Custom CI Systems
Where should your intelligence work begin?
Define the questions, competitors and sources that matter to your decisions.
Potential deliverables
Question map, monitoring scope, source framework and research workflow.
Manufacturing intelligence
See the signals.
Decide with evidence.
Competitor, market and technology research, interpreted for your next manufacturing decision.
Intelligence built for your decisions
Start with a competitor, a market or a technology question. Agree the scope and deliverables together.
Continuous Monitoring
What is changing around your business?
Track competitor, technology, supply chain and policy changes. Investigate the signals that deserve attention.
Potential deliverables
Periodic briefs, source references, focused analysis and verification priorities.
Executive Briefings
What does the evidence mean for your next move?
Interpret findings in your business context. Compare options and make the remaining uncertainties explicit.
Potential deliverables
Decision brief, options comparison and follow-up research recommendations.
Evidence, interpretation, next steps.
Explore three illustrative briefs. Each separates observations, possible implications and what to verify next.
Fictional scenarios, not client work or verified monitoring results.
Illustrative decision brief
How should an expansion signal be verified?
Scenario: A manufacturer wants to understand whether a competitor is entering a new regional market.
Observed signals
- Public job listings include new regional sales roles.
- Public procurement notices indicate additional equipment needs.
- One signal does not prove that capacity is operational or market entry is complete.
Possible implications
The signals may indicate expansion preparations, staff replacement or an upgrade to an existing production line. More sources are needed to assess them.
Next steps to verify
Verify listing dates and locations; investigate equipment use and project milestones; compare new evidence in the next brief.
Research behind the decisions
Explore the signals, methods and industry questions that shape our research.
Signals
Recognize changes in the industrial world.
Deep Dives
Companies, technologies and strategic moves.
Industry Radar
Trends and risks across industrial markets.
CI Playbook
Practical guides, frameworks and methods.
Featured Insight
View all insightsSupply Chain Intelligence: Reading Competitors Through Their Suppliers
Supplier qualifications, customs filings, and tender traces reveal strategy months before press releases do.
Explore by Industry
Our sector approachAI-powered. Human-interpreted.
Speed in research. Discipline in verification. Judgment grounded in your industry.
Define the question
Align the business goal, decision timing and research boundaries.
Verify the evidence
Cross-check public sources. Record what is known and what needs further verification.
Interpret for action
Discuss implications, compare options and identify the next evidence to seek.
Built on industrial experience
Founded by Baojun (Joe) Shi, with 15+ years of industry experience. Geodriv combines AI-assisted research with human judgment to support manufacturing decisions.
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Bring your next decision into focus.
Tell us the competitors, markets and questions that matter to your business.