Case Study: Sleep Number achieves cohesive planning and faster forecasting with Accelytics and Anaplan

Sleep Number cuts forecast cycle times from a day to minutes with Accelytics

Sleep Number, a manufacturer and retailer of smart beds, faced a challenge with its reliance on manual, error-prone Excel spreadsheets for planning. This disjointed process across its Finance and Supply Chain departments left the company data rich but insight poor. To overcome this, Sleep Number partnered with vendor Accelytics to implement the Anaplan platform.

Accelytics executed a three-phase Anaplan build, creating integrated models for Demand, Sales, and Home Delivery Planning. The solution focused on co-building with Sleep Number's team to ensure long-term self-sufficiency and linked all models into one cohesive plan. The results included a 5-point improvement in forecast accuracy at the SKU level and a dramatic reduction in cycle time, from a full day down to mere minutes.

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