Supplier collaboration

Intelligent solutions for supplier collaboration

Build resiliency across sourcing and procurement workstreams to optimize decision-making and value creation.

Dashboard interface showing supplier collaboration shipments with sales order details, shipment quantities, open orders, supplier network view, and charts displaying open lines in dollars and units.

Drive greater performance throughout your supplier ecosystem

Disruption mitigation

Instantly identify and resolve supply-side exceptions by sharing real-time data on demand changes and inventory status with your key partners.

On-time in-full (OTIF) improvement

Increase supplier reliability by aligning on forecasts, managing capacity constraints, and tracking performance against shared, transparent metrics.

Value creation

Automate routine communication and eliminate manual processes, freeing up your team to focus on achieving strategic partnership goals.

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.

Build a more agile and transparent supplier collaboration network

Forecast collaboratively

Share demand forecasts and plans with suppliers in real time, allowing them to provide instant feedback on their ability to commit and execute.

Model “what-if” scenarios

Understand risks and opportunities for increased savings for various sourcing alternatives through real-time scenario planning and analysis.

Align supplier planning across the business

Provide a single source of truth for cross-functional teams on supplier data including pricing, inventory, capacity, delivery, quality, and risk information.

Balance supply and demand in real time

Give suppliers direct visibility into your inventory levels and demand signals so they can proactively adjust their production and shipping plans.

“With Anaplan, our people will be able to spend more time analyzing data, building comprehensive plans, and modeling future scenarios… As a result, we’ll deliver better decision-making across [our] finance, commercial, and supply chain teams.”

Isabelle Bellessort, Global Head of Supply Chain, Etex

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