AI & BI use case · Business Intelligence

Sales & CRM Analytics

Make pipeline, forecast and customer potential visible instead of guessing in the CRM.

What it's about

We build analytics on top of Salesforce or HubSpot that make pipeline quality, forecast accuracy and customer potential visible. Sales leadership and field teams work with the same reliable numbers.

  • More realistic revenue forecasts for planning.
  • Early detection of stalled opportunities.
  • Better prioritization of customers with potential.
Business case & ROI
+15 %

forecast accuracy

−30 %

time spent on pipeline reviews

x 2

identified cross-sell potentials

1 Ansicht

for sales reps and leadership

The business case is based on avoided forecast misses and time saved on reporting.

How we do it
  1. 01

    Check CRM data quality

    We assess how cleanly opportunities and contacts are maintained in the CRM.

  2. 02

    Define metrics

    Pipeline, conversion and forecast metrics are defined together.

  3. 03

    Build dashboards

    We develop dashboards for sales leadership and individual teams.

  4. 04

    Sales trial

    Selected teams use the analytics in the weekly pipeline review.

  5. 05

    Full rollout

    After positive feedback, the entire sales organization is connected.

5

Steps

6

Data sources

4

Stakeholders

From first data access to production – every step delivers a tangible interim result.

Data typically needed

CRM data

Opportunities, activities and contacts from Salesforce or HubSpot.

Order data

Closed orders from the ERP to reconcile against the forecast.

Customer master data

Industry, size and segment information on customers.

Pricing data

Quote and discount information from the CPQ system.

Marketing data

Campaign and lead data from the marketing automation tool.

Activity data

Calls, meetings and emails as an indicator of customer contact.

Stakeholders
  • Sales leadership

    Steers teams based on reliable pipeline metrics.

  • Executive management

    Gets more realistic revenue forecasts for company planning.

  • Field sales

    Spots own potential instead of maintaining the CRM only for reporting.

  • Controlling

    Reconciles forecast and actual revenue automatically.

Typical business value
01

More realistic revenue forecasts for planning.

02

Early detection of stalled opportunities.

03

Better prioritization of customers with potential.

04

Less manual pipeline analysis in Excel.

05

Consistent sales controlling across all regions.

The data platform advantage

With a solid data foundation this use case gets faster, cheaper and far more stable.

Clean data models consistently connect CRM and ERP data.

Automated data upkeep reduces manual CRM updates.

Historized data enables real forecast-accuracy analysis.

Role-based access protects sensitive customer data.

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Synergies & positive side effects

Management cockpit

Sales metrics flow directly into the management cockpit.

Planning & forecast

Pipeline data improves revenue planning in the forecast process.

KPI framework

Sales metrics follow the same definitions as the rest of the reporting.