Intratec Methodology

How Intratec gathers, transforms, models, validates, and publishes the data behind its assessments — and how the Industry Economics & Competitiveness report is built on top of it.

This knowledge base explains the methodologies behind Intratec's assessments: the conventions shared across products, how the underlying data is gathered, transformed, modeled, and validated, and how the Industry Economics & Competitiveness (IIE) report is built on that foundation.

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Document Library

Read the complete, published methodology for each Intratec solution as a single PDF.

Our Framework

The conventions shared across Intratec assessments — geography, currency, units.

From Raw Data to Assessments

How raw data is sourced, prepared, and modeled into Intratec assessments.

Validation & Accuracy

How data quality is ensured before publication and accuracy is tracked over time.

Publishing & Revisions

How figures are labelled, when they are released, and how they change.

Energy Prices & Markets

How energy prices, energy balances, freight & insurance, and global price comparisons are modeled.

Primary Commodity Prices

What the data covers — the seven industries and 220+ commodities, how coverage is organized by industry, the price assessment types, and data timing.

Industry Economics & Competitiveness

How the report is built on the shared data: pillars, scores, timing, and reference datasets.

Independence & Limitations

The independence commitments and stated limits of the analysis.

References

The reference literature, defined terms, and living source behind the methodology.

Glossary

Definitions of recurring terms used across the methodology.