One of the more persistent obstacles facing manufacturing leaders today comes after an assessment on what needs to change, improve, or evolve.
You go through an assessment using one of the major Prioritisation Indexes, whether it’s OPERI, SIRI, or COSIRI, and emerge with a well-structured view of your strengths, weaknesses, and next priorities. But without an execution layer to match those insights to the right partners or tools, the transformation effort risks losing momentum.
Manufacturing leaders constantly run into the same two problems. First, they lack visibility into what kinds of solutions exist to close those gaps.
Secondly, even when some companies are aware of the digital toolkits and solutions available, they’re unclear on where to find and access them, or how to determine what fits, without a clear matchmaking platform.
This is where the Prioritise+ Marketplace comes in as a purpose-built virtual matchmaking platform designed to bridge that post-assessment gap.
Why Post-Assessment Transformation Often Fails
It’s not strategy that most manufacturers lack. It’s support in moving from strategy to action.
Prioritisation Index assessments from OPERI to SIRI to COSIRI provide manufacturers with one of the most rigorous, data-backed transformation roadmaps in the industry. The problem is that too many roadmaps stall at the planning stage. What’s missing is a structured path to credible execution.
In practice, the breakdown usually looks like this: A company completes an assessment, identifies high-priority areas for development, such as workforce and technology interaction, or delivery performance, and then nothing happens. Why? Because, despite having clarity on what needs to improve, the organisation has no efficient way to explore what solutions are available, which ones are relevant, and where to find them.
The issue isn’t technical readiness. It’s a lack of access to the right insights, the right platform for innovation, or even the right solution providers for manufacturing.
It’s a gap that leads to stalled initiatives, disconnected vendor pilots, and underwhelming ROI. AI doesn’t scale like magic, it scales like a muscle. Similarly, business growth, whether it’s based on digital transformation, operational improvements, or sustainability enhancements, demands targeted, focused, and specific solutions.
That’s the operational and industrial context in which Prioritise+ Marketplace was designed. It’s a response to these challenges, created to help manufacturers identify not just the type of digital toolkits and solutions they need, but also the providers best positioned to deliver them.
Why Generic Matchmaking Platforms Miss the Mark
Here’s what usually happens. A manufacturer finishes a SIRI or COSIRI assessment, looks at the results, and starts asking:
“Alright, so we know what’s broken. Now, where do we find the thing that fixes it?”
That’s where the search begins, and often ends, on a broad matchmaking platform that isn’t built for industrial use. These platforms are full of ideas, some good, some interesting, but very few mapped to the kind of transformation needs that manufacturers will directly and concretely benefit from.
Most matchmaking software isn’t grounded in knowing what to prioritise. Companies don’t link solutions to specific business or production process gaps. Insights aren’t regionalised. That’s why so many manufacturers wind up hiring consultants just to make sense of what they’re seeing.
Prioritise+ Marketplace was built specifically to avoid that problem. It doesn’t pretend to be a one-size-fits-all innovation directory. It’s structured, focused, and aligned to the way real manufacturers operate after an assessment. The platform gives you two options:
- InnoSphere: where you filter through digital toolkits and solutions that are already vetted and tagged to specific Prioritisation Index dimensions.
- ManuVate: where you define a problem, and qualified providers respond with actual proposals that you can choose from.
This isn’t a random marketplace, and it’s not another wide-open portal full of unrelated vendors. It’s a matchmaking platform, built for people who already know what they’re solving for. It’s not about dominance, it’s about coordination, for an industry that needs ecosystems, not silver bullets.
Prioritise+ Marketplace Is Not Just a Marketplace. It’s a Matchmaker.
Let’s be clear, this isn’t a product listing site or a standard marketplace platform. There’s no scrolling through hundreds of vendors hoping one might fit. Prioritise+ Marketplace starts with what the manufacturer already knows: where the gaps are, and what needs to change.
Everything ties back to the assessment. Whether it’s OPERI, COSIRI, or SIRI, each index surfaces a specific set of dimensions like “Vertical Integration,” or “Material Waste,” or “AI Lifecycle.” That’s the starting point. The Marketplace doesn’t just give you a pile of options. It shows you the ones that are directly tied to the dimension you’re trying to improve.
