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"We don't look at our competitors."

Eric - you've brought up a few really interesting points. How many times have you sat with more than 1 other CI person and not had the conversation (vent?) where the CEO/President is upset because t…

Tagged: Research, Market, CI

Replied Oct. 26, 2009

"We don't look at our competitors."

There are several good reasons to not pursue CI activities: 1. You're not feeling any pain imposed by competitors or their activities. Yes, there is some risk of being surprised, but having CI doesn…

Tagged: Research, Market, CI

Replied Oct. 23, 2009

Automating presentations and reports

As director of market intelligence for an association I've got to maintain a fair number of not-quite-standardized products. Most of the underlying data resides in an SQL database, and I either writ…

Tagged: access, excel, powerpoint, reports, presentations

Started Sep. 25, 2009

 

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The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has for many years conducted surveys of its membership on a variety of topics, including employment, parts practices, and general industry conditions. These survey results are now available for purchase at…
November 2, 2009
Steve Duncan replied to Jeremy Benjacob-Fuller's discussion '"We don't look at our competitors."'
Eric - you've brought up a few really interesting points. How many times have you sat with more than 1 other CI person and not had the conversation (vent?) where the CEO/President is upset because they've heard something new and didn't hear it from…
October 26, 2009
Steve Duncan replied to Jeremy Benjacob-Fuller's discussion '"We don't look at our competitors."'
There are several good reasons to not pursue CI activities: 1. You're not feeling any pain imposed by competitors or their activities. Yes, there is some risk of being surprised, but having CI doesn't eliminate that. 2. You have a very strong prod…
October 23, 2009
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Automating presentations and reports
As director of market intelligence for an association I've got to maintain a fair number of not-quite-standardized products. Most of the underlying data resides in an SQL database, and I either write reports in Access or use pivot tables in Excel t…
September 25, 2009
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Director of market intelligence for a largish association. Ex-SCIP member seeking an organization that's focused on adding value via intelligence. NOT seeking to make CI more than it is, get certified, or immerse myself ethical conundrums.
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The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has for many years conducted surveys of its membership on a variety of topics, including employment, parts practices, and general industry conditions. These survey results are now available for purchase at the AEM store.

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At 1:26pm on September 25, 2009, Arik Johnson said…
Hi Steve - good to have you here!

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Thanks Arik, very much appreciated indeed. I'll take a listen
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Oh, they are doing CI, lots of it, but they call it other things, like Data mining e.g. They solve many of the same problems but from an engineering perspective Klaus
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Big Data's puzzling absence from CI
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So, to take this author's point: Gathering, analyzing and disseminating information sponsored by a major media source financed directly by a combination of pharma, oil, and automotive companies: ethically honorable. Gathering, analyzing and dissem…
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