Research is carried out as a customized project whereby specific customer requirements are accounted for.

The screening of customer requirements can be met through both primary (perfect fit) as well as secondary data (less expensive).

AI has an extensive worldwide network of experts in technology and economics (contact points).
Approximately 6,300 carriers, 36 full Service Providers and more than 500 hardware manufacturers as well as approximately 2,000 providers of Demand IT software are monitored.

Advanced Information's combined advantage: As part of the RfP, manufacturers and Service Providers are happy to provide AI information.

Cooperation with regulatory authorities.

Application of modern economic and statistical research methods.

Challenges:

• Are the major players known?
• Which manufacturers are capable for specific issues?
  And which only have a good marketing program?
• How satisfied are customers with the performance of specific manufacturers?
• What sourcing cuts are common on the market?
• What are the new technical innovations and what opportunities do they represent?
• What is sustainable?
• When is the right time for the reasonable economic use of technological innovations?
• What organizational barriers affect new products?
• How large are specific markets or market segments?
• What are the customer segments? Which segments are inadequately served?
• What is the willingness to pay of potential customers?
• Why is a strategy successful in one branch and unsuccessful in another?

Customer benefits:

• Information creates transparency and leads to safe decisions!
• Increase of planning reliability as an instrument of investment protection
• Facts instead of discussion, because speed matters!
• Increase and secure turnover
• Service and portfolio optimization to increase revenue potential
• Learning secures future sustainability - update skill profiles