Searce Business Intelligence (BI) provides Cosourcing services over a wide range of topics with multiple objectives. Our services can generally be grouped into the following broad categories:

1. Research

• Business Information Research: Data collection, general information research, industry/price/vendor research, locating relevant RFPs/RFQs. Transparency is at the core of Searce Research. You receive adequate, accurate and relevant information without any bias, spin, or interpretation. We offer online research services for any industry and we hire the best independent researchers dedicated to your specific needs. Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Depending on your research needs, we use several sources such as internet searches, direct phone call, trade journals, etc. Download our whitepaper on researching the information space.
• Market research: We can assist you in industry, product or service analysis, customer profiling and segmentation, positioning research, brand equity research, optimal product/service pricing, demand estimation, etc.
• Financial research:
  • Markets & Instruments – research on capital and other markets, financial instruments such as commodities, stocks, bonds, money market instruments and derivative securities.
  • AssetValuations – determine fair value, risk, cash flows, relative valuations, derivatives and contingent claim valuations.
  • Investment Management – determine investment objectives and constraints, portfolio analysis and performance measurement, strategy determination (active, passive, hedging).
  • Corporate Finance – Working capital management, asset management, short term & long term financing analysis, risk mitigation.
  • Risk Management – Risk analysis, mitigation, avoidance, retention and transfer.
  • Loans & Credits – pre-qualification and pre-approval, balance sheet analysis.
  • Insurance – market/segment research, statistics and analysis, actuarial.
• Legal research: You get access to qualified back-office attorneys at a fraction of the costs you would pay locally. Your offshore resources can conduct litigation research, review paper work, background preparation using relevant past cases/judgments, synthesize relevancy from international law manuals, etc. They can locate case related references to US Supreme Court Cases, Federal Circuit Court Cases, and Federal District Court Cases. You may assign them to locate or create summaries of Federal District Court case law, to access a variety of legal opinions and rulings from specific justices, and write legal memoranda to help you evaluate your cases and form your litigation strategy. You may provide us with information on your research requirements and topics. We can research any topic and provide you with the cases/judgments on that topic for all US states. Research can be done using a combination of commercial online tools (Lexis, Westlaw, etc.), internet searches as well as offline tools.
  
  India is especially suited for offshore legal research because:
  
  • English is used as a medium for legal training and Indian legal opinions are written exclusively in English.
  • Appellate and Supreme Court proceedings in India are also in English.
  • You can leave instructions for the research to be done when you leave the office and we will do the research for you while you sleep and make it available to you by the time you return to the office the next day.

Note: We are a Cosourcing organization providing qualified attorneys who conduct online/offline legal research and work as a remote extension of your team. We only conduct legal research and do not provide any kind of legal advice, opinion or recommendation.

2. Business Analysis

• Benchmarking: Competitor/peer research, benchmarking using multiple factors, Market Intelligence, Industry/Company Profile, Positioning Research, Brand Equity Research.
• Surveys: Conducting customer/employee satisfaction surveys, market research surveys, sampling, survey analysis, comparison with historical surveys, statistical analysis and reporting.
• Data analysis: Data mining, data segregation, meta-data analysis, multivariate analysis, linear programming, regression/time-series forecasting, pivot tables, probabilistic risk assessment, etc. We can do all kinds of statistical analyses using tools like MS Access, MS Excel, SPSS, SAS, Business Objects, etc.
• Simulation: Simulation modeling of various kinds of manufacturing and service industry processes, Value stream mapping, Optimization, 3D Visualization and Virtual Reality, Lean and agile processes. You can have your own back office process consultant using tools such as Arena, AnyLogic, AUTOMOD, Enterprise Dynamics (Taylor II/ED), Flexsim, ProModel, Simul8, Witness, QUEST, @Risk.
• Geographical Information Systems (GIS): All kinds of analysis using a combination of business and spatial data. We can also develop your own GIS team to work on digitization of your existing maps. We use ESRI tools like ArcView, ArcIMS, etc. and MapInfo products like MapInfo, MapObjects, etc.
• Analysis Reports: Analysis/creation of insightful charts for incorporation into your business reports. You get an efficient well-trained analyst who works under the supervision of qualified US-educated Industrial Engineers and management analysts. Searce can also provide a third party perspective to your existing draft analyses. We use tools like Crystal reports, Business Objects, SPSS, SAS, MS Access and MS Excel, depending on your needs.

3. Consulting

• Management consulting: Searce can provide you with back office consultants in all areas including business process improvement, industrial engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, transportation consulting, etc. These consultants work hand-in-hand with your onshore consultants and act as a remote extension of your team. This gives you a unique competitive advantage, reducing your costs and improving your delivery schedules.
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Logistical analysis, layout optimization, location logistics, transportation analysis, Cost/benefit analysis, statistical quality control, inventory control and Supply chain management. Searce operations management team is very well qualified to understand and design an offshore solution for your most complicated logistics problem. Searce aims at minimizing the logistical expenses for your organization and reducing the turn-around time for identifying the best possible scenarios.
• Engineering/Architecture Design: Searce provides design services and planning using all kinds of Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) applications. Engineering/Architecture design includes CAD services, conversion, 2D drafting, 3D modeling, Reverse engineering, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Mapping and layout drawings for Civil, Architecture and manufacturing industry. We use all leading applications including Adobe Premier, AutoCAD and other applications from AutoDesk, Microstation by Bentley, Catia by IBM, STAAD, etc.
• Procurement: We can provide you trained procurement specialists for your industry to identify vendors and collect as well as analyze quotations. Your offshore sourcing specialists can work as an integral part of your procurement team and provide assistance in analyzing vendor credibility/qualifications. You receive low cost and qualified resources provided by our efficient sourcing team. Searce is also ideally suited to assist you in developing your procurement strategies for offshore vendors.

Searce values: At Searce, we recognize our duty to preserve independence, integrity, and strong ethical standards in creation and dissemination of our research and analysis. We are committed to avoiding bias and conflicts of interest. Our unique Cosourcing arrangement enforces the objectivity of our research agenda, analysis, and opinions. In addition, Searce employees are committed to supporting the highest standards of ethics in conducting your research. All aspect of our operations and business is conducted in a manner that is fair, honest, and lawful. We seek to preserve your safe interest while working as independent researchers/analysts.

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