Technology Monitoring

What is it?

Technology monitoring aims to identify, collect, and analyze information on technological developments relevant to a specific organization or sector. It will provide you with relevant information on the state of the technology, help you identify the most relevant competitors and allies to advance in the maturation or scaling process, and determine the most innovative technical characteristics of the development according to a technology matrix

What is technological surveillance?

Technological Surveillance is a process of identifying, collecting, and analyzing information about technological advances and trends that may affect an organization or industry.

 

It allows you to anticipate technological changes, identify innovation opportunities, and reduce risks related to obsolescence.

 

The process includes monitoring information such as:  patents, scientific publications, product developments, research and technological activities of other actors.

IDENTIFY

COLLECT

ANALYZE

INTERPRET

What can we observe?

01

Patents

Identify protected developments and related technological activity.

02

Scientific publications

Recognize research and knowledge that is emerging around a technology.

03

Product development

Observe new solutions and developments related to the sector.

04

Research

To learn about advances that may have an impact on the technological field analyzed.

05

Actors

Identify competitors, allies, and other relevant actors.

06

Technological trends

Understanding where a particular technological field is evolving towards.

What is it for?

Anticipy

 

You will be able to detect emerging technologies, products, and markets associated with your technology at an early stage.

Identify

 

Understand the state of technology and recognize relevant actors.

Reduce risks

 

It promptly identifies patents, developments, and other signals of the technological environment.

Decide better

 

Obtain relevant information to support strategic decisions.

How do we build a Technological Surveillance system?

Step 1

 

We characterize the sector

 

Elements such as the following are reviewed:

  • Business model.
  • Target audience.
  • Allies.
  • Competitors.
  • Relevant variables of the sector.

Step 2

 

We analyze the environment

 

The following are considered related elements:

  • Competitors and allies.
  • Market potential.
  • Competitive advantages.
  • Substitute products.

Added value.

Step 3

 

We process and analyze the information

 

The collected information is organized and analyzed to identify relevant findings.

What do you receive at the end of the process?

Technology Monitoring Report

 

PDF document that includes:

 

– Information collected.

– Relevant bibliometric analyses.

– Technology matrix.

rom scattered information to a structured technological landscape to support your decisions.

When can Technological Surveillance be useful?


Explore

Idea generation


You can provide information for:
  • Identify solutions
  • Finding new ideas
  • Observe new technologies
  • Recognize potential allies

  • Investigate

    R&D


    It allows:
  • Detect technologies
  • Recognizing new possibilities
  • To guide and prioritize research and development projects
  • Launch new products



    It can help with:
  • Observe technological activity
  • Identify actors
  • Complementary analysis
  • Monitor related developments
  • Exploitation of products or technologies



    You can provide information for:
  • Licensing processes  
  • Acquisition of technologies  
  • Technology transfer
  • Identification of potential licensees
  • Who is the target audience?

    Entrepreneurs

    To better understand the technological landscape surrounding an opportunity or development

    Companies and institutions

    To observe technologies, trends, and actors relevant to their decisions.

    Inventors

    To learn about developments, research and technological activity related to their inventions.

    Universities

    To understand the technological environment surrounding their projects and research results.

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