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Decision leans on what you see.
See the future. Keep Ahead.

AI-based platform that enhances Information Flow performance and brings efficiency to Supply Chain Management.

What if you could spot the gap in your forecast before planning production?

How much money is lost in an inaccurate forecast, by planning too much or too little?

Forecasting mistakes don't just distort planning. They lock up working capital, inflate logistics and inventory costs, weaken negotiation power, and silently erode margins.

Meet Ahead and leave these dilemmas behind.

Ahead accelerates your company from reactive to predictive S&OP, giving decision-makers the visibility, reliability, and speed they need.

Ahead is a solution that transforms how automotive suppliers manage demand and plan production. By crossing EDI data from your clients, historical patterns, and market trends, it anticipates scenarios before they impact your production. Instead of reacting to demand, you take the lead with qualified information, cleaner ERP data, forecast intelligence and decisions powered by AI that boost performance across the business.

Multiple qualified data sources. Analyzed. Validated. Ready for confident decision-making in demand management.

With Ahead, you don't react. You see the market before it hits you. And that anticipation becomes efficiency, resilience, and financial performance.

Capture

Ahead consistently captures and integrates multiple data sources — EDI, spreadsheets, PDF files, internal systems, and market data (e.g., IHS) - ensuring secure and reliable integration.

Analyze

What your client signals. What the market reveals. Ahead unifies these perspectives into a unique 360º analysis, giving you full visibility over variations and the clarity to act before they become issues.

Lead

With AI as your co-pilot, planning becomes sharper every cycle. By continuously learning from trends, Ahead refines accuracy and gives you clear forecast scenarios — conservative, likely, aggressive — so decisions are never a guess.

No overload. No noise.

Just clean, ready-to-use insights.

Ahead helps keep your ERP safe from bad data: only validated, high-value information reaches SAP.

Full integration with SAP

Ensure data integrity by integrating EDI flows into SAP avoiding unnecessary customizations. Keep your ERP protected from bad data or incomplete information.

Your demand management will reach the next level

From Supply Chain Perspective

Higher forecast accuracy in short, mid, and long term.
From "gut feeling" to data-driven decisions.
Centralized decision-making across plants, creating a unified analysis culture.
Single Source of Truth: one demand visibility shared by Operations, Commercial, and Finance.

→ Results: Better planning, lower risks, smarter allocation of resources.

From IT Perspective

Fully aligned with automotive sector practices.
Built-in Data Governance for reliable data and robust tech-stack.
AI that not only predicts but proves ROI.
Backed by Sintel 24/7 availability and supported by Global Operation Center.

→ Results: Trusted data foundation, seamless integration, long-term scalability, automotive compliance.

From Finance Perspective

Anticipate financial impacts of demand volatility with higher accuracy.
Align forecast with cash flow planning, CapEx and OpEx decisions.
Reduce hidden costs from reactive decisions and emergency logistics.
Gain visibility to balance inventories, working capital, and profitability.

→ Results: Healthier cash flow, reduced unexpected costs, improved profitability margins, better investment decisions.

Making hidden costs visible

Ahead gives you control over critical dimensions:

1. Working Capital

Avoid excess inventory and free up cash flow.

2. Negotiation Power

Detect contract disruptions or deviations with precise data.

3. Automation

Reduce manual tasks, overhead and rework.

4. Margin Protection

Minimize penalties, inefficiencies, and contract breaches.