Clarity in planning. Confidence in acting. Turning data into decisions.
Sales Planning and Forecasting for Automotive Suppliers
VISTAlution Sales Planning & Forecasting gives Tier 1-3 automotive suppliers an unmatched view of their company's future - with a level of precision and detail you haven't had before.
Understand your complete supply chain, from individual BOM components to the finished vehicle, across the entire project lifecycle. See how transparency and intuitive data management boost efficiency and team motivation.
The Top Pain Points in Sales
and how VISTAlution solves them
Lack of Portfolio/Pipeline Oversight
“We only plan in real detail once a year - the rest of the year, we lose sight of the big picture and our strategy.”
Transparent
“VISTAlution keeps your entire portfolio visible year-round - not just during the annual planning meeting, but at all times, with full alignment to strategy and individual projects.”
Lack of an Overview of the Project Lifecycle
“My project data is scattered across various systems and teams - I don't have a comprehensive view of a project's lifecycle from RFQ to production.”
Structured
“VISTAlution maps your projects end-to-end - from the proposal through SOP to EOP - so you can keep a consistent overview of every phase of the lifecycle, rather than having to piece together data from different systems.”
Labor-intensive manual data consolidation
“For every presentation and report, I manually collect and consolidate data from various sources - time that I should actually be spending on the client.”
Integrated
“VISTAlution automatically consolidates your data, allowing you to create presentations and reports in minutes instead of hours - time you can invest in your customers.”
Inaccurate Forecasts
“I'm missing the customer orders and the link to the vehicle production forecast - without that connection, my sales forecasts are, at best, just estimates.”
Connected
“VISTAlution integrates customer orders from the ERP system and automatically links your sales planning to vehicle production forecasts, turning estimates into reliable, data-driven forecasts.”
Outdated Data in Negotiations
“I go into price and volume negotiations with figures that are neither up-to-date nor detailed enough - this undermines transparency and my bargaining power.”
Current
“VISTAlution keeps your numbers up to date at all times - down to the last detail - so that in every negotiation, you can base your arguments on the latest information - not last week's.”
Time-Consuming Quote Preparation
“For every quote, I painstakingly collect and review data by hand - that takes time that I don't have when competing to respond quickly.”
Efficient
“VISTAlution automatically provides all the relevant data for your quote, allowing you to respond faster than the competition.”
Ignored SOP and Forecast Adjustments
“When I adjust my forecast or update SOP data, the program team often doesn't get the message. They continue to plan using outdated figures - until the issue escalates.”
Synchronized
“VISTAlution makes every SOP and forecast adjustment immediately visible to the program team, so that everyone works with the same, up-to-date figures - without any gaps or delays.”
Commitments Without Clarity on Capacity
“I commit to delivery quantities before I really know whether we have the capacity to fulfill them - and only realize too late that we can't deliver them.”
Controlled
“VISTAlution calculates your required capacity in real time, so you only commit to what you can actually deliver.”
Challenges to Overcome
complexity, interdependencies, and standards in Sales Planning
Your company manages thousands of part numbers - and that number keeps growing. The biggest challenge? Keeping a clear overview for precise planning: which parts belong to which projects, which components replace others, which vehicles they go into, and how quantity or price changes ripple through.
This data is the foundation of every strategic decision - so it needs continuous upkeep, with changes flowing automatically into your forecasts. That only works with clear standards and one shared data source across the whole team.
VISTAlution offers the tools and intelligence to achieve exactly that through a streamlined and efficient process.
Integration
Structure
Forecasting
Versioning
Intelligence
Data Integration
high-quality raw data from internal and external sources - the foundation for accurate forecasts
VISTAlution integrates all relevant data from your ERP system and other sources. This gives you a comprehensive overview of your business’s past and present - combined with a clear view of future projects - all in one central tool.
Based on consistent assumptions, you can analyze your business proactively and make data-driven decisions.
With VISTAlution, you can focus on strategic issues - instead of wasting time on manual data preparation.
VISTAlution supports various data integration methods and formats
Structure and Consolidation
data optimization for intuitive management
VISTAlution brings intelligent structure to your data - vertically across the entire supply chain and horizontally across the entire project lifecycle.
By consolidating part numbers at the project level, you gain valuable insights that were previously hidden - thereby strengthening communication with your customers and within your team.
You simply plan the total volume of a project - VISTAlution automatically assigns the quantities to the correct part numbers.
Continuous 360° Forecasting
our unique forecasting approach - designed to help you overcome your planning challenges
Good data is the foundation of good decisions. A continuous forecasting process keeps your planning data always current - so you can spot and act on cost-saving opportunities across the business. Most companies still juggle separate systems for forecasting, budgeting, and strategic planning. That costs time, ties up your sales team, and rarely delivers good results.
VISTAlution integrates forecasting into a continuous process - combining bottom-up and top-down planning - and thereby resolves all challenges related to data quality and consistency.
Versions - Forecast, Budget, Strategic Planning
freeze and compare forecast versions - with just one click
VISTAlution allows you to freeze various planning stages, such as a sales budget or a 9+3 forecast.
These versions can be compared to the live forecast under the same assumptions - variances become immediately apparent and can be traced transparently down to the finest detail.
Any necessary adjustments can be implemented in a targeted manner at any time.
Business Intelligence
custom BI dashboards for strategy, analysis, and clear decision-making
VISTAlution offers powerful business intelligence features.
Filterable dashboards let you analyze and compare forecast versions - giving you a deep understanding of your business processes and helping you better interpret correlations.
Simply select the widgets you want and place them on your dashboard using drag-and-drop - no programming knowledge required.
Make informed decisions faster - with reliable, real-time data
Next Level Forecast Alignment
through collaborative planning
Imagine that your sales team updates the sales forecast, and the changes are automatically reflected in a procurement forecast at the bill of materials level and a capacity forecast at the machine level.
All forecasts remain aligned at all times and are broken down to the required level of detail. Time-consuming S&OP meetings based on aggregated data are a thing of the past. Every change is documented and traceable.
VISTAlution achieves this by directly linking bill of materials and production equipment parameters to each project. As early as the initial phases of the APQP process, all relevant inputs are aligned and uniformly structured.
This alignment is maintained throughout the entire project lifecycle, regardless of any changes made.
You work with consistent, reliable data as the basis for strategic decisions.