A Prestigious Jewelry House Optimizes Its Production Planning with Anaplan and Beyond Plans
In the world of high jewelry, excellence goes far beyond artisanal craftsmanship: it also relies on flawless control of production processes and associated costs. True to its exceptional legacy, a renowned jewelry house has recently undertaken a major transformation to modernize its industrial planning.
Keen to combine tradition with innovation, the workshop chose to optimize its operations using Anaplan Optimizer—a solution that automates the allocation of production workloads, sharpens forecasting, and improves cost control. To tackle this strategic challenge, the house partnered with Beyond Plans, a certified Anaplan partner, to integrate a planning optimizer into its existing application.
Combining Artisanal Excellence with Industrial Performance
Until recently, production planning relied on demanding manual processes. Every month, teams had to juggle numerous parameters: manufacturing costs, supplier capacity, volume distribution—all while ensuring flawless quality. While this rigorous approach upheld a high standard of excellence, it was time-consuming and did not always allow for optimal resource allocation.
Aware of the stakes in performance and competitiveness, the house decided to evolve by implementing an advanced digital solution. The objective was clear: automate monthly planning, optimize workload distribution, and ensure precise cost visibility.
Thanks to Anaplan’s powerful computing capabilities and Beyond Plans’ expertise, an advanced optimization model was developed and integrated into the house’s existing application. The model efficiently structures the various production constraints while adapting to the specificities of the jewelry industry.
A Tailor-Made Planning Optimizer
The solution is based on an algorithm that combines multiple levels of constraints:
- Hard constraints, which must be strictly adhered to, such as assigning items to suppliers based on their expertise, respecting production volumes, and accounting for pre-established allocations.
- Soft constraints, which can be optimized according to business needs, including supplier capacity management, production type diversity, and guaranteed minimum volumes for each partner.
With this approach, teams can now simulate different scenarios, refine forecasts, and adopt the most efficient workload distribution. Far from being just an automation tool, it becomes a true strategic lever, offering unprecedented flexibility and more agile operations management.
Promising Early Results
Although the optimizer has not yet been deployed over a full cycle, early feedback is already very encouraging. Teams report a significant reduction in repetitive manual tasks, allowing them to focus more on analysis and anticipation. This transition marks a key milestone in improving internal processes.
From a financial standpoint, initial indicators suggest a positive impact on controlling manufacturing costs by more precisely identifying optimization levers and enabling smarter volume distribution. A thorough evaluation will follow once the tool has been fully tested over an entire operational cycle.
Beyond Plans, a Strategic Partner
The success of this project is largely due to the expertise of Beyond Plans, whose in-depth knowledge of the luxury sector and mastery of Anaplan ensured a smooth and effective implementation. From the earliest stages, the team understood the house’s specific challenges and delivered a customized solution tailored to the high standards of its organization.
This partnership demonstrates the ability of prestigious houses to reinvent themselves without ever compromising their heritage. By integrating high-performing digital tools with their historical craftsmanship, they not only preserve artisanal excellence but also achieve more agile and optimized production management. A further testament to the fact that, in luxury, innovation and tradition always go hand in hand.
