Workday Adaptive Planning.
Workday Adaptive Planning provides a flexible, holistic platform built to easily handle complex enterprise data models.
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Companies need to keep pace with the changing business environment by investing in a planning platform that can help them adapt and take advantage of opportunities. But in most organizations, a slow and static manual planning process inhibits the kind of informed, rapid decision-making needed to quickly course-correct as business conditions change. And with business drivers often spread across multiple, disconnected systems, business models are often incomplete, reflecting a fragmented view of the enterprise.

With Workday Adaptive Planning, you gain a holistic view of the business, with a planning platform that is flexible, scalable, and easy to use. No matter how data intensive or complex the models are, you can plan for what’s next. And with the built-in integration framework, you can connect to data from any ERP, HRIS, CRM, or other transactional system with out-of-the-box integration—no need for any third-party tools.

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Financial Planning

Produce accurate budgets quickly and easily with confidence. Get more insights faster.

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Workforce Planning

Execute with speed to deliver dynamic head-count and skills-based plans that drive better business results.

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Sales planning

Quickly optimize sales resources, increase performance, and improve
predictability.

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Operational planning

Operational capacity planning, marketing demand generation modeling, project-based planning—you can model it all.

Financial Planning

  • Budgeting & forecasting

    Use our world-class budgeting, forecasting, and planning solution to keep up with today’s ever-changing business landscape.

  • Scenario planning

    Leverage our nimble and data-driven financial modeling capabilities for deeper insights that guide smarter strategy and better planning.

  • Analytics and reporting

    Report faster and more accurately with tailored reports and dashboards, interactive data visualizations, and numbers you can trust.

  • Strategic planning

    Drive business forward with strategic planning tools that empower finance to seize new opportunities and mitigate risks as they arise.

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  • Boost collaboration

    Empower managers to collaborate easily using self-service reports and interactive dashboards.

  • Make decisions based on data, not instincts

    Embedded AI and machine learning (ML) let you make smarter decisions faster by eliminating mundane tasks and providing recommendations.

  • Mitigate risks and seize opportunities

    Easily create and test models using advanced analytics so you can immediately spot risks and opportunities.

  • Move beyond limitations of outdated systems

    In-memory calculations mean that every plan, report, and dashboard continuously updates with the latest information.

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Workforce Planning

  • Headcount and cost

    Easily link workforce plans to financial models with up-to-date headcount plans and related costs. So you can keep your hiring plans on target and on budget.

  • Workforce capacity planning

    Optimize your people resources to meet current business demand by allocating the right people at the right time across operating units and projects.

  • Talent planning

    Model skills capacity by location, ramp time, cost of workforce, and more. Then compare multiple what-if scenarios to pinpoint the best mix of talent.

  • Strategic workforce planning

    People are your greatest strategic asset. Match your future workforce composition to your strategic goals and business initiatives with integrated workforce planning.

Workforce Planning
Skills Planning

  • Model your workforce dynamics

    Model hiring, transfers, and retention plans with driver-based assumptions and see the cost impact instantly. Factor in global or local business drivers that can affect your staffing plans.

  • Align your workforce plans with your business goals

    Identify how best to attract, hire, and retain top talent. You can also see how to close skills gaps across business units and functions. Then collaborate to turn your workforce plans into actions.

  • Keep a pulse on your talent needs

    Monitor costs, view open positions, and analyze your workforce by any number of dimensions—then quickly course-correct as business conditions change.

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Sales Planning

  • Quota planning

    Match sales goals with available market opportunities to ensure equitable assignments that boost productivity.

  • Territory planning

    Match sales goals with available market opportunities to ensure equitable assignments that boost productivity.

  • Sales capacity & headcount

    Improve sales performance with sales capacity and headcount modeling that incorporates ramp, attainment, and more.

  • Analytics and forecasting

    Forecast demand across customers and geographies; blend forecast data with pipeline analytics and funnel metrics—all in one platform.

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  • Plan with agility and confidence

    Quickly spin up models to distribute quotas, design territories, and plan headcount to align sales resources to revenue targets.

  • Design a robust, scalable sales planning process

    Adjust your sales plans on the fly. Our flexible sales planning platform can handle the needs and complexities of your business.

  • Automate complex, time-consuming tasks

    Seamlessly import and incorporate CRM and customer enrichment data, so you can streamline complex planning processes.

  • Improve cross-functional alignment

    Align sales plans to finance and HR with a unified data core and the same set of planning assumptions.

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Operational Planning

  • Demand & supply planning

    Deliver what your customers want, when they want it, while driving efficiency and profitability for your business.

  • Project planning

    See how your projects impact financial and operational plans so you can make informed decisions and optimize your investments.

  • Marketing planning

    Evaluate your campaign mix, align to sales, and get the most out of your marketing budget.

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  • Increase forecast accuracy

    Build more reliable forecasts by applying unique business factors and assumptions.

  • Model changes as they happen

    Market conditions are constantly shifting. You need a planning platform that empowers you to adjust your models in real time.

  • Collaborate across the organization

    Link models among finance, HR, sales, marketing, IT, and operations to keep everyone aligned.

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