Production Planning Software: Optimize Production

Faster, more confident production decisions

Quickly determine how to allocate resources, materials, and production capacity through a multi-dimensional, attribute-based planning process.

Deliver on production commitments

Deliver an optimized production plan based on objectives like factory attainment, on-time delivery, and resource utilization.

Connect critical inputs for timely, profitable production

Identify required materials and components for production, ensure availability, and assess necessary capacity, labor, machinery, and facilities to meet demand.

Limit the impact of downtime

Manage changeovers and maintenance with intelligent planning to minimize the impact of required downtime on the master production schedule.

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 production planning

Material requirement planning

Ensure materials align with production plans to meet demand without holding excess inventory.

Rough Cut Capacity Planning dashboard Visualizes weekly production capacity, overtime, and resource usage with bar and area charts, including a detailed capacity utilization table.

Rough Cut Capacity Planning application

Enable effective supply planning by balancing critical resource production capacities against demand requirements.

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Production Scheduling & Sequencing dashboard Features a timeline grid for task scheduling across resources and shifts, highlighting production task allocation and availability.

Production scheduling and sequencing

Leverage smarter planning and prioritization to optimize manufacturing resources and streamline supply chain operations.

Master production planning

Anticipate disruptions and create plans to determine what, when, and how much to manufacture, aligned with changing demand.

Top supply chain leaders
plan with Anaplan

Our data is showing that we’ve removed approximately four to six days of inventory from our supply chain.

Wade Latham, Senior Director of Operations, Carter’s

By creating new ways of working with Anaplan, we reduced total inventory by 10 days.

Hiroshi Yoshida, Head of Supply Chain Management, Ajinomoto Thailand

We change our product portfolio quite often, and Anaplan enabled the possibility for us to plan on different levels, with a lot of changes, with a very short implementation time.

Linus Bergqvist, EVP Operations, Polarium

We have a more stable production plan and lower stock volumes without reducing customer service.

Daryl Gobey, Demand Planning Manager, CVH Spirits

Featured resources

Best practices and valuable insights for more effective and agile production planning.

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