Barclaycard took the bold step of adapting Anaplan to build a pioneering, strategic capability that links Workforce Planning with Finance & HR. A small, global team has rebuilt local Excel models built over time in six siloed planning functions. Robust audit, governance and knowledge sharing is driven by a rule-based modelling platform and a central database. This removes single points of failure and frees time for addedvalue tasks. The analysts are developing new skills and using this system creates flexible, agile planning resource. Software licence costs for the team are low compared to operation-wide systems like workforce management or analytics. What’s more, live real-time scenario planning is engaging stakeholders and building credibility in ways that might have seemed impossible before.

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