Connect Your Business. Plan for Success.

Anaplan connects your plans, data, and people for better business outcomes.

Overview

Anaplan is a cloud-based enterprise platform designed for collaborative business planning and performance management. It enables organizations to connect their people, data, and plans into a unified system that enhances decision-making and operational efficiency across various business functions.

Connected Planning

Anaplan facilitates enterprise-wide connected planning, allowing different departments to synchronize their planning processes in real-time. This ensures that all stakeholders work with the same data, improving collaboration and alignment.

Hyperblock® Technology

The platform employs patented Hyperblock technology, which allows for rapid processing of data by focusing on relevant cells. This capability enables the platform to handle millions of rows per second without compromising performance.

Scalability

Anaplan is designed to scale across large enterprises, supporting thousands of users and trillions of cells in its models. This scalability ensures that organizations can grow without facing limitations in their planning capabilities.

Dynamic Integration

The platform integrates seamlessly with various data sources, enabling users to consolidate information from finance, HR, sales, and other business areas. This integration provides a comprehensive view of organizational performance.

Real-Time Insights

Anaplan provides real-time analytics and reporting capabilities that allow decision-makers to monitor performance metrics and adjust strategies quickly based on current data.

User-Friendly Interface

With an Excel-like interface, Anaplan is accessible to business users who may not have extensive technical expertise. This ease of use empowers teams to create models and conduct analyses independently.

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

Anaplan supports ALM in the cloud, allowing organizations to manage application versions and synchronize changes across models efficiently while maintaining security and control over production environments.

Scenario Planning

Users can model various scenarios to assess potential outcomes and make informed decisions based on predictive analytics and "what-if" analysis.

How it Transforms Your Business

Benefits

Dynamic Planning

Anaplan transforms traditional annual planning into a continuous, collaborative process. This allows organizations to adapt quickly to market changes and incorporate feedback from various stakeholders, ensuring that plans remain relevant and actionable.

Intelligent Decision-Making

The platform provides real-time access to accurate data, empowering decision-makers with the insights needed to make informed choices without delays. This capability enhances overall business intelligence and responsiveness.

Boosted Stakeholder Confidence

By providing accurate, real-time data and reducing the risks associated with bad data, Anaplan enhances stakeholder trust. Shareholders can feel more confident in the organization’s ability to respond effectively to changes and challenges.

Rapid Time to Value

Organizations can quickly implement Anaplan and start seeing benefits due to its user-friendly interface and powerful modeling capabilities. This rapid deployment accelerates the realization of value from planning initiatives.

Solution Areas

Financial Planning and Analysis [FP&A]:
- Services include budgeting, forecasting, financial consolidation, and profitability modeling. Anaplan facilitates real-time financial insights and supports dynamic planning processes.
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP):
- Anaplan enables integrated planning for sales and operations, allowing organizations to align demand forecasts with supply chain capabilities. This service enhances collaboration across departments to optimize inventory and resource allocation.
Strategic Workforce Planning:
- The platform supports workforce management by aligning talent strategies with business goals. This includes capacity planning, headcount forecasting, and employee performance analysis.
Demand Planning
- Anaplan provides tools for accurate demand forecasting, helping organizations anticipate customer needs and optimize inventory levels accordingly.
Incentive Compensation Management:
- The platform helps organizations design and manage incentive compensation plans effectively, ensuring alignment with business objectives and enhancing sales performance.

Services

Consulting, Implementation and Deployment:
- Custom Model Development: Building tailored Anaplan models to address specific business needs and planning processes. This includes designing the data structure, calculations, and user interface of the models.
- Model Integration: Integrating Anaplan models with existing systems and data sources, such as ERP, CRM, and data warehouses, to ensure data consistency and accuracy.
- Model Optimization: Optimizing existing Anaplan models to improve performance, scalability, and usability.
Anaplan Model Audit:
- Model Structure and Design Review: Formula Auditing, List and Hierarchy Review, Module and Line Item Review, Blueprint Review
- Data Integrity and Validation: Data Lineage Tracking, Data Validation Rules Review, Data Reconciliation
- Performance and Scalability Assessment: Model Performance Testing, Scalability Analysis, Optimization Recommendations
- Security and Access Control Review: User Access Review, Security Configuration Review, Audit Trail Analysis
- Compliance and Governance: Compliance with Internal Policies, Compliance with Regulatory Requirements, Documentation Review
- Best Practices and Standards Adherence: Anaplan Way Review, Industry Best Practices Review, Recommendations for Improvement
Setting up of Anaplan CoE
- Process, People & Governance for CoE: Set up of entire functional, technical and data capability to run and manage large scale CoEs
- Sprint Management: Developing Sprint Plan for functional areas, aligned with business, functional and tech stakeholders
Support and Maintenance:
- Ongoing Support: Providing ongoing support to users and maintaining the Anaplan platform.
- System Administration: Managing user access, security, and system updates.
- Health Checks and Performance Monitoring: Regularly checking the health of Anaplan models and monitoring their performance.
Training and Enablement:
- End-User Training: Training business users on how to use Anaplan for their specific planning needs.
- Model Builder Training: Training model builders on how to design and build Anaplan models.
- Administrator Training: Training system administrators on how to manage and maintain the Anaplan platform.

Why Matasma?

Enterprises seeking to build intelligent decision systems should consider Matasma for its cutting-edge expertise in AI-driven analytics, scalable architecture, and deep industry insights. Matasma combines advanced machine learning, real-time data processing, and intuitive user interfaces to deliver solutions that enhance decision-making accuracy, speed, and efficiency.

With a strong focus on security, compliance, and seamless integration with existing enterprise ecosystems, Matasma empowers organizations to unlock actionable insights, optimize operations, and gain a competitive edge. By partnering with Matasma, enterprises can future-proof their decision systems and drive innovation with confidence.

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