What is Business Intelligence? Investigative Operations vs Intelligence Operations

What is Business Intelligence?

What is Business Intelligence? How are Investigative operations are compared to Intelligence operations? Business Intelligence (BI) is a phrase coined for the analytical procedures an organisation commences. Business Intelligence is known to be a successful method of conducting market research as it merges data derivative from the peripheral environment (i.e., market and industry) in which an organisation operates with data from the core environment of the organisation as fiscal and controls data. When combined, this data can deliver a complete image of any business decisions a firm can make as a means of benefit to themselves; this ranges from operational decisions such as product positioning to strategic decisions such as pricing.

What is Counted as Business Intelligence Solutions?

Business Intelligence (BI) Solutions can take on numerous forms and structures in today’s complex corporate environment. BI solution investigates everything from assets to the exterior disputes facing an organisation. It can also appraise an organisation’s employees to ensure that the organisation’s integrity, reputation, and bottom-line profits are safeguarded from any malice and illicit activities.

CRI Group™ Takes Two Approaches to BI Solutions:

• Intelligence operations (via market research and analysis): we focus on researching the future and potential growth of your business – i.e. determine the commercial viability and potential for success in the market, analyse consumer behaviour and business trends in that market, etc.
• Investigative operations (via commercial investigations): we focus on the status of your business – i.e. location of assets, financial information, identification of unmet needs of any market, gauge brand awareness and identity in the market, etc.)

Why not check out our BI solutions brochure to know more about our approach.

What are Intelligence Operations?

Investigation and Evaluation facilities are constructed to aid clients during the business intelligence procedure. Intelligence operations are highly acclaimed for organisations of all industries as the service aids the preliminary phases of detecting the necessary components for a suitable corporate policy to the closing phases of execution. At CRI Group™ we know that data is your greatest advantage when performing enterprise on several degrees.

Our market research will collect the statistics mandatory to make significant corporate decisions; everything varying from registering into other markets or industries to associating or partnering with other organisations (i.e., Mergers and Acquisitions) is covered in our BI Solutions. CRI Group™ is proficient in understanding and transmitting this data in a way that allows you to implement it into your corporate development; our experts are trained to the highest degree and understand how to get the proper data promptly.

CRI™’s methodology is to assist the organisation in tracing corporate movements and market changes which in turn, will aid in steering them through the practice of successfully conveying their brand in the larger market to then be able to market their goods and services accordingly. With representatives in nations across the globe, CRI Group™ is distinctively situated to assist you in traversing cultural and regulatory environments to maximise your market potential in the regions you seek to trade.

Gaining insight into how your brand reputation affects potential buyers and understanding what motivates the market to purchase will enable you to establish effective marketing programs that impact your audiences and build brand loyalty among buyers.

What are Investigative Operations?

It is no secret that every industry has its issues. Some matters, however, such as Employee Theft, Company Fraud, rivalry, continuous malingering, or Industrial Espionage, can start on a moderately trivial scale but as time advances, the culprit becomes brasher in their endeavours (typically due to an absence of discovery) instigating the situation to develop out of control and start being detrimental your commerce.

As an organisation, you have every right to be involved with the internal activities of your firm hence, carrying out commercial investigations on your employees as a means of curtailing threats is not out of the question. Our team of experts can support you to do this in a manner that is equally as ethical as it is providing as it delivers you the data you so greatly pursue.

Commercial investigations can be achieved for any form of an enterprise including commercial, industrial, legal, and public sector corporations. Our team hail from a range of diverse backgrounds, including military and fraud investigators which is why CRI Group™ is so adaptable in its approach to help you with intelligence and investigative operations.

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Who is CRI Group™?

Based in London, CRI Group™ works with companies across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific as a one-stop international Risk Management, Employee Background Screening, Business Intelligence, Due Diligence and other professional Investigative Research solutions provider. We have the largest proprietary network of background-screening analysts and investigators across the Middle East and Asia. Our global presence ensures that no matter how international your operations are we have the network needed to provide you with all you need, wherever you happen to be. CRI Group™ also holds BS 102000:2013 and BS 7858:2012 Certifications, is an HRO certified provider and partner with Oracle.