Supply chain planning with Anaplan

Why supply chain planning in Anaplan?

If an organization wants to create and deliver value to the consumer or end customer, streamlined integration and coordination of the various business processes in the Supply Chain is important.

In recent years, Supply Chain Management has grown in popularity. Consumer demand is changing faster and faster, consumers are better informed, regulations are increasingly strict, and then there is economic globalization. At the same time, constraints are increasing; there is insufficient insight into the entire chain and operational risks are increasing.

Supply Chain Planning

The ability of an agile organization

These challenges require an agile and informed organization. In turbulent times or changing market conditions, we see uncertainty and complexity increasing in many organizations. After all, how do you ensure that you can meet market demands and achieve optimal alignment between purchasing and sales? There is an urgent need to collaborate more effectively with all relevant parties, including customers and suppliers. Supply chain planning with Anaplan offers the appropriate solution.

Benefits of supply chain planning with Anaplan

By implementing a scalable Supply Chain solution, you build a resilient supply chain that is destined against disruption and risk. Financials are enabled to better manage cash flow, better plan and forecast outside the usual cycle, reducing supplier risk.

• Optimize inventory productivity
• Responding quickly to changing demand
• Reduce inventory and failure costs
• Achieve higher customer satisfaction
• Real-time collaboration between departments, suppliers and customers

To get a grip on all information flows within the organization, it is necessary to integrate and properly control all goods flows in the supply chain, for both internal and external purposes. When all links within the organization are connected, you can make informed decisions faster and respond to changes. Through this smarter design, you can, among other things:

Establish a day-to-day and long-term planning horizon that matches the pace of your organization;

Merge data into a Single Source of Truth; changes are processed in real time within the solution. As a result, changes within one department are immediately applied within other departments.

Planning as key to success

To achieve success in the Supply Chain, good planning is indispensable. A planning that runs as a thread through the chain. Not only does planning affect customer satisfaction, more importantly; it is critical to increasing revenue. However, making all planning bodies within the organization work seamlessly together is not something you do overnight. And how do you then convert the insights into concrete actions? A scalable tool offers the solution and connects Supply Planning, Demand Planning and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP).

Supply Planning

Determine how the organization can best meet the requirements from Demand Planning. Supply Planning ensures accurate delivery forecasts and identifies critical signals, using a Single Source of Truth.

Demand Planning

Meet customer expectations and drive demand rather than the other way around. Demand Planning allows you to make reliable forecasts based on business drivers. Use trends from previous periods, comparable products and estimates for forecasts. Get insights into market fluctuations and what life cycle products are in. These insights are also relevant for Workforce Planning, among other things.

Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP).

Align product supply and demand to achieve optimal financial results. Relevant statistics and clear forecasts enable better decisions to be made for the organization.

Optimizing inventory gets easier

Having good visibility of inventory can be tricky. Figuring out where to store inventory in the chain to reduce prices and increase efficiency requires inventory optimization. Anaplan's "Optimizer engine" makes this process easier and faster. By comparing all variables, such as lead time, change in demand and service levels, it reveals exactly how much inventory is needed at each location to meet the customer's requirement. All planning across sales, marketing, finance and operations come together. Because of these collaborations, business goals are achieved faster. This profitable and efficient way leads not only to less waste, but also to more satisfied customers.

Want to know more about Anaplan?

Want to know more about Anaplan? We host regular training sessions, webinars and knowledge sessions.

Wondering what Supply Chain Planning from Anaplan can do for your organization? Schedule a 30-minute demo with one of our Anaplan consultants! In this session we will show you how Supply Chain Planning can help you optimize your daily operations and you can indicate which parts you want to know more about.