Frost & Sullivan Uncovers How One Person Can Build a Companywide Intelligence Network

Frost & Sullivan Uncovers How One Person Can Build a Companywide Intelligence Network PR Newswire MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Dec. 4, 2012 -- Frost & Sullivan's Growth Team Membership uncovers Cintas Corporation's approach to building a comprehensive and sustainable intelligence network MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New research from Frost & Sullivan demonstrates how a single employee can develop an intelligence network that captures the insights of all of a company's employees. Frost & Sullivan's Growth Team Membership's (GTM's) new best practice guidebook entitled: Building a Sustainable Companywide Intelligence Network features Cintas, a global business services company, and the process it used to develop a companywide intelligence network that optimizes limited resources, harnesses employees' competitive intelligence (CI) insights, and supports the sales force. "Many CI professionals struggle to demonstrate the impact of their function, while dealing with stagnant budgets and chronic understaffing. In Frost & Sullivan's Annual Competitive Intelligence and Market Research Priorities Survey, CI executives revealed that 'capturing the competitive information held by their employees,' 'incorporating CI into the company's revenue-generating activities,' and 'creating a portal to centralize CI-related information' were among their top challenges," said Keith O'Brien, vice president of research for Frost & Sullivan's Growth Team Membership.