Predicting Business
We help industry executives to adapt to market changes at an early stage. In doing so, we use our proven mathematical approach to forecast industry- and company-specific demand.
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Industry expertise
hpo forecasting maintains well over 200 industry forecasting models for different industry segments in Europe, North America and Asia – and more are being added all the time. The focus is on the capital goods industry, for example mechanical and component engineering, as well as manufacturers of durable consumer goods. Our industry models are the basis for company-specific order intake forecasts.
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"Trumpf has trusted the Peter Meier forecasting model for over ten years, and we are always surprised at how accurately the forecasts predict our business performance."
Dr. Ing. Mathias Kammüller
Chief Digital Officer, Trumpf SE + CO. KG
"Especially in times of high uncertainty, the qualitatively sound forecasts for our companies and industry sectors are important indicators for our own work."
Stefan Brupbacher
Director, Swissmem
"hpo forecasting has so far been able to accurately predict the main fluctuations in Bobst's order intake. The differentiated evaluation according to product groups is particularly helpful here."
Jean-Pascal Bobst
Managing Director, Bobst Group SA
"Already in 2017, the hpo forecasting model for demand for German machine tools indicated a sharp decline from 2019, and we were able to adjust to this situation accordingly at an early stage."
Bernd Hilgarth
Managing Director Sales, CHIRON-WERKE GmbH & Co. KG
"I very much appreciate hpo's strictly rule-based forecasting approach. The forecasts are configured specifically for our company, our sectors as well as segments and support our planning work significantly."
Reinhold Mühlbeyer
CEO, Arntz Optibelt Group
"Peter Meier's forecast model announced the crisis in 2008 at an early stage. The measures taken on this basis helped us to prepare for it in good time and to fully benefit again from the subsequent upswing."
Stephan Nell
CEO, United Grinding
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Head of Marketing and Business Development
