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Technology

Technology

Strong technical competencies combined with in-depth knowledge of industry business processes

We help clients become more efficient with digital products and solutions, including those developed by "Kept Digital Products" LLC.

A major Russian oil company

    We helped implement a full IT continuity management process, including: building a process management system, risk analysis, development of continuity and recovery plans, detailed process implementation planning, staff training

A Russian finance company

We performed risk assessment, infrastructure adequacy and reliability assessment and adjusted disaster recovery plans

A large Russian FMCG company

Due to the transfer of the company to ownership by an international manufacturer, we assessed the state of the business continuity management system, identified the main shortcomings and provided recommendations on risks mitigation

Our services

Kept Solutions

Dynamic Discount Platform

Dynamic Discount Platform

A platform for profitable interaction between customers and their suppliers
Risk Radar

Risk Radar

Third-party due diligence
Sustainable Solutions Lab

Sustainable Solutions Lab

Practical solutions and expertise platform

Audit of innovation capacities

  • Assessment of the level of innovation-driven development and maturity of companies and measures to improve them (organization of internal processes, innovation culture, development of an innovation-driven development strategy and key performance indicators)

Technological research and commercialization of emerging technologies

  • Patent research, systematization and analysis of patent documents, identification of research and technological groundwork 
  • Research and assessment of the technical level of the innovation agenda, identification of its trends, patterns, areas and pace of development 
  • Determination of the state of research of innovation issues, including the possibility of application in relevant industries and sectors of the economy, analysis of the market maturity 
  • Bibliometric research, reviews of scientific and technical literature, identification of key areas of scientific research and technological solutions within the framework of a specific innovation issue 
  • Analysis of technical solutions, assessment of their applicability in key scientific and technical areas
  • Analysis of trends in the use and commercialization of the results of global research on innovation issues, recommendations on promising areas of commercialization of emerging technical solutions 
  • Research of the emerging technologies market, development of a go-to-market approach, including a value proposition, a monetization model, possible partnerships, feasibility studies

Creation of a technological innovation radar. Monitoring of the latest technologies and technological trends. Analysis of their impact on business

  • Detailed business process analysis to identify bottlenecks and potential areas for the application of technologies 
  • Compilation of lists of all reliable sources of information on innovations and innovative ideas in selected areas 
  • Preparation of weekly/monthly reviews and selection of the most important events and examples of the application of innovations in the relevant area 
  • Assessment of the potential impact of each event or technology on the company 
  • Identification of opportunities for investment and growth, as well as potential threats to the company’s business 
  • Development of recommendations on responding to the positive and negative effects of new technologies for each business area 
  • Development of a target IT architecture to implement innovations/technologies and innovative products in the short, medium and long term

Startup integration

  • Search for startups, teams, products and technologies in the Russian and international markets at the company’s request with subsequent integration 
  • Formulation of a request for innovations within the company 
  • Creation of a funnel of projects based on the request criteria 
  • Systematization and selection of projects 
  • Compilation of a short list of promising projects 
  • Piloting of startups 
  • Integration of startups into the client company’s structure

Acceleration of technological processes

  • Acceleration of the development of technological projects to scale or close them based on the results of business hypothesis testing 
  • Management of internal and open market projects 
  • Use of the following methods: Lean Startup, Agile, Customer development, Design thinking 
  • Attraction of technology brokers – leading experts with experience in innovation divisions of major science-based companies

Creation of venture funds

  • Determination of the fund’s concept and its place in the corporate structure of the company 
  • Development of a business strategy with a feasibility study of potential success and a description of actual venture risks 
  • Participation in the development of the fund’s strategy 
  • Increasing the fund’s visibility in the target market 
  • Arranging a project flow 
  • Initial screening and support in entering into new transactions

Creation of the corporate innovation function

  • Development of mechanisms for finding, assessing and selecting internal requests for innovation, identification of priority tasks and promising ideas of the company in the area of innovations 
  • Development of methods to market innovation requests, launch and support of the corporate innovation accelerator, technology scouting and assessment of the innovation potential 
  • Assessment of the efficiency of various types of financing of innovative projects, development of a methodology for assessing the investment appeal of projects 
  • Support, integration and launch of innovative projects

Sanction radar and technology import substitution risk management strategy

  • Development and maintenance of a sanction radar allowing the company to regularly monitor sanction risks associated with the exit of vendors, changes in legislation (Russian and foreign), the appearance of new products and systems capable of replacing sanctioned products 
  • Development of a strategy to create value-added products for the local market and export to other countries based on successful international experience, key barriers and localization incentives

Implementation of digital products for innovation management

  • Setting up the process of collecting internal or external projects and proposals: launch of bidding campaigns for internal and external users (tenders, crowdsourcing), in particular using a single catalog of technologies 
  • Automation of the initial review of projects and proposals: automatic verification of initiatives 
  • Automation of the experts selection process: search for specialists with the necessary competencies and experience; review of each expert’s compliance with the campaign requirements (education, experience, publications, recommendations, affiliation); assessment of the expert based on statistics of projects implemented with his/her participation. 
  • Automation of the expert review process: configuration of parameters, setting the rules of the commission’ activities, assessment and ranking of bids, organization of the commission’s activity with the possibility of mass processing of groups of bids, adoption of a final decision based on voting results

Insights

New tax reality of digital financial assets

Digital Finance

17 July 2022

New tax reality of digital financial assets

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Technology

06 December 2021

Will quantum communications change our daily lives?

What is a Metaverse, and for which industries will it be a breakthrough?

Technology

03 November 2021

What is a Metaverse, and for which industries will it be a breakthrough?

The price of solar roofs

Power & Utilities

03 April 2021

The price of solar roofs