你的企业如何加快零基预算

This is the first in a series of blog posts that focus on how Anaplan’s platform for Connected Planning can help businesses accelerate zero-based budgeting initiatives.

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Last spring, my wife and I decided it was finally time to clean out our garage. Our family had grown over the years, and with it our garage space grew increasingly tighter—we were in a recurring pattern of accumulating “stuff.”

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Years of collecting various objects meant that we had a big project ahead of us and an efficient strategy would be essential to reach our goal of removing clutter. We categorized our items into stay, go, and debate piles before further negotiating every single item up for debate. It took a few tough decisions, but we ultimately got rid of many unnecessary items and freed up the space we needed.

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In many ways, zero-based budgeting (ZBB) is akin to this kind of cleaning-out methodology. After years of accumulating operating expenses and all the “stuff” that goes along with it, many companies are instead opting to start fresh with an empty budget that allows them to thoroughly review and negotiate which expenses to keep and which to eliminate.

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This blog series focuses on how Anaplan’s platform can be a critical accelerator for ZBB deployments, and outlines notable success factors that we see in our customers’ experience with ZBB deployments.

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Not all ZBB approaches are created equal

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It’s no secret that the topic of ZBB has commanded a lot of attention over the past few years. While its methodology has been around for decades, its adoption has recently returned to spread like wildfire across finance functions in Fortune 2000 companies. Yet, despite its growing popularity and appeal, successful ZBB deployments can prove challenging for many organizations.

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ZBB, in more cases than not, is a stark departure from existing budgeting methodologies and, when done right, it requires significant effort and some difficult decisions. If the right tools and communications are not in place, the deployment of ZBB can create challenges such as results tracking, data consolidation, and process scalability that can overwhelm finance teams.

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In other words, not all ZBB deployments are created equal and its results can vary greatly based on the tools, resources, and processes an organization uses to deploy it.

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From the trenches: Lessons learned with the Anaplan platform

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The Anaplan platform is used globally as a sustainable deployment tool for ZBB. As a cost discipline that can help reduce expense and improve margins, the results of a ZBB approach will depend on how successfully the methodology is deployed. By selecting Anaplan’s platform, a company can help mitigate the risks and enable its resources to maximize its ZBB experience.

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Outside of its technological architecture, one of the reasons the Anaplan platform has proved so sustainable is due to the support of Anaplan’s expansive partner network. Several of our industry partners have created ZBB templates for our platform for customers to leverage and accelerate ZBB deployment and adoption—unlocking impressive results.

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As this blog series unfolds, we will highlight a customer example of the ZBB deployment process and share best practices and lessons learned within the platform. Further, readers will better understand the critical role of working with a strategic partner throughout the ZBB deployment process and some of the questions we recommend asking in the selection process.

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这是一系列博客文章的第一篇，重点介绍了anplan的互联规划平台如何帮助企业加快零基础预算计划。

去年春天，我和妻子决定是时候清理我们的车库了。多年来，我们家的人越来越多，车库空间也越来越紧——我们陷入了一种不断积累“东西”的模式。

多年来收集各种各样的物品意味着我们有一个大项目摆在我们面前，一个有效的策略对于实现我们清除杂乱的目标至关重要。在进一步讨论每一项辩论之前，我们将我们的项目分为留下、离开和辩论三类。我们做了一些艰难的决定，但最终还是去掉了许多不必要的东西，腾出了我们需要的空间。

在许多方面，零基预算(ZBB)类似于这种清理方法。经过多年积累的运营费用和随之而来的所有“东西”，许多公司选择用一个空预算重新开始，这样他们就可以彻底审查和协商哪些费用可以保留，哪些费用可以取消。

本博客系列关注的是anplan的平台如何成为ZBB部署的关键加速器，并概述了我们在客户的ZBB部署经验中看到的显著成功因素。

并非所有的ZBB方法都是一样的

众所周知，在过去的几年里，ZBB的话题引起了很多关注。虽然它的方法已经存在了几十年，但它的采用最近才在财富2000强公司的财务职能部门迅速蔓延。然而，尽管ZBB越来越受欢迎和吸引，但成功的ZBB部署对许多组织来说仍然具有挑战性。

在大多数情况下，ZBB与现有的预算方法截然不同，如果做得好，它需要付出巨大的努力和做出一些艰难的决定。如果正确的工具和通信没有到位，ZBB的部署可能会带来挑战，例如结果跟踪、数据整合和流程可伸缩性，这些可能会压垮财务团队。

换句话说，并不是所有的ZBB部署都是相同的，它的结果可能会根据组织用来部署它的工具、资源和过程而有很大的不同。

从战壕:经验教训与anplan平台

anplan平台作为ZBB的可持续部署工具在全球范围内使用。作为一种可以帮助减少费用和提高利润的成本原则，ZBB方法的结果将取决于该方法部署的成功程度。通过选择anplan的平台，公司可以帮助降低风险，并使其资源最大化地发挥其ZBB体验。

在其技术架构之外，anplan平台如此可持续发展的原因之一是得益于anplan广阔的合作伙伴网络的支持。我们的一些行业合作伙伴已经为我们的平台创建了ZBB模板，以便客户利用和加速ZBB的部署和采用，从而释放出令人印象深刻的结果。

随着这个博客系列的展开，我们将重点介绍ZBB部署过程的一个客户示例，并分享在该平台中获得的最佳实践和经验教训。此外，读者将更好地理解在整个ZBB部署过程中与战略合作伙伴合作的关键作用，以及我们建议在选择过程中提出的一些问题。