Hey, I think it's good that you're trying. Respect for that.

Without knowing the details and just from the short text you describe, I would say that you will face massive competition.

I myself work in SAP consulting and help companies to improve precisely such highly integrative processes. As others have written, it's one of the processes that has always gotten the most attention and has many products and addons to ERP.

I mean clearly, if you can forecast it accurately, you are king of your supply chain. Unfortunately, the idea is not new.

But I'm sure you've studied the market carefully and looked at the competition. Maybe you have a USP that we don't see here.

I can't say anything about starting up as such, but my feeling is that in software sales you either need good contacts, family friends and fools or a good sales strategist at your side. You have to imagine that you are not the only one trying to pitch to SMEs or medium-sized companies.

I wish you every success! As I said, screen the market well here. Understand the business processes and software providers you want to dock onto.
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@Growth-a-nator hi, thank you very much for your feedback!

This is exactly where I see my biggest concern besides data protection 🙃

My plan for this was as follows: firstly, I want to set myself apart with a low price, secondly, with the most accurate forecast, as I want to take a lot of external factors into account, and thirdly, I first want to ask suppliers and companies in my home village to see if it works at a local level. Fourthly, I would like to visualize the results in an easy-to-use tool (in contrast to most current solutions, which are rather complicated to use)
or send them as a daily summary. The effort for the companies should be as low as possible!

The national competition for artificial intelligence may also bring me a few contacts.

Thank you again!
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@Klein-Anleger hey why not. Family, friends and fools. As you say, data is important so that you can work with it and refine your algorithms.

Familiarize yourself again with the processes between forecasting, sales planning and integration into logistics. Small or large, companies' processes usually follow the same principles and division of labor.

You are working on a very important topic for which there is a lot of competition. Familiarize yourself with topics such as forecast accuracy and its impact, supplier network collaboration and so on. Many of my customers will only consider buying if you can show positive results on P&L ratios, working capital, etc.

Good luck!
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