BI Solutions:
Planning, Portfolio & Scenario
AFS PLANNING
AFS Planning is a fully integrated sales forecasting & revenue planning solution specifically designed for the automotive community. Track and analyze your sales, customers, products, capacity, and more at a detailed monthly part number level in a real-time, web-based environment.
Your company’s global sales footprint in a live database, tracking all stages of the sales cycle from targeted through awarded. Integrated directly with the AFS Forecast database for accurate and timely planning, analysis & opportunity identification.
PLANNING OVERVIEW
Highlights Include:
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Developed by automotive experts for the automotive industry
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Easy-to-use, web-based interface with a full suite of reporting & analysis tools
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History and an 8-year outlook to understand market changes and to prepare your business plans
Track & Analyze:
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Revenue, volume, and capacity forecasting by part number, monthly detail – in real time
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Long-Term Agreement (LTA) impact analysis
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Track the sales pipeline from targeted through awarded status
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Track customer issues and information necessary to improve industry competitiveness and respond quicker to customer demands
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Customizable to the unique business structure of each automotive supplier
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SQL-Server backend provides an easy interface with legacy planning systems
An Integrated Solution:
Automatically updated every month with your AFS Forecast subscription to create a proactive approach. Strengthen your core operations while identifying new opportunities for revenue growth.
AFS PORTFOLIO
AFS Portfolio is designed to allow an organization understand and track their competitive landscape.
Understand Your Market Position:
Customized around your products and services; track your product mix, volumes, competitive position, and market share in the global automotive marketplace.
Track Your Competitors:
Improve competitiveness by entering and tracking your competitors by product and vehicle applications.
Opportunity Identification:
A live, corporate-wide database provides complete visibility of your market including your products and your competitor’s products. Identify future gaps, risks, and opportunities.
An Integrated Solution:
Automatically updated every month with your AFS Forecast subscription to create a live view of market change and new information to support your basis.
AFS SCENARIO
AFS Scenario is the only tool available in the industry designed to allow the user to create a custom light vehicle and powertrain production outlook for an 8-year window, on a regional basis for the global automotive market.
Improve Market Preparation:
A user-friendly interface to adjust vehicle production volumes at annual, quarterly, and monthly levels. Forecast managers can adjust volumes at any level of the vehicle definition (region, country, VM, plants, and more).
Analysis Suite:
A full suite of reporting tools to compare and analyze past and current outlooks, change analysis, running rates, and more.
An Integrated Solution:
Automatically updated every month with your AFS Forecast subscription to create a live view of market change and new information to support your basis. Vehicle structure updates, production volume actuals, workdays for production distribution, and a new AFS regional outlook. Use your previous outlook as a seed to streamline the process.