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MDSInternational

MDS International is a bicycle industry business-intelligence product that provides near real-time market data, derived from point-of-sale transactions both in-store and online.

Project summary

Project start:

1 January 2025

Project end:

31 December 2025

Budget:

€616,000

Countries

germany

Context

The bicycle industry is complex, globally inter-connected and subject to shocks – like COVID, energy crises, etc. There is a lack of information on what is being sold, what is held in stock, and what needs to be re-ordered, designed and developed to meet shifting market needs.

Challenge

By providing detailed real-time data linked to sales online and in-store, users understand demand and can forecast with far greater efficiency than existing solutions.

Expected outcome

Benchmarked against the actual incurred costs and timescales for the product development for its launch market in the UK-only region, this is estimated to be for a tenth of the cost and up to six times faster: with benefits of using, under license, the core market data service platform, tools, schemas, protocols and template agreements (rather than developing these new).

Project partners

Germany

Zweirad-Industrie-Verband (ZIV)

United Kingdom

Bicycle Association

Silver
United Kingdom

Edinburgh Napier University

Project Lead

Scott Cain

scott@bicycleassociation.org.uk

Steve Garidis

steve@bicycleassociation.org.uk