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What we do
Over the last eight years IXC have helped hundreds of companies to improve their ability to compete. We use Open Innovation techniques to bring them like-minded partners to expand their horizons through external collaboration, at a rate that is geared to each case and client.
Most organisations we work with already have innovation processes and champions in place. We work alongside our clients, as a flexible resource to fill the gaps in their networks, resources and knowledge.
Our clients cover the full spectrum of the technology supply chain, from Universities to large corporates, and across dozens of different sectors, from aerospace to white goods, both B2B and B2C, across sectors as diverse as energy, packaging and transport.
Benefits
The benefits we bring can have a tangible impact on your business, typically this will be in three key areas:
- Product development
- Market development
- Operational improvements
Specifically:
- Accelerated product development times
- Improved product or service offerings
- Improved revenue streams due to new business or research collaborations
- Access to new markets
- New routes to existing market
- Increased operational efficiency through:
- Improved supply chains and access to new suppliers
- Exposure to global best practice across all sectors
Our Innovation Intermediaries
We use Innovation Intermediaries, backed by a team of researchers and technology associates, connected globally via our cloud-based Vault and interacting person to person, going as deep as they need to, to find connections that work.
This gives us a dedicated but very human, innovation asset which is highly appreciated by our clients, and underpins our extensive range of innovation services:
- IXC Intermediary Service
- IXC Connect
- Technology Intelligence
- Technology Translation
- Market Pull Assessment
- Virtual Vault
- IXC Quicklink
