Frequently Asked Questions

What is GCPS?

GCPS stands for Global Competition Positioning System. It is a business intelligence (BI) system to discover business geographic information, analyze and compare industries, and position companies in the global competition landscape.

How powerful is GCPS?

  • Big-data: GCPS includes company-level financial data from major economic power houses (US, China, …) with a globally unified industry classification and accounting standard.
  • Analytics: GCPS provides powerful data visualization tools combined with built-in statistical analysis and user friendly GUI, no coding is required.

Who may use GCPS?

Students, professors and professionals who are interested in BI can learn, create and share your work on GCPS.

What can I do with GCPS?

  • A few clicks will get you the business intelligence hard to find else-where. For instance, job seekers may find your dream jobs by region, industry and company; management consultants can do competitive analysis and benchmarking to discover the strength and weakness of your company; supply chain analyst can determine how inventory may drive your company’s financial performance and whether your company has an inventory mgmt. problem.
  • You can also learn from other people’s discoveries and show off your work on GCPS.

How to start?  Simple user guide

1. Sign in or sign up
2. Open my workspace
3. Create a new project or edit an existing project
4. Preview the project and share the URL
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