturers over the planning horizon. Built on the Anaplan platform and delivering rapid time-to-value and high ROI.
Balancing demand with supply is a key part of supply chain planning. Anaplan’s Production Planning solution seeks to fulfil demand (sales/forecast) across internal plants and/or contract manufacturers. Simultaneous capacity and material planning is performed to understand gaps or capable-to-promise. Scenario modelling is employed to solve gap issues based on defined goals. Plans can be viewed at a detail level or at a RCCP level. Some key features and benefits are as follows:
Anaplan’s Executive S&OP/IBP solution enables the strategic reviews of plans for Product, Demand and Supply across the enterprise, ensuring alignment with the business and financial goals of the business. For every planning cycle and at an aggregate view, executives can easily review past performances, and the future plans for alignment and gaps. Any necessary corrective actions are communicated to the appropriate owners for implementation, effectively closing the loop between tactical and strategic planning. Throughout the S&OP process, key actions and assumptions are managed with full accountability.
Anaplan’s Supply Chain Planning Solutions are built on a single platform which is robust and powerful. Updates to plans are automatically updated across the end-to-end planning functions.
Easy to use with intuitive dashboards and planning views for reviews or updates. High user adoption and retention makes an organisation’s investment secure.
Anaplan’s “Rapid Implementation Methodology” allows for quick implementations. Using a defined set of data, which is loaded into the solution through integrations, the system is validated. After user training, the system goes lives with the required best-practice functionalities.
Our solutions are purpose-built and based on industry best practices. Key operating and financial metrics are positively impacted after implementation and usage of the solutions. With fast implementations and high user adoption and retention, faster time to value is realised, driving higher financial gains.
The Supply Chain and Finance teams are talking about exactly the same financial numbers, and everyone's on the same page."
— Dominic Mills, Senior Director of Operations, Vita Coco
Vuealta’s applications will allow us to implement demand and inventory planning processes across our six major South East Asia markets. In doing so, we will be able to introduce best-in-class planning capabilities into those markets whilst at the same time ensuring that each market’s specific needs are catered for. This combination of pre-configured capability with local flexibility was key for us in choosing the combination of Vuealta and Anaplan.”
– Aamir Mehdi, Director of Supply Chain, Fonterra
We are pleased to have partnered with Vuealta to address our supply chain planning requirements. Its suite of applications contains specific built-in intelligence, very relevant to our operating environment, allowing us to benefit from a much faster implementation cycle. Readily available ongoing support was an important consideration for us when making a selection for a product and partner.”
– Edith Chen, Head of Supply Chain Operations, Glossier
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