FAQ – Sunstice Features & Answers
Demand Planning
Sunstice supports sales and demand planning across multiple planning levels. Forecasts are based on historical data and can be flexibly refined and further processed.
Yes. Sunstice enables the creation of sales forecasts based on historical data.
Ja. Prognosen können manuell angepasst, kommentiert und versioniert werden.
Yes. Multiple demand scenarios can be created in parallel and compared with one another.
Yes. Demand Planning is fully integrated with Supply Planning, Production Planning, and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). Changes are automatically propagated across all processes.
The Supply Planning module supports capacity- and material-based supply planning and ensures the feasibility of demand plans.
Yes. Planning takes available capacities and their time-based constraints into account.
Yes. Material availability is directly incorporated into supply planning.
Yes. Capacity and material bottlenecks are identified and made visible during the planning process.
Yes. Different supply and capacity scenarios can be simulated and compared.
Sunstice enables detailed scheduling of production orders at the work center and machine level.
Yes. Parallel planning of work centers is supported.
Setup and changeover times can be defined using setup and changeover matrices and are automatically taken into account during planning.
Yes. Maintenance downtime is modeled using calendars at the work center level.
Yes. Planning can be performed in an attribute-based manner.
Yes. Sunstice supports the integrated S&OP process by connecting demand planning, supply planning, production planning, and financial planning.
Yes. Different S&OP scenarios can be planned in parallel and compared.
Yes. The impacts of different scenarios on planning can be analyzed.
Sunstice supports integrated budget and financial planning and connects financial and operational planning.
Yes. Plan and actual figures can be compared and analyzed.
Yes. Financial planning is integrated with demand planning, supply planning, and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP).
Technik & Plattform
Sunstice is built on the Sunstice Platform—an integrated planning platform with a central data model.
Yes. All modules access a shared data model and are fully integrated.
Yes. The Sunstice Platform supports scenarios, simulations, and comparisons across all modules.
Yes. Sunstice can be connected to upstream systems via interfaces.
Yes. The platform provides integrated analytics and reporting functionalities.