Forcit

Forcit is an innovation management software platform offered by Forcit Co. According to the vendor, the platform aims to help organizations streamline their innovation processes and bridge the gap between different layers of their organization. It is suitable for businesses of various sizes, ranging from small startups to large enterprises. The platform caters to a variety of professions and industries, including innovation managers, decision-makers, innovation teams/ventures, expert providers, and social-profit organizations.

Key Features

Efficient Team Leadership: According to the vendor, Forcit enables innovation managers to track and display relevant information, reduce administrative tasks, control cashflows, and track innovation funnels. It also facilitates collaboration with independent experts, allowing for the sharing and receiving of innovation insights.

Perfect Team Formation: The vendor claims that Forcit helps organizations easily find and select experts for their innovation teams. The platform aims to reduce administrative burden, facilitate the sharing of challenges and receiving advice, suggest relevant tools, and automate reports to the innovation manager.

R&D Department Understanding: Forcit provides features that allow organizations to gain a comprehensive understanding of their research and development department. The platform claims to enable easy tracking of progress, visualization of failures and successes, monitoring of innovation trajectories, streamlining internal communication, and decreasing silo thinking.

Expert Collaboration Management: According to the vendor, Forcit simplifies the management of collaborations with experts. It includes streamlined administration, direct notifications and updates, project matching, and the ability to track and evaluate progress.

Social Profit Venturing Program: Forcit offers support for social-profit organizations in their venturing and innovating efforts. According to the vendor, the platform provides an open call for applications and a permanent call for the 2023 program. It aims to contribute to creating a healthier, greener, and more sustainable society by helping social-profits tackle their challenges.

Impactful Tribe Building: With Forcit, organizations can scout challenges, generate impactful ideas, prototype and validate with users, develop a functional pilot version, upgrade the product, and prepare for the market. According to the vendor, this feature also allows for measuring the impact and learning from it.

Forcit Partnership Program: The platform offers a partnership program where organizations can join forces with Forcit and venture into the future together. The vendor claims that it provides active partner opportunities, collaboration for mutual growth and success, joint innovation initiatives, and access to Forcit's resources and expertise.