Anaplan’s software is designed to help organizations across finance, sales and operations improve accuracy, timeliness and collaboration in their business analytics and planning. I recently attended the company’s first user conference, Hub 2013, in San Francisco, which featured customer success stories and latest on product information. Anaplan has built its business on the subtleties of modeling and planning that are shared between sales, operations and finance departments, and it enables them...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Planning,
FP&A,
Modeling,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
CFO,
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
finance,
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Sales Planning,
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM),
Workforce Performance Management (WPM)
When it comes to the task of managing performance, many organizations still find themselves fixated on the past rather than planning for improvement in the future. When performance management processes operate efficiently, technology to support activities such as modeling and analytics can optimize outcomes and help align them to targeted goals and objectives. This might seem trivial or easily done, but the reality is that most organizations lack a unified platform that anyone in the enterprise...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Performance Management,
Planning,
Sales,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Business Analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Sales Performance Management (SPM)
Investing wisely in sales-related people and processes is a key to business success. In 2012, helping sales staff perform at their highest levels should be a top priority for management. That may take some effort, according to our benchmark research, which indicates that only 14 percent of sales organizations operate at the highest level of innovation and competitiveness. In recent years, most organizations merely discussed moving beyond using only their sales force automation application and...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Mobile,
Planning,
Sales,
Social Media,
assets,
Learning,
Office of Finance,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Performance,
Reporting,
Sales Compensation,
Sales Force Automation,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
channel,
coaching,
commission,
CRM,
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Sales Performance Management,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
SFA,
Workforce Performance Management (WPM)
