Supply Chain

Anaplan for Supply Chain: Planning and Optimisation

The complexity of supply chains in today’s global economy demands agility, precision, and real-time insights. GrowQ’s Anaplan for supply chain solutions enable businesses to overcome these challenges by delivering connected planning capabilities, advanced analytics, and flexible modelling.

With GrowQ’s expertise, your organisation can optimise operations, enhance demand and supply planning, and achieve end-to-end visibility. From inventory management to logistics planning, our tailored solutions ensure your supply chain operates at peak performance.
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Why Choose Anaplan Supply Chain?

Anaplan for supply chain is designed to unify data, processes, and teams, enabling seamless collaboration and decision-making across the entire supply chain. Benefits include:

  • End-to-End Visibility: Gain a comprehensive view of your supply chain, from suppliers to customers.
  • Data-Driven Insights: Use real-time data to make proactive, informed decisions.
  • Improved Agility: Quickly adapt to changes in demand, supply, or market conditions.

Addressing Common Supply Chain Challenges

Supply chains often face a range of issues, including:

  • Demand Volatility: Difficulty in predicting customer demand accurately.
  • Inventory Imbalances: Overstocks or stockouts leading to lost sales or increased costs.
  • Complex Logistics: Managing multiple transportation and distribution networks.

Key Features of Anaplan for Supply Chain

GrowQ’s supply chain planning software offers comprehensive features to streamline and optimise planning processes, including:

  • Demand Planning: Accurately forecast customer demand using historical data and market trends.
  • Supply Planning: Align procurement, production, and inventory to meet demand efficiently.
  • Scenario Modelling: Test various scenarios to prepare for potential disruptions or opportunities.
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Demand and Supply Planning

Effective demand and supply planning is essential for balancing customer needs with operational capabilities. GrowQ’s solutions provide:

  • Dynamic Demand Forecasting: Use advanced algorithms to predict shifts in demand patterns.
  • Supply Chain Synchronisation: Ensure alignment between production schedules, inventory levels, and customer orders.
  • Collaboration Across Teams: Connect stakeholders across procurement, production, and distribution for seamless coordination.

Inventory Management Solutions

Managing inventory effectively is crucial for minimising costs and maximising availability. GrowQ’s inventory management solutions enable businesses to:

  • Optimise Stock Levels: Maintain optimal inventory levels to prevent overstocking or stockouts.
  • Track Inventory in Real-Time: Gain visibility into inventory across locations and channels.
  • Reduce Carrying Costs: Streamline inventory turnover and storage efficiency.

Logistics Planning Platform

Efficient logistics are vital for ensuring timely and cost-effective product delivery. GrowQ’s logistics planning platform offers:

  • Transportation Optimisation: Plan routes and schedules to minimise costs and improve delivery times.
  • Network Design: Configure distribution networks for maximum efficiency and customer satisfaction.
  • Risk Management: Identify and mitigate potential disruptions in the logistics chain.

The Benefits of Anaplan for Supply Chain

Anaplan’s connected planning platform fosters collaboration by:

  • Centralising Data: Ensure all teams work from a single source of truth.
  • Facilitating Communication: Enable real-time sharing of insights and updates across departments.
  • Promoting Accountability: Assign ownership for key metrics and tasks.
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Increased Efficiency and Cost Savings

Optimised supply chain processes lead to significant efficiency gains, including:

  • Reduced Lead Times: Streamline operations to shorten production and delivery cycles.
  • Minimised Waste: Align production and inventory with actual demand to eliminate excess.
  • Lower Transportation Costs: Use advanced logistics planning to optimise shipping routes and methods.

Improved Resilience and Agility

In today’s volatile market, supply chains must be agile and resilient. Anaplan provides:

  • Real-Time Monitoring: Track performance metrics and spot issues as they arise.
  • Scenario Planning: Prepare for disruptions, such as supplier delays or demand surges.
  • Rapid Adjustments: Update plans and models instantly to reflect changing conditions.

How GrowQ Supports Your Supply Chain Transformation

At GrowQ, we recognise that every supply chain is unique. Our tailored solutions address the specific challenges and goals of your organisation, ensuring a perfect fit for your needs.

A Proven Methodology

Our approach to Anaplan for supply chain includes:

  • Discovery: Assessing your current processes and identifying areas for improvement.
  • Solution Design: Collaboratively developing a customised Anaplan solution.
  • Implementation: Executing the solution with minimal disruption to operations.
  • Training and Support: Equipping your team with the knowledge and skills to succeed.
  • Optimisation: Providing ongoing support to refine and enhance your supply chain models.
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Expertise Across Industries

GrowQ has successfully delivered supply chain solutions for clients in industries such as:

  • Retail: Enhancing demand forecasting and inventory management.
  • Manufacturing: Streamlining production schedules and resource planning.
  • Healthcare: Improving supply chain efficiency for critical medical supplies.

Why Choose GrowQ for Anaplan for Supply Chain?

When you choose GrowQ, you gain a trusted advisor with a proven track record in delivering supply chain planning software solutions. Our strengths include:

  • Experienced Consultants: A team of Anaplan experts with deep industry knowledge.
  • Customised Solutions: Tailored approaches to address your unique challenges.
  • Results-Oriented Approach: A focus on delivering measurable outcomes that drive value.
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Proven Results for Our Clients

Clients that partner with GrowQ report:

  • Increased Forecast Accuracy: Better predictions lead to improved demand planning.
  • Reduced Costs: Optimised operations lower expenses across the supply chain.
  • Enhanced Customer Satisfaction: Faster delivery times and better inventory availability.

Ready to Optimise Your Supply Chain?

GrowQ’s Anaplan for supply chain solutions empower organisations to streamline operations, improve agility, and drive cost savings. Contact us today to learn more about our services and discover how we can help transform your supply chain.

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What Our Customers Say

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Highly personable, communicative and open to new ways of working and ideas to improve process and efficiency, Joe brought an energy and a “can do” attitude that was a breath of fresh air and incredibly helpful in delivery, which in turn provided a significant step change in our financial planning process

Stuart Marsh
Head of FP&A, Ageas
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GrowQ were brought in to lead the design and build of our Group-wide FP&A model.  The build was focused on improving the consolidation process of the Group’s various separate entities, building in a previously disjointed excel based payroll model forecast and to automate foreign exchange conversion across our global reports

Tahnaya Fir
Group FP&A, The Economist
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GrowQ implemented the design for Sales & Margin reporting and Forecasting tool as well as a Stock forecasting model, integrated with SOP planning model. With a Connected Anaplan Eco-system, we now deliver faster, more reliable, and more accurate forecasts for the group

Ray McCarthy
Financial Controller, Alexander Dennis
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With a complex LLP Organisational structure, we needed a technology that could adapt to our unique business challenges. While we are continuing to work closely with GrowQ to give us greater flexibility and insight into our planning processes, Anaplan is proving itself to be the perfect product

Ayush Gupta
Head of Finance
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Now with the Anaplan platform in place we’re confident in the accuracy of the forecasts. I can see at least a 10% improvement on forecast accuracy which is already positively impacting our bottom line. The best thing is that we’ve cut the amount of time to complete a plan in half!

Phil Swords
Finance Director
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Moving to a connected planning tool has been revolutionary as we can generate forecasts, budgets and scenarios with ease and at speed. We had a very tight budget and strict timelines, so we were over the moon with what was achieved in 6 weeks and are looking forward to seeing what else Anaplan can do

Stephen Faulkner,
Head of Finance
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