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Case Studies

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Manufacturing

Global Manufacturer Avoids $40M Disruption

3 months implementation

Challenge

A Fortune 500 manufacturer needed early warning on geopolitical events affecting their Asian supply chain.

Solution

Implemented Tier9 watchlists on 23 geopolitical questions with automated Slack alerts when probabilities crossed key thresholds.

Results

2 weeksEarlier risk detection vs. news
$40MEstimated losses avoided
6 hoursResponse time improvement

"We saw the Taiwan Strait probability spike 3 weeks before it hit mainstream news. That early warning let us pre-position inventory."

VP of Supply Chain Risk

Nonprofit

NGO Optimizes $12M Grant Portfolio

6 months implementation

Challenge

A global humanitarian organization needed to allocate limited resources to regions where policy change was most likely.

Solution

Used Tier9 to track policy adoption probabilities across 45 countries, prioritizing advocacy in high-probability regions.

Results

35%Improvement in policy wins
$12MGrant allocation optimized
18Countries monitored

"Instead of spreading resources thin, we now focus where probability of success is highest. Our board loves the data-driven approach."

Director of Policy & Advocacy

Government

Federal Agency Enhances Threat Assessment

12 months implementation

Challenge

A government intelligence team needed to incorporate open-source forecasting into their existing assessment processes.

Solution

Integrated Tier9 API with internal systems, using crowd forecasts as one input into their structured analytic techniques.

Results

23%Improvement in forecast accuracy
48Questions tracked daily
5xFaster scenario updates

"The calibrated probabilities give us a quantitative baseline. Combined with our classified sources, we get a more complete picture."

Senior Intelligence Analyst

Finance

Asset Manager Enhances Macro Research

8 months implementation

Challenge

A $50B asset manager wanted to quantify geopolitical and policy risks affecting their emerging market positions.

Solution

Deployed Tier9 Teams across their macro research team, with custom dashboards tracking election and policy outcomes.

Results

12%Better risk-adjusted returns
89%Analyst adoption rate
DailyProbability briefings

"Having calibrated probabilities on election outcomes has transformed how we think about EM risk. It's now central to our process."

Head of Macro Research

Academic

Research Institute Studies Collective Intelligence

2 semesters implementation

Challenge

A leading university wanted to run forecasting tournaments to study crowd wisdom and train graduate students.

Solution

Used Tier9's organization features to create private forecasting tournaments with custom questions and scoring.

Results

3Peer-reviewed papers
450+Student forecasters
0.15Average Brier score achieved

"Tier9 gave us the infrastructure to run rigorous forecasting experiments without building our own platform."

Professor of Decision Science

Energy

Utility Company Improves Grid Planning

18 months implementation

Challenge

A regional utility needed better forecasts on extreme weather events and policy changes affecting their grid investments.

Solution

Combined Tier9 climate and policy forecasts with internal models to create probabilistic infrastructure planning scenarios.

Results

$200MCapEx decisions informed
15%Improvement in planning accuracy
5 yearPlanning horizon extended

"The scenario planning tools let us stress-test our infrastructure investments against different climate and policy futures."

Chief Strategy Officer

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