Material sourcing

Intelligent solutions for material sourcing

Proactively manage supply, mitigate risk, and optimize your sourcing costs.

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Direct material sourcing dashboard showing cost optimization with baseline total cost of $7,029,940 and optimized total cost of $6,927,287, alongside charts and tables comparing supplier allocation and lead times from 70.75 days to 75.43 days.

Refine your material sourcing strategy to drive real-time, high-impact value

Discover our ready-to-deploy Spend Analysis and Forecasting application

The Anaplan Spend Analysis and Forecasting application delivers an out-of-the-box, AI-driven approach to automating variance analysis and delivering fast, accurate direct materials spend forecasts.

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Spend Analysis & Forecasting dashboard comparing Actual vs. Scenario 1 from Week 30 FY25 to Week 47 FY25, showing unit price variance -1.09, price variance -1,681.2%, and residual variance -0.88, with a PPV analysis table, a PPV by unit waterfall for Clorox and Lysol Wipes, commodity and other factor impact charts, and tables for other factors adjustments and overrides over time.

Future-proof your material sourcing with proactive intelligence

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“Managing this scale [of growth] requires a new level of planning and coordination across demand, supply, and business strategy. The ability to adapt quickly and efficiently is what drives our success.”

 

Angela Ying, Vice President of Business Operations, NVIDIA

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Best practices and valuable insights to improve your material sourcing.

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From the source to the store: Optimizing the full CPG supply chain

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On-demand webinar

Beyond the buzzwords: Achieving a resilient and profitable supply chain

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Optimizing supply planning across the end-to-end distribution and production network

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Report

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

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The supply chain behind NVIDIA’s meteoric rise

Discover the platform supply chain leaders trust.
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Supply chain teams around the world rely on Anaplan to build a modern, connected enterprise. Shouldn’t you?

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