Strategic Planning Research / Strategic Sourcing

Accelerating Performance with enhanced, unified intelligence

SIS complements the strategic planning function by filling intelligence gaps and unifying our clients’ existing forms of intelligence for enhanced management. We provide the following:

• Custom Research
• Strategic Intelligence Network Development
• Global Strategic Sourcing & Acquisition

Custom Research for Strategic Planning

SIS International was founded in the 1980s on the basis of turning data into insights for decision-making, and emphasized strategic insights very early in its history. SIS brings 25 years’ project experience across 50 industries of organizing and synthesizing large amounts of data into actionable insights.

Our strategic planning research practice is headed by Ruth Stanat, a 3-time author and global thought leader on strategic management. Stanat brings past personal experience as a former VP of Strategic Planning at Fortune 100 companies. We emphasize working with various levels of managers to tap into reservoirs of knowledge that are often guarded in fiefdoms. We then work with our clients to develop achievable goals across the organization. With this accumulation of skills and experts, SIS works on both information-gathering and planning for the following issues:

• Product planning & development
• Market Developments
• Sales and Demand Forecasting
• Competitive Intelligence
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Pricing Strategy
• Cost, Risk & Return on Investment Analysis
• Strategic Sourcing
• Customer Insights
• Business Intelligence (insights about your corporation)
• Change Management
• Strategic Analysis
• Talent Management

Strategic Intelligence Network Development

SIS International believes that rapid knowledge sharing and communication across divisions enhances the ability to compete---a principle espoused by the world’s most competitive militaries. SIS develops these networks to:

1. Share efficiently information, eliminating management “silos” and “fiefdoms”


2. Turn information gluts into meaningful analysis ready for decision making


3. Create accessible knowledge networks of decision-supporting experts to be able to share expertise across the firm


4. Harness information to become more competitive in today’s highly competitive business environment

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Global Strategic Sourcing & Acquisition

Conducting global, on-the-ground market research and business intelligence requires a daily interaction with companies, experts and talented people that provide tremendous value to a supply chain. With our global network that harnesses knowledge-based industry resources across 120 countries, SIS International provides an exceptional platform of:

• Strategic sourcing services for knowledge-based industries
• Acquisition targets in Emerging Markets
• Sources for market entry partnerships
• Talent acquisition sources in Emerging Markets

Thought Leadership

Industry Expertise