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As the global leader in Innovation Management software, Brightidea, Inc. has driven more success than any other Innovation Management solution. The Brightidea.com solution delivers more features, more powerful customization, easier integration, and the best overall end-user experience. And best of all, it can all be deployed immediately
around the globe.

Research – Secure, shared weblogs allow participants to track emerging trends, competition, and areas of opportunity. Research Blogs ensure organizations stay abreast of market developments while maintaining a permanent record of all research.

Idea Management – Highly-configurable idea ranking engine allows managers to rapidly identify the most promising innovations in an organization. Ideas are ranked by a variety of proprietary methods based on type of innovation desired. Managers can request ideas in specific areas of opportunity or collect unsolicited ideas from
employees, customers, and suppliers. Idea Management accelerates identification of viable concepts while ensuring non-viable proposals are discontinued early.

Project Tracking – Flexible, phase-based tracking system for managing projects in the innovation pipeline. Gives managers visibility into all projects underway and their progress. Project tracking ensures that on-going projects are strategically aligned, properly vetted at each step, and stay on-track throughout the implementation process.

Expert Location – Easy-to-use search function allows users to locate experts for help with questions or problems. Users can search expert profiles and content in the innovation management system to locate experts, regardless of location or department in the organization.

Rewards & Recognition – End-to-end solution that tracks individual contributions to the innovation program. Points are accumulated for selected activities and achievements. Rewards & Recognition tracks redemption for gifts, awards or cash to ensure that key players in the innovation process are recognized and proper records are
maintained.

Management Platform - You can’t manage what you don’t measure, with all the components on a single integrated platform it’s easy to keep an eye on your innovation program. Intuitive Analytics ensure managers have the information they need to make informed decisions on managing the innovation process. Tightly integrated Innovation Financials ensure that the real costs of ‘unstructured work’ are captured and that forecasted cash
flows can be compared against actual cash flows. A permenant, searchable Archive reduces rework when staff or roles change. Best of all with the On-Demand service you can get started managing innovation in minutes.