There are two paths from there:
- InnoSphere: This is the curated track. You browse listings, yes, but only after you’ve filtered by the exact dimension and region you care about. The providers have already submitted their digital toolkits or solutions, and INCIT has reviewed them. Everything’s tagged, verified, and streamlined. If your COSIRI results highlight a gap in eco-efficiency, for example, you’ll see technologies/technology tools that speak to that, not a bunch of unrelated tech demos.
- ManuVate: This is the challenge-based track. Instead of browsing, you describe the problem. You set the parameters: what’s wrong, what you’re trying to achieve, your limitations, budget, timeline, whatever matters. Then you wait. Providers come to you with proposals. No generic pitches. Just focused responses to the problem you’ve posted.
InnoSphere: Structured Discovery Based on Priorities
Most manufacturers don’t need hundreds of options. They need the right collection.
That’s what InnoSphere is built for. It’s the structured, curated half of Prioritise+ Marketplace, made for manufacturers who already know where their gaps are, and just want to close them without wasting time. You complete an assessment and check your results.
Let’s say your results show you’re behind on “Material Waste” or “Customer Order Management.” You log into InnoSphere, filter by that exact dimension and by continent, and instantly get a shortlist of digital toolkits and solutions aligned with your needs. No drift. No noise.
For instance, one company could see “Material Waste” as a weak point based on a COSIRI assessment. From there, they can use InnoSphere to go from diagnosis to shortlist in a single session, with every solution reviewed, mapped, and available in their region.
Technology available is labelled by type, some lightweight solutions (dashboards, calculators), others full-scale digital toolkits for industrial use. You decide what you need.
Most manufacturing matchmaking platforms just show who exists. InnoSphere shows what fits. If you’re working with clients as an assessor, this saves you time too. You can recommend digital toolkits and solutions that are already validated, not because of reviews, but because they’re dimension-matched.
ManuVate: Challenge-Based Innovation Without the Noise
Some gaps are too specific for off-the-shelf tools. That’s where ManuVate comes in.
This is the challenge-response half of Prioritise+ Marketplace. Instead of browsing, you define the problem, clearly, and on your terms. You set the constraints, the success criteria, and the reward. Then you wait. Providers come to you with proposals that address the problem.
It’s not an RFP dump. It’s not open season for vendors. It’s focused. You stay in control the entire time. For instance, after a SIRI assessment, a business might see a gap in “Vertical Integration”. They could post a targeted challenge on the ManuVate platform, and proposals would come in from qualified solution providers – “Solver-ManuVators” who have real ideas, not just sales decks.
INCIT doesn’t interfere. We don’t evaluate proposals, and we don’t dictate outcomes. It’s your process, backed by a business matchmaking platform that keeps it clean.
For providers, it’s simple: solve real problems, not pitch into the void. For manufacturers, it’s a clear way to activate post-assessment transformation, especially when InnoSphere doesn’t offer a perfect match. This is what matchmaking software should look like: grounded, scoped, and designed around how manufacturing actually works.
Who Benefits from Prioritise+ Marketplace?
One of the things that makes Prioritise+ Marketplace a little different from the standard matchmaking platform for enterprise users, is it isn’t designed just for one type of user. It’s built for the entire ecosystem of manufacturers, assessors, and solution providers. Each one comes with different starting points, but the same goal: turning strategy into measurable results.
- For manufacturers, it’s simple. You’ve done the assessment. You know where the gaps are. Prioritise+ connects you with providers who can actually help, either through InnoSphere (you browse) or ManuVate (they respond). You don’t waste weeks chasing options suggested by a business matchmaking platform that don’t match your needs. You don’t pay a third party to explain what your SIRI results already told you.
- For assessors, this is where your role expands. After guiding a client through the Prioritisation Index, you can now point them toward real solutions. You’re not just handing over a report, you’re helping them act on it. Some providers may also offer referral partnerships, so assessors can keep playing a role post-assessment.
- For solution providers, Prioritise+ Marketplace offers something most open innovation companies, especially industrial innovation start-ups, struggle with: high-intent visibility. You’re not competing in a sea of cold leads. You’re showing up in front of manufacturers who already know they need help, and who have defined their problem in language you can respond to.
This is an online B2B matchmaking platform, but it’s not matchmaking for the sake of introductions. It’s execution-focused. If you’re serious about impact, that’s what makes it valuable.
To learn more about Prioritise+ Marketplace, contact us.
