VANTAGE DECISION MODELS

Useful answers to
practical commercial questions.

The models are not there to create more scores. Each one supports a decision that teams already have to make: where to focus, what to trust, who matters, whether the economics work and what to do next.

FocusUse time where it can pay off
ConfidenceSee how strong the information is
TimingNotice when the situation changes
ActionTurn insight into a clear next step
01 / ACCOUNT PRIORITY

Spend time on the accounts most likely to move.

A long account list is not a sales strategy. VANTAGE helps the team decide where attention is most likely to produce a result.

The priority view brings together customer fit, the strength of the available information, ability to act and the likely commercial value. The criteria can be configured, and the reason behind a priority remains visible.

01Reduce time spent on accounts that are a poor fit or not ready to move.
02Give the team a shared, explainable reason for why one account comes before another.
03Update the order when new information changes the picture.
CURRENT PRIORITY
72Priority index
02 / INFORMATION QUALITY

Know what is well supported — and where the gaps are.

A recommendation is only useful if people can see how reliable the underlying information is.

VANTAGE keeps confirmed information separate from weak, incomplete or aging information. When something is missing, confidence should fall. The system does not silently fill a gap with a guess.

01Stop old or poorly supported information from looking more certain than it is.
02Direct research and enrichment toward the gaps that can actually change the decision.
03Keep the source visible so users can check how a conclusion was reached.
INFORMATION QUALITY
Organisation
96
People
74
Business case
82
Ability to act
61
How current
88
03 / NEXT ACTION

Make the next commercial step obvious.

Insight is valuable only when somebody knows what to do with it.

VANTAGE links a relevant change to the account context, the supporting information and the person who owns the response. The team can see not only the suggested next step, but why it is being suggested.

01Reduce the delay between noticing a change and responding to it.
02Make ownership clear so useful information does not remain unassigned.
03Keep the action connected to the reason that triggered it.
CHANGE → DECISION → ACTION
ChangeDecision maker changed
→
DecisionRe-open account
→
OwnerAccount lead
04 / BUSINESS CASE

Test whether the opportunity still makes commercial sense.

Before a team commits time, price or channel margin, it should be able to see which assumptions make the opportunity attractive — and which ones break the case.

VANTAGE can compare price, volume, cost, adoption and other assumptions across different scenarios. The aim is not to replace finance. It is to make the commercial logic visible early enough to influence the decision.

01Compare realistic scenarios before fixing a price or route to market.
02Show which assumptions have the biggest effect on the result.
03Carry a transparent business case into proposals and internal reviews.
SCENARIO VALUE
0.7×Conservative
1.0×Base
1.3×Growth
1.6×Upside
05 / PEOPLE & INFLUENCE

Understand who can move the decision forward — or stop it.

A complex organisation is never just one contact name in a CRM.

VANTAGE connects departments, buyers, users, procurement, technical roles, senior sponsors and external experts to the decision they influence. That makes gaps in the relationship map visible before they become late-stage surprises.

01Reduce dependence on one contact inside a large account.
02Spot missing roles before they become a blocker.
03See influence and relationships in context rather than storing names in isolation.
INFLUENCE NETWORK
06 / ONGOING MONITORING

Notice the changes that can alter the commercial picture.

Markets, organisations and people change continuously. Teams should not have to repeat the same research every week to find out what moved.

VANTAGE can surface meaningful changes in organisations, people, competition, published information and commercial assumptions, then show which accounts and actions are affected.

01Reduce manual checking across large markets and account lists.
02Separate changes that may affect a decision from background noise.
03Keep priorities and next actions current as the external situation changes.
WHAT CHANGED
New procurement lead identifiedAccount
Competitor list price updatedMarket
New publication linked to priority expertEvidence
Target account opened new departmentStructure
Proposal economics now outside target rangeAction

See the market.
See the evidence.
See what matters.

VANTAGE helps teams make sense of complex markets and sales decisions without making the software itself complicated.