American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

A multinational industrial tool and equipment manufacturing company is staying ahead of competitors by establishing dozens of robust knowledge bases of university research and 90+ knowledge bases of technical knowledge from the Deep Web as well as providing training to hundreds of employees worldwide.

One of the world’s premier semiconductor companies increased the number of cross references in its parts database from 100,000 to nearly 2 million. In doing so, the company boosted results of its parts with the lowest searches by 52 percent and helped its customers find alternatives for obsolete parts so they can avoid the need to redesign products.

Based in Tokyo, this pneumatic industry pioneer continues to innovate by redefining its development process to deliver winning products that achieve their goals – e.g. the IMACT-V valves allow a typical manufacturing plant to use 50% less compressed air and reduce electric power consumption by 10% or more.

For more than a century, this manufacturer of packaged consumer goods has served customers around the world and now its decision-makers can access timely, relevant information from internal and external sources to drive innovation and efficiency -- e.g. cutting strategy development time from weeks to hours.