Time has always been the most important and scarce resource for any corporate organization. Whether it is a manufacturing facility or a service provider, all the efforts are aimed at reducing operational time and enhancing productivity. If we talk about... Read More.
On the SCIP linkedin group I recently came across a survey to identify the education and career moves that can lead a person into the competitive intelligence discipline. It was most interesting to note that many of the competitive intelligence... Read More.
How do I know the data is reliable? How can I make decisions with unreliable data? If one piece of data is suspect, is the entire database suspect? How do you validate published information? How do I know whether my respondent is speaking the... Read More.
While the practice of competitive intelligence is as old as competition and private enterprise itself, it has emerged as a systematic discipline and a profession in the developed economies only in the last 30 years or so. In India its... Read More.
The information explosion has played havoc with people’s schedules. One estimate puts the annual economic loss due to information overload at $900 billion (globally). While drowning in information, they are starved of usable knowledge. If organizations miss market signals, they risk... Read More.
Over the past few months, the news has been depressing for investors (and many others as well!). Internationally: The Greeks, Italians, and sundry other Europeans threaten to bring down the Euro The US government does not know how to revive its listless economy Even... Read More.
Consider, for a moment, that the utilities industry is a large, slumbering giant, who had sweeping, unquestionable powers over the industrialized world. For more than a hundred years, homes and factories have been dependent on it for their essential “services”,... Read More.
India’s proposed National Manufacturing Policy (NMP) has ambitious objectives of creating employment for 100 million people and taking the share of manufacturing in India from the current 16% to 25% by 2022. Competitive intelligence is a key ingredient that policymakers... Read More.
Buyers of outsourcing services need solutions that help them compete in an increasingly complex environment. To optimize operational margins, buyers procure services from the most efficient source, the right location and in the right proportion. Rightsourcing is the usage and... Read More.
Competitive intelligence can be likened to an insurance policy for a company – it helps mitigate risks arising from developments in the external environment by providing timely warnings. Thanks to heightened global economic uncertainties, the CI insurance premiums have been rising... Read More.
