The project Competitive Intelligence was developed by the CIDEI and the University of Cundinamarca, from September of 2007 to September 2008; the project’s general objective was the development of a supply of goods and services of low-cost automation, to fulfill the needs of modernization of three productive chains, which are potential customers of the Cluster of the Electro-Electronic industry from Bogotá and Cundinamarca, through competitive intelligence methodologies and partnership outlines.

The institutions related to the project were Colciencias as founding organization; the companies Zebra, Phoenix, Coltein, Kuspyde, Districomp, Kirvit and Insitel were the beneficiaries, and providing external support were the Central University, the Distrital University and the University of La Sabana

The project was executed in the following stages:

The chosen sectors for the study were value-added Food products, clothing products and Flower growing . The companies that participated from each productive sector are listed in the Table 1.

Table 1.Companies selected for the diagnosis Authors

The specific and common processes that were identified among the different productive segments involved are shown in the Table 2.

Table 2.Processes that were identified Authors

Listed below are some conclusions and results of the project:

The project ended with an event of socialization that took place last September 1st, the event was attended by businessmen and academics, it also had the participation of the engineer Jenny Marcela Sanchez (PhD) with the conference “Technology Watch and Competitive Intelligence”, the Dr. Alvaro Turriago with the conference "Partnership" and the project director Edgar Mendez who explained the main topics of the project and its results. In addition at the 9th Symposium and Third Forum of Innovation of the Colombian floriculture there was a lecture about technological restructuring on productive systems, this event took place on September 10th and 11th of 2008, in Rionegro - Antioquia.