StratScan Functionalities
StratScan™ has been designed and developed in South Africa. It is an web based intelligence database and portal that helps you to easily organise, store and disseminate information about a company’s business environment in a secure manner.
StratScan™ is a fully customisable tool, tailored to your company’s unique requirements and needs.
StratScan™ allows users to:
- Profile Companies
- Benchmark Information
- View internal and external information
- View task
- Send Alerts
- View persons, sources, contacts
- Organise and store information
The StratScan™ Interface
Customised Competitive Environment
The application has been designed and lends itself uniquely to customise the competitive or business environment of the client’s organisation. Each element of the competitive environment can be broken down into further sub-levels for detailing the specific element in its logical context. This provides the client with a holistic and accurate view of each of the elements in its competitive environment and facilitates cost effective scanning and tracking.
Company Profiling
Companies are profiled according to an information framework with set fields to facilitate comparison/benchmarking between two or more organisations. Specified environmental elements applicable to companies can be linked to companies in order to view a company’s profile holistically.
Continuous Information and News Feed
Relevant and important information may be submitted by any user and will be immediately available to all other users. This capability serves to keep all users of StratScan™ abreast of current business events that may have an effect on the business and enables the user to take immediate action.
Easy Information and News Input by Users
The submission of information to the system is an uncomplicated and a simple procedure. Text can be typed or pasted into the relevant sections and/or attachments of any file type can be submitted together with information.
Alert Service
Information that is regarded as urgent and or very important can be assigned as an alert to specified users. The alert may be transmitted by way of the system or by an e-mail that would be sent to the specified persons immediately.
Task setting and tracking functionality
Tasks can be defined and assigned to applicable user(s) in group(s) so as to coordinate and control the execution and progress of the task by the owner. Assignments are tracked and adjusted by the owner of the task.
Powerful Search and Retrieval Capability
Search and retrieval of information in the system is done by way of phrased searches that will retrieve information containing such words or phrases. Alternatively an advanced filter can be applied to filter through information in order to retrieve information with very specific attributes.
Security
The use of usernames and passwords ensures only authorised access to the system and data stored in it. Passwords are encrypted for security reasons and stored in the application database. The system administrator can amend username and password information and can add additional users to the system.
Access to and Security of Information
Information is created with access levels. Users are assigned specific levels of access to information. Users will be able to view only such information that is permitted in terms of their levels.
Easy Set-up of User Groups
User groups can be defined for specific tasks or alerts to groups of persons. Users can be assigned to multiple, and a variety of user groups. This enhances collaboration and coordination among users.
Audit Trail
All activities by users within the system are recorded and may be viewed by the administrator in the form of an audit trail.