Measuring Innovation

Decreasing product cycles, expanding product portfolios and increasing competition has made innovation a critical factor to ensure long-term success in the marketplace – and successful innovation requires new approaches to partnering.

But how can companies select the best innovation partners?

How do we know who has the most “innovation potential”?

Clareo Index offers a comprehensive and easy to use diagnostic that provides a rigorous picture of any supplier’s innovation capabilities. Clareo Index’s output can significantly enhance a company’s success through better partnering decisions based on innovation.

What is Clareo Index?

Clareo Index™ is a powerful platform for developing long-term supplier relationships built upon a shared focus on innovation and bottom line results. Developed and tested by Clareo Partners LLC in collaboration with researchers from the Kellogg School of Management, Clareo Index™ is a subscription-based service that combines the collective knowledge of your managers with those of other industry leading players to provide a robust picture of a supplier’s innovation and partnering capabilities. Clareo Index utilizes the latest survey and analytical methodologies to provide you with a unique tool for developing more powerful supplier relationships–and a competitive edge in the marketplace.

Clareo Index features include:

  • Proven methodology with real-world results
  • Cutting edge web-based survey and reporting tool
  • Easy to use survey designed by leading academic experts from the Kellogg School of Management
  • Unique industry-wide database of supplier innovation capabilities
  • Transparent and objective tool for supplier selection decisions and long-term partnership enhancement

Tangible benefits realized by Clareo Index subscribers

By using Clareo Index to select and manage supplier relationships, your company and supplier ecosystem will be able to work together to:

  • Realize faster times to market
  • Better leverage R&D budgets
  • Improve project success rates
  • Develop stronger, more effective partnerships
  • Achieve better internal communications between Product, R&D and Purchasing