Secure data fuels a low-carbon future

Rapid, secure data access for budgeting and planning helps global nuclear company Orano thrive in the low-carbon energy economy. A comprehensive Anaplan environment touching finance, supply chain, and workforce supports Orano’s success. With Anaplan, reporting at Orano is immediate, and data-driven decision-making is fast and accurate. This positions Orano for success now and in the future. 

Orano works every day to improve access to competitive, low-carbon electricity for all. The company is a leading global uranium producer, uranium processor, and nuclear fuel recycler. “To achieve our goals, we need access to enhanced and consistent data quickly and in a secure way,” says Anne-Sophie Maurice, EPM Manager at Orano.

“In today’s environment, we need to respond quickly to change,” adds Emmanuel Kuranty, Finance Business Partner at Orano. “That way, we can serve our customers as well as our investment partners as we grow our position in the market.”

Accelerated calculations leave time for analysis

Starting in 2018, Orano created and expanded an Anaplan environment to meet key needs across the business. “We use Anaplan for forecasting and controlling, for profit and loss, for operational cash flow, and for personnel expenses,” Anne-Sophie Maurice says of the company’s finance and operational workforce planning environment — but that’s just the beginning. “We have a lot of data in different domains of our business, so we need a tool with the strength of calculation to produce our reports.”

In supply chain, Anaplan is primarily used for visualizing and analyzing sales and operations planning (S&OP), master production schedule (MPS) scenarios, and KPIs such as inventory levels and on-time delivery (OTD). The company also recently began planning its sales capacity with Anaplan. In total, Orano has some 40 Anaplan models. The number can change because the company has a continuous improvement mindset, working with Anaplan and partner Business at Work to refine its comprehensive environment.

Throughout the system, sensitive data is secured using Anaplan’s Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) encryption. “We do our budget in a secure and fast way with Anaplan,” Emmanuel Kuranty says. “We have a very high level of service, and we do our budget very confidently.”

Fast decisions today for a brighter tomorrow

The Orano team uses Anaplan to accelerate routine reporting and other activities — in some cases by more than 99.6%. “Before we had Anaplan, it took three or four days to get a report,” Emmanuel Kuranty recalls. “Now, with Anaplan, it literally takes five minutes.” Forecasting is also accelerated because less time is spent on data entry and recovery.

Valuable time is also saved in scenario planning. “Anaplan helps us make good plans and quick decisions, which has increased our performance in terms of data retrieval and data quality,” Anne-Sophie Maurice says.

“With Anaplan we can optimize the allocation of financial resources thanks to faster calculations,” Emmanuel Kuranty adds, noting that Anaplan’s data retrieval and calculation speeds are “faster than any other solution on the market.”

Orano’s supply chain solutions also deliver substantial savings. Even the security built into Anaplan saves Orano money by replacing some in-person meetings with remote data-sharing and collaboration. “With Anaplan we save time in day-to-day business operations by enabling meetings away from the office,” Emmanuel Kuranty explains. “This helps everyone to save some precious time.”

It all adds up to a competitive edge for Orano. “We need to make good decisions today for tomorrow — especially in our business, which is a long-term business,” Emmanuel Kuranty says. “That's why we need to make decisions fast, with accurate data, today.”