Unlock the full potential of your retail strategy with Anaplan

Supply chain planning is often fraught with challenges that can hinder a company's ability to meet consumer demands and maintain profitability. For retailers, the growing pressure to create customer-centric assortment plans while balancing profitability with market trends adds layers of complexity that delay decisions and add risk. Many retailers still rely on outdated planning methods that struggle to keep pace with shifting consumer behaviors, supply chain disruptions, and evolving market conditions. Without the right tools, decision-making becomes reactive rather than strategic, often based on outdated information, leading to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, lost sales, excess inventory, and reduced margins. 

Let’s explore how Anaplan is your solution for building a more agile, data-driven supply chain that adapts to change, optimizes inventory, and drives sustainable profitability. 
 

Transforming retail assortment planning

To stay competitive, retailers need a more dynamic planning approach — one that integrates real-time data, predictive analytics, and multi-scenario modeling to make informed decisions quickly. This level of agility enables businesses to optimize inventory in step with demand, reduce reactive markdowns, and ensure the right products are available at the right time and place. 

Anaplan helps retailers achieve this by transforming retail supply chain planning into a connected, intelligent process. Our platform integrates internal and external data sources, providing a single source of truth for demand forecasting, inventory management, and financial planning. By leveraging AI-driven insights, retailers can anticipate changes, adapt to disruptions, and align their assortment strategies with both customer expectations and business objectives. 

We believe our recognition as a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Retail AI-Driven Assortment Planning Solutions 2025 Vendor Assessment is further evidence of Anaplan’s innovative use of AI to address the complexities of retail assortment planning. With features like advanced SKU rationalization and financial indicator-driven analytics, we provide actionable insights that enhance decision-making and boost profitability across your retail ecosystem. 
 

Driving success through integration and adoption 

Anaplan excels at seamlessly integrating with existing systems — whether as a replacement for legacy tools or as an overlay to maximize efficiency in the planning process. This flexibility ensures higher adoption rates, particularly among power users, while simplifying transitions from outdated and siloed spreadsheet-based processes. 

Our ability to enable effective cross-functional collaboration ensures retailers can align assortment planning with broader business objectives. This approach fosters resilience and agility, critical in today’s evolving market landscape. 
 

AI-driven innovation for competitive advantage 

At the heart of Anaplan’s capabilities lies a robust AI-driven engine that optimizes retail assortment planning in real time. By evaluating key metrics like dollar contribution per unit sold, our solution helps retailers identify high-value products, streamline portfolios, and maximize margins. 

These AI-driven insights go beyond basic automation, offering a strategic advantage that enables retailers to anticipate market shifts and make proactive, data-backed decisions. 
 

Discover the power of Anaplan 

Anaplan remains committed to empowering retailers with solutions that redefine what’s possible for planning capabilities. To learn more about how Anaplan can revolutionize your retail assortment planning, read the excerpt from the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Retail AI-Driven Assortment Planning Solutions 2025 Vendor Assessment. Discover how our advanced capabilities support your business navigate a dynamic and competitive retail environment.