FAQ

Digital Automotive is a real-time sales planning and management platform built specifically for automotive suppliers. It replaces Excel, automates workflows, integrates with ERP/PLM systems, and delivers full profit transparency—helping suppliers win more business and protect margins.

Based on our decade-long experience in the automotive supplier industry, we learned that Excel is not the answer. Unfortunately also CRM software is designed for a different purpose. So we decide to build a software made exactly for the needs of this industry.

 Yes—developed since 2015 with millions invested, based on real-world automotive sales processes, and continuously enhanced 

Yes. You save time with DA by replacing the enormous effort you have with your infinite Excel files. The time-savers in DA are: 

• Easy-to-use sales workflows are designed with maximum automation, ensuring efficiency.
• Seamlessly integrate data from various sources, minimizing manual input.
• If manual input is necessary, this is done just once, and data is used multiple times.
• Automatically generated reports directly derived from the workflows save time and effort in report preparation.
• Input from changes to your price list is done automatically.

Yes. Like all software programs today there is a continuous delivery in additional features and functionalities,

DA is ideal for suppliers with €50M+ annual turnover, yet it scales effectively to billion-euro corporations.

Over 2,000 professionals in sales, planning, controlling, and executive leadership log in daily—making it the trusted platform for leading global automotive suppliers.

Yes—we can arrange reference calls so you can hear directly from current users. Controlling and project management are also using DA.

Yes. Concerning the reports, especially in the strategy report all departments on the executive level are interested in and benefit from using DA.

DA is designed for the automotive supplier industry. So clear focus on that. If you have for your sales planning the need to see in there also e.g. aerospace or industry business, then this is also possible to visualize it in DA.

To solve the shortcomings of Excel and generic CRMs for supplier sales—providing a ready-made, benchmark-driven alternative.

Yes—new features are released several times a year. 

No—executives, finance, and other functions benefit from its strategic reporting and planning capabilities. 

Yes.

Yes, it can be connected with everything automotive suppliers need: Your ERP (e.g. SAP), your PLM (e.g. Teamcenter), your PLC (e.g. Facton), or any other software or customer platform) 

Digital Automotive is embedded in the Microsoft environment:

• Sharepoint Integration
• Office document storage
• Communication with Outlook
• Import and export in .xls
• Cloud-Services Azure
  
  

Yes. There is a Task Manager App for iOS and Android. All other DA modules can be accessed via a browser.

Yes, it is in the DNA of IT Manufactory (the software engineering company which produces Digital Automotive) to always have the latest technology. Digital Automotive is continuously improved and further developed. So the software is always up-to-date.

Yes. We can customize modules according to your needs. 

Yes, Digital Automotive releases continuously updates with new features and performance improvements several times a year. They are always aligned with your administrator.

Both solutions are possible. Our recommendation is to do it cloud-based (SaaS).

The disadvantages and risks of Excel are common knowledge: Susceptibility to errors, lack of any control, no integration into the IT architecture, and missing security make the switch to a digital system inevitable.

But CRM is not the solution: A traditional CRM like Salesforce or Microsoft Dynamics is built for a different purpose. Everything automotive supplier sales needs has to be developed on these platforms by yourself. This goes from concepts via user stories to programming and testing. Just for illustration: 3.000 pages of requirements and 12.000 user stories are programmed over a period of 8 years in Digital Automotive. 

 Yes—book a live, tailored demo anytime. 

Yes—Digital Automotive offers a two-week trial on request.

Subscription-based, per user/module, billed annually, plus a one-time implementation fee.

 No—you choose the modules you need. 

 Yes—predefined or fully customized bundles. 

 Yes—sold separately. 

No—DA is ready to use out of the box, though additional configuration is available.

Yes—backed by S&P Global Mobility and built to be the industry standard for decades.

Contact our sales team via the website or email sales@digital-automotive-supplier.com.