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UC San Diego Health Sciences didn’t just replace spreadsheets — they rebuilt the foundation of their financial planning. With Tru + Anaplan, they moved from manual workflows to a campus-ready planning platform that scales, adapts, and delivers real-time visibility. The impact: ✔ Faster forecasting ✔ Standardized processes ✔ Empowered fund managers ✔ Campus-wide adoption Read the full case study ↓

Budget cycles shouldn’t feel like troubleshooting season. But when your tools can’t keep up, even simple changes create cascading errors. There’s a better way forward. See how connected planning helps institutions replace rework with real strategy. Swipe through the final 3 challenges finance leaders are eliminating with Tru.

Struggling to build dashboards that give leaders the information they need to make strategic decisions? You’re not alone. In this free live session, Tru Senior Analyst Nicholas Tunks and Managing Partner John Merriman will show you how to design intuitive, stakeholder-friendly dashboards in Anaplan. Walk away with practical tips you can reuse immediately — and a clearer picture of how to turn your models into meaningful conversations.

Every higher ed finance team faces these 3 challenges — but only a few are solving them for good. Manual models. Conflicting data. Reactive reporting. They’re more than headaches — they’re holding institutions back from making confident, strategic decisions. Swipe through the top 3 financial challenges we see most — and how connected planning turns them into strengths.

Every higher ed finance team runs into the same three issues: Manual work. Mismatched numbers. Reporting that lags behind reality. These aren’t minor annoyances — they’re barriers to strategic decision-making. Swipe to see the top challenges we uncover most often — and how connected planning finally solves them.

What happens when a university decides to outgrow Excel? UC San Diego Health Sciences partnered with Tru Consulting and Anaplan to modernize its financial planning—from hundreds of siloed spreadsheets to one connected, scalable platform. What started as a health sciences initiative has now expanded campus-wide, improving financial transparency and empowering teams to focus on what matters most: supporting research and patient care. Learn more about UCSD’s transformation