Now with Sophia Predictive Analytics and priced as low as $167 per month per segment!
From Data to Insight, WISDOM for Retail. Named after the greek word for wisdom, Sophia is by far the most comprehensive source of not just data, but key wisdom for smart decisions in the retail industry. It is the only data service that links IT spend, to specific technology, to specific personnel, to specific financial results, tied together and backed by our advisory staff. Sophia provides insight into nearly 200 types of hardware/software/services and key personnel for over 2,800 retailers and restaurants.
Now with SPA by Sophia (Sophia Predictive Analytics), the system allows for benchmarking against competitors, identifying which retailers are leaders in specific technologies, their projected IT spending plans in key categories(like Business Intelligence/Analytics, Merchandising/Supply Chain, ERP, and Store Systems), and which technologies they are likely to purchase in the next 24 months.
Your enterprise subscription allows everyone in your organization to create targeted mailing lists of key executives, do competitive analysis, look up market share and understand IT spend for an individual retailer or thousands of companies
Sophia for North American Retail/Hospitality leverages analysis with more than 2.0 million data points. It is the only Subscription data service that takes an enterprise view of the technology that retailers are deploying AND the performance that they are achieving with the use of these technologies.
SPA by Sophia adds the following features:
- Graphical Financial Benchmarks - Compare key financial metrics of retailers by segment and subsegment. Zoom in to review the financial metrics for the entire retail segment.
- IT Spending Breakouts - Each SPA profile includes projected IT budget information for hardware, software, services in the following categories (Infrastructure, Store Systems, Core ERP, Application Development, Collaboration, Merchandising/Supply Chain, Commerce, BI/Analytics, Sales & Mktg, Legal/Real Estate).
- Key Technology Leadership - Is the retailer a leader in particular technologies? We look at key financial metrics and the strength of the retailer and leadership in key technologies in each company SPA profile.
- Likely Investments - One of the key benefits of Sophia is the ability to see into the future for each retailer and see which systems are due for replacement and which game changing technologies they are likely to invest in within the next 24 months.
- Key Vendor Influence - Every account has key vendors that have significant influence to enhance your opportunity or block your opportunity. The SPA profiles show you which vendors in the account are your friend or foe.
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Format: Electronic PDF
Date of Publication: December 16, 2008
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Geography: North America
Author(s):
Lee Holman, Greg Buzek
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Sophia - Wisdom for Manufacturing
Format: Online
Date of Publication: May 6, 2013
Pricing: See Pricing Tab for Subscription Options
Geography: Worldwide
Author(s):
Sean M. Alexander, Jerry Sheldon, Greg Buzek
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Sophia - Wisdom for Retail IT Vendors - Europe, Middle East, Africa
Format: Online - Web Access
Date of Publication: May 6, 2013
Pricing: See Pricing Tab for Subscription Options
Geography: Europe, Middle East, Africa
Author(s):
Lee Holman, Jerry Sheldon, Greg Buzek
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What our customers have to say about this product
"My team and I are really enjoying using Sophia. Definitely money well spent."
- A.Z., Market Development Manager, Major Chip Manufacturer
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- National Sales Representative, Major German Software Company
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"In the Retail Industry IHL commands the respect of the operators and other recognized industry experts. Greg has demonstrated his skills in many of his engagements. His presentations at industry conferences command full attention and provide valuable insight into trends in the industry. He uses his strong technical knowledge to identify solutions for real business problems. IHL, under Greg's leadership, has grown to be a required set of reports. When you need the real analysis of an industry trends or market information, IHL is the team to provide reports that you can depend upon."
- Jerry Leeman, Marketing Manager, IBM at time, now Perk Dynamics
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Product Highlights
With over 2 million data points on over 2,500 retailers and restaurants, Sophia currently tracks 121 software types (ie. POS, CRM, Merchandising, Data Warehouse, etc.), 54 hardware platforms (ie. POS, Scanners, Servers, Printers, Self-Checkout, etc.), 22 types of services (ie. Maintenance, Help Desk, Custom Programming, etc.) and key personnel (ie. CIO, IT, Store Operations, etc.).
Key Highlights include the following:
- Retail Competitor Profiles - Use filters to generate retailer technology profiles from our list of thousands of retailers and restuarants. Each profile includes revenues, IT spend, competitive comparisons, hardware, software, services, and key personnel.
- Vendor Profiles - Choose from hundreds of profiles on technology vendors. Each profile includes key contacts, customer references, platforms and segments supported as well as individual solution overviews.
- Vendor Scorecards - Run reports such as "Who offers business intelligence software?" and get a comprehensive list of vendors and the segments in which the solution is offered. Click through to any vendor profile and their customers and full solution portfolio.
- Solution Finder - Find a technology solution specifically for your retail segment. Includes what the top 10 North American retailers are using in your segment and the top 10 local competitors by region.
- Quick Market Share - Find vendor market share for specific retail technologies (ie. POS Software vendor market share for Food/Drug Retailers)based on the data in the system.
- 1-Minute Query Builder - through easy to use forms, simply point and click to create a query of hardware, software or services installed in over 2,500 retailers/restaurants. (ie, where is Oracle installed for Price Optimization?).
- Enterprise Access - unlike other research firms that charge on a per seat basis, your subscription to Sophia comes with enterprise access to the data.
- Estimated IT Spend - with this edition we have added estimated IT spend for hardware, software, services and labor/overhead for each retailer based on industry survey results. This includes both capitalized and expensed IT spend to help vendors and retailers better align their spending to industry leaders.
- Web-based design - designed for busy sales and marketing personnel, the database can be accessed from anywhere in the world via our simple web interface that is designed for business users. No need to be a database whiz, this business user interface quickly unleashes the power of the database in seconds.
- Output to Excel, HTML or PDF formats - easily get output to Microsoft Word or Excel so that you can manipulate the data and use it in your every data activities.
Choose from one or many of the following segments:
Food/Grocery
Drug Stores
Convenience/Gas
Warehouse Clubs/Supercenters/Mass Merchandisers
Department Stores
Specialty Hard Goods
Specialty Soft Goods
Fast Food
Bar Restaurant
Lodging
Gaming
Travel
Entertainment
Our purpose is to help Retailers answer the following types of questions.
- What types of systems are my competitors deploying?
- What does my key competitor sepnd on IT for hardware/software/services and how does that compare to what we spend?
- How can I find the top vendors for the technology we are looking to deploy and what our competitors are doing?
- Which one's are actively deploying data warehouse, CRM, or ERP technology?
- What types of systems do the best performing retailers in certain segments use?
- Who are top retailers partnering with for their technology initiatives?
Sophia provides information on the Retailer's financial performance, IT systems being used, key personnel, and comparisons to their key competitors. It can also be used to determine market share of key technology players, the financial performance of their customer's and key prospects for partnerships.
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