Manufacturing | Connected Planning

Connected planning for modern manufacturers.

Manufacturing Operating Intelligence

Live Production KPI Signal

OEE (Overall Equip. Effectiveness)72%

Production Schedule Adherence81%

Supply Chain On-Time Delivery68%

Forecast Accuracy64%

28%

DOWNTIME OF PRODUCTION TIME

$400B

ANNUAL DOWNTIME COST — GLOBAL 2000

15-25%

COST REDUCTION WITH CONNECTED PLANNING

Production schedule variance detected. Capacity rebalancing recommended.

THE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

Four forces reshaping the manufacturing operating model.

Industrial enterprises face a planning environment that is more volatile, interconnected, and data-intensive than the systems built to manage it.

Cost Volatility and Capacity Misalignment

Energy costs, raw material prices, and logistics rates shift faster than annual budgets allow, while production capacity decisions made months in advance rarely hold. The gap between planned and actual utilisation is where margin quietly disappears.

Supply Chain Fragility

Single-source dependencies and lean inventory buffers created systemic exposure during recent disruptions. Multi-tier supplier visibility has become a competitive requirement.

Demand Unpredictability

Order volatility across B2B and industrial channels has increased sharply. Production planning requires forecasting models that respond to real-time demand signals.

Labour, Skills, and Sustainability Pressure

India's manufacturing sector employs over 143 million workers, yet skill gaps in precision operations and data-driven roles are widening. ESG reporting and carbon accounting requirements add a new planning layer most operational finance teams are not yet equipped to handle.

CORE CAPABILITIES

Planning capabilities built for the manufacturing operating model.

Four connected capabilities that close the gap between how industrial enterprises operate today and how the best ones plan for what comes next.

Connected Demand and Production Planning

We integrate external demand signals including POS data, distributor sell-through, and seasonal indices into your production planning model, and connect capacity constraints, material availability, and workforce deployment into a single production scheduling environment.

Cost and Margin Intelligence

We build product-level cost models that update with real input cost movements, giving finance and operations a shared view of standard versus actual cost variances.

Supplier Risk and Procurement Planning

We map Tier 1 and Tier 2 supplier dependencies and model the impact of lead time changes on production and procurement plans.

Workforce and Capital Planning

We align headcount, overtime, and contractor deployment to production volume forecasts, and integrate asset maintenance schedules, capital expenditure plans, and production utilisation into a unified planning model.

BUSINESS IMPACT

What connected planning delivers for manufacturing.

The moment we connected our supply planning to finance, the conversation in our S&OP meeting changed completely. We stopped arguing about whose number was right and started talking about what to do.

— VP, Integrated Business Planning, Large-scale Process Manufacturer

PROOF POINTS

Results from real manufacturing engagements.

Representative outcomes from connected planning deployments across industrial and manufacturing clients.

AUTO-PARTS MANUFACTURING

60% cycle reduction

Anaplan

Global Auto-Parts Manufacturer Reduces S&OP Cycle Time by 60%

A $2B+ precision components manufacturer running a 21-day S&OP cycle across 14 plants engaged us to redesign their planning architecture on Anaplan. The S&OP cycle fell to under 9 days.

DISCRETE MANUFACTURING

Real-time cost visibility

Pigment

Industrial Manufacturer Achieves Real-Time Product-Level Cost Visibility

A mid-market discrete manufacturer managing standard versus actual cost variances across 800+ SKUs implemented a connected cost intelligence layer on Pigment, reducing reporting time to 3 days.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions from manufacturing leaders evaluating connected planning.

We work within it. Our planning implementations sit on top of your ERP as a connected intelligence layer. SAP remains the system of record.

Yes. Many of our manufacturing engagements are model extensions on existing Anaplan implementations.

START YOUR JOURNEY

Build a connected planning engine for your manufacturing operations.

Connect demand, production, cost, supply, and workforce through one intelligence-led planning layer — and respond to operational changes before the impact reaches the P&L.