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Nissan modernizes production planning and reduces development costs
Automaker revamps its legacy mid- and long-term production planning system into a state-of-the-art, cloud-based solution
Nissan upgraded its legacy mid- and long-term production planning system to Anaplan in 2022. Leveraging low-code development in Anaplan enabled Nissan to bring solution maintenance and enhancement in-house, yielding significant reductions in development costs and enabling insourced development that focuses on users’ needs.
We’ve seen cost savings of around 50% when comparing the cost of the Anaplan license with the cost of enhancements delivered by third-party vendors.”Yumi Yoshida, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management Systems Department, Business System Solutions Division, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
50%
cost savings in total cost for enhancement and license
Low-code development
enables flexible and faster development
Flexibility
enables rapid implementation and quick wins
Tasked with promoting digitalization, the global IS/IT division of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has promoted the modernization of internal IT infrastructure in line with NISSAN NEXT, the company’s business transformation plan. As part of this initiative, Nissan upgraded its legacy mid- and long-term production planning system to Anaplan, a cloud-based planning solution, in 2022.
The existing system had become complex due to a lot of extensions and add-ons that compromised usability and responsiveness. As a result, usability was compromised and responsiveness was unsatisfactory.
In-house ownership reduces overall costs
The IS/IT division established a project team in 2021 tasked with revamping mid- and long-term production planning system. The team considered multiple approaches, and ultimately selected Anaplan.
Yumi Yoshida, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management Systems Department, Business System Solutions Division at Nissan says: “Now, we can add functions ourselves without outsourcing the enhancement process to an external systems integrator, which speeds up the development process. It is highly regarded. Anaplan’s low-code development also means that we can respond quickly to production plans that change daily.”
What’s more, bringing systems development in-house makes it possible to add new functions quickly, meaning no interruptions for users. Ms. Yoshida believes the business value of Anaplan is extremely high.
“We’ve seen cost savings of around 50% when comparing the cost of the Anaplan license with the cost of enhancements delivered by third-party vendors.” Ms. Yoshida says.
Increasing speed and accuracy
Moving forward, the IS/IT Division plans to expand the utilization of Anaplan beyond mid- and long-term production planning. As Yuichi Sumiya, Senior Manager, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management Systems Department, Business System Solutions Division at Nissan explains: “Currently, the data that is used for production planning is managed by plant production departments in spreadsheets, with the results being entered manually into the existing core system. By replacing those spreadsheets with Anaplan, we will streamline and standardize data management and unify the data entry for users. I look forward to getting the new value this will create.”
The teams also expect to accelerate creation of production plans. “I aim to increase the speed and accuracy of planning across multiple business areas by leveraging Anaplan’s strengths in enabling connected planning,” says Ms. Yoshida.
