ACCENTURE & ANAPLAN
operations are run with a huge amount of manpower , using EXCEL that depends on individual skills . As a result , the speed and accuracy with which companies respond to change are not keeping pace with the needs of the market , which we believe is the biggest challenge .”
Yet , things aren ’ t likely to slow down . “ The trend of VUCA will increasingly accelerate . From the perspective of supply chain management in the manufacturing industry , it will become more and more difficult to correctly grasp the market demand and supply products and services appropriately . Under these circumstances , companies that manage to stay in business through a vast amount of manual operations will soon find themselves unable to keep up with the changes . To make or break a company ' s success depends on how quickly it can move away from manual operations .
“ We recommend companies start on a small scale . Large companies with global operations tend to have disparate business rules and processes , as well as IT systems and master data / code systems for each business , so efforts to standardise and unify them are necessary to increase the resilience of organisations . Toward realising this initiative , companies need to carefully select members well versed in the business processes and IT situation of each country and business to form a large-scale project team . Only a few companies can launch such a large-scale initiative right away , and even they will take years to realise it . In recent years , we have seen an increase in the number of companies that have started with a small reform by focusing on a specific business or product , using readily available SaaS solutions . They can obtain steady results by gradually expanding the reform across the company while quickly checking the effects .”
However , when it comes to planning and decision making , Ohta believes companies need to pick up the pace . “ I suggest speeding up the decision-making cycle . In the age of VUCA , however excellent a leader you are , the probability of making the right decision is decreasing . We should acquire an opportunity to make decisions more frequently rather than pursue 100 % correct decisions . As an example , many global companies from Japan still conduct monthly S & OP , which is behind the global standard where weekly S & OP is the norm . It goes without saying that the inefficient bucketrelay of operations need to be eliminated to make decisions more frequently .
Change Management , Culture Follows Mindset Anaplan has proven themselves to be successful implementers of change , consistently helping their customers in driving implementations , ensuring adoption rates and optimising value . Quasney shares the importance of culture and how Anaplan is getting it right .
250 June 2021