Case Study

Customer Description:
• Multi-billion dollar publicly traded company
 
Industry:
• Hardware & software
 
Business Need:
• Understand key market trends and opportunities in emerging markets globally (BRIC and beyond)
 
Key Challenges:
• Large and complex company, operating in 150+ countries globally
• Considerable ‘flux’ between HQ staff and field/regional staff; classic/traditional control issues.
• Product life cycles are very quick, 20 to 36 months average.  Platform lifecycles are 48 to 60 months average.
• Company is awash in data/reports/analysis
 
Strategies/Solution:
• Conducted a comprehensive analysis of emerging market sales data, by product category, uniquely reviewing data through novel ‘market filters’ not used before
• Built a very detailed and data driven ‘market model’ utilizing our Science of Revenue™ methodology
• Prioritized new product launches by country, based on the market model