Demand planning

Anticipate demand.
Plan with confidence.

AI-infused demand planning solutions that drive dynamic decision-making, collaborative forecasting, and planning.

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Demand Planning dashboard. Displays a bar chart of forecasted demand over weekly periods, including baseline and adjusted forecasts, as well as parameters like promotional uplifts, lifecycle impacts, and manual overrides in a table below.

Smarter planning starts with
smarter forecasts

Enhanced demand planning driven by flexible, extensible applications, and AI-powered analytics.

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Planning Overall 2024 Vendor Assessment

Anaplan has been recognized as a Leader, highlighting our deep integration across key functional areas and our strategic emphasis on out-of-the-box functionality with embedded best practices.

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Optimize decisions with an integrated approach to demand planning

Anticipate customer expectations and better understand your demand with greater agility and data-driven insights.

Demand Sensing dashboard Tracks real-time demand signals (e.g., POS data), highlights anomalies and forecast accuracy, and shows short-term adjustments to baseline forecasts.

Demand sensing

Monitor demand signals in real time and adapt swiftly for a proactive response to customer shifts.
Customer Collaboration dashboard Highlights shared demand forecasts, joint business plans, and an integrated messaging panel for real-time coordination with channel or retail partners.

Customer collaboration

Collaborate with customers to improve forecast accuracy, meet their needs, and optimize inventory.
Segmentation Analysis dashboard Breaks down customers or products by attributes (e.g., volume, profitability, region), with group-based recommendations and color-coded segment charts.

Segmentation analysis

Tailor demand forecasts for customer segments to improve focus, streamline operations, and boost efficiency.
Trade Promotion Management dashboard Summarizes active promotions, forecast uplift, ROI calculations, and promotional overlap, with bar charts for performance by retailer and product segment.

Trade promotion management

Empower promotion planners to adjust models and refine calculations, optimizing trade promotions to match changing market trends.

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Portfolio Planning dashboard Visualizes product categories, top/bottom performers, and new product launches, with charts indicating revenue contribution and market share over time.

Portfolio planning

Optimize your product mix to maximize profitability across all product lines and expand market share in alignment with your strategic goals.

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ML & AI Forecasting dashboard Displays predictive analytics for demand, including forecast confidence intervals, automated alerts for significant changes, and a model performance summary.

ML/AI forecasting

Leverage a powerful, integrated AI and machine learning forecasting workbench to drive accurate decision-making. 

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Product Lifecycle Planning dashboard Shows a timeline of introduction, growth, maturity, and phase-out for each product, alongside demand curves, profitability metrics, and recommended adjustments.

Product lifecycle planning

Create a clear plan for introducing new products, phasing out old ones, and managing changes to minimize disruptions and optimize inventory.

Top supply chain leaders
plan with Anaplan

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...forecast accuracy has improved dramatically, from 60% to over 85% — with forecasts for many products hitting the company’s accuracy target of 90%. Data integrity is no longer a problem, so planning teams can shift their time and expertise from data validation to more valuable activities.

Justin Moderow, Manager, Integrated Business Planning and Technology, Wright Medical Group
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Since we implemented Anaplan, we have had very few ‘out-of-stock’ items — and when inventory is tight, we are better able to prioritize by customer and item.

Amy Rogers, Demand Planner, Lodge Cast Iron
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Where the business benefit is greatest, demand forecast accuracy with Anaplan solutions from Valizant has improved more than 30%.

Mickey Klicka, Manager of Financial Systems, Springs Window Fashions

Featured resources

Best practices and valuable insights to improve your demand planning effectiveness.

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Anaplan CoPlanner for demand planning

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Supply chain collaboration: The demand planner’s role

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How NVIDIA optimizes demand and supply amidst growth and complexity

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Overcoming disruption: Top priorities for supply chain planners

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How much would AI/ML improve your demand planning accuracy?

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Solution brief

Take control of your demand planning with Statistical Forecasting

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Analyst report

2025 ISG Buyers Guide™ for Supply Chain Planning: Software Provider and Product Assessment

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