25 Tixx™ Functions and Metrics
This specification was filed on 21/11/2024 as a pre-patent with the French National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI) under reference number DSO2024018240.
Tixx™ metrics are all based on the data contained in Contract Award Notices (CAN) downloaded daily from 194 countries.
The metrics can be displayed and compared for a past, present, or future period or date selected by a subscriber.
The metrics can be broken down per Country and/or Region (state), City, Market Sector or Player (CRCMSP).
The application is available in 100+ languages, and automatically displayed in that of the visitor.
Datatixx SAS has contracts with CAN data providers for all 194 countries covered by the service.
The data providers together have approximately 75,000 corporate customers that use their services, meaning Tixx™ will have a potential customer base of 75,000 subscribers from the outset.
FUNCTIONS
1. Subscription (see last page for full details)
Basic use of Tixx™ is free but limited to viewing the day's current data.
A future user fills out the subscription form, selects their level of subscription (Premium / Pro / Enterprise) and confirms the service provider (LSP) allocated to their postcode, or selects another from the list available (failing which their subscription is invalidated), pays via Stripe (payment is collected 30 days later = one month free use) and has immediate access to the corresponding functions and metrics.
Back office
Each subscriber has a back office containing their profile, email address, login, level of subscription, etc.
One subscription is required per concurrent user, but a subscriber can register x users provided they share the same email domain.
There is a separate but similar subscription form for Tixx™ service providers (LSPs), who automatically receive 50% of each monthly fee paid by subscribers within their territory (postcode) or that have selected them as their service provider.
Subscription invoicing, payments, and receipts: Stripe®
2. Search
Allows a subscriber to enter a CRCMSP and/or CPV, and the data for the selected item are displayed.
3. Market Monitoring
Subscribers can save searches to be alerted by email when a CAN associated with a CPV is published.
4. CAN Alerts
Lists forthcoming end dates of CANs up for renewal. Subscribers can select a CRCMSP and/or CPV for which they wish to receive alerts by email.
5. Grafixx™
Pro subscribers can create any type of graphic (among those available) with any type of parameter (among those available) to create and download custom charts, reports etc.
6. Database polling
The Tixx™ database containing the CANs (approx. 10 million per year) classifies all of the market players involved by country, city, market sector (CPV) and postcode.
Tixx™ service providers can access the database via their postcode/registration number and display the files on all the market players located within their territory (i.e. with the same postcode).
METRICS
1. Player files
An individual file is created for each market player and updated with the data in each CAN in which it appears:
⦁ current CAN reference
⦁ contact details (electronic + postal address) of the player - country
⦁ player's status in the current CAN: buyer (B) or seller (S)
⦁ the buyer is the domestic contractor (DC). If the seller's address is in a different country it is a foreign contractor (FC).
⦁ CPV code(s) for current CAN product(s) or service(s)
⦁ start and end dates for current CAN. (The start date is the date of publication of the CAN).
⦁ current CAN value
⦁ current total CAN value (on the day the file is displayed)
⦁ future total CAN value
⦁ past / current / future rankings
⦁ references / values of CANs won
⦁ for companies listed on stock markets, display of their stock market listing
2. The Tixx™ Trade Index
The daily sum of all the values of all the CANs awarded each day in all of the 194 countries covered. Can be broken down per CRCMSP.
3. Cumulative Trade Index (CTI)
The CTI allows users to total and compare the past/present/future trade values of any two combinations of CRCMSP in order to know their cumulative value at any point in time.
4. Market Sector Average values
The average CAN values per day for each CRCMSP.
5. Rankings
The CRCMSPs are ranked based on the value of the CANs awarded to them for the selected period.
6. Market Share Indicator
The market share of a given sector (CPV code) for each CRCMSP is displayed as a percentage, by dividing the total value of the market sector by the value of all CANs awarded to the CRCMSP over the selected period.
7. Futures
The forecasts for each CRCMSP included in each day's CANs are obtained by aggregating the values of the contracts awarded for each CRCMSP over the selected period.
Two specific future indexes can be displayed:
8. Tixx™ 500
The Tixx™ trade index at 500 days in the future (= 2 years in working days)
9. Tixx™ 1000
The Tixx™ trade index at 1,000 days in the future (= 4 years in working days)
10. Market Growth Indicator
Obtained by aggregating the values of the CANs awarded per CPV displayed over time.
11. Market Size Indicator
Obtained by aggregating the number and the value of contracts awarded per CRCMSP.
12. Key Performance Indicators
The number and cumulative value of CANs awarded per CRCMSP.
13. Stock Exchange Listing
Tixx™ checks the name of each player in the data for its occurrence among all listed companies. If present, a link to the company's current stock exchange listing is included in the player file displayed.
14. The Tixx™ Trade Index as a "live" widget
The Tixx™ index can be displayed via a "live" widget on any third-party site as a scrolling banner (see www.datatixx.com), and is updated daily.
The ultimate global marketing device for Tixx™: requires no translation, is simple to install, clicking on the widget links back to the Tixx™ source website and application.
15. Imports per CRCMSP
In each CAN the buyer has domestic contractor (DC) status. If the seller is in a different country it has foreign contractor (FC) status.
The total value of imports for country X is obtained by aggregating all the values of its CANs in which the seller is an FC.
16. Exports per CRCMSP
The total value of exports for country X is obtained by aggregating all the values of CANs in which country X is an FC.
17. Trade Balance per CRCMSP
Obtained by comparing the value of imports and exports per CRCMSP.
Exports > imports = trade surplus.
Imports > exports = trade deficit.
18. CAN Failure Rate
Users enter a CPV code. This displays a list of the last 20 CANs + names of winners. Allows user to see how many times a competitor has won CANs in that specific market sector, and how many times they have not.
19. Current / Future Unemployment Rate
Obtained by taking the unemployment rate per country on day 1 of Tixx™ operation and applying the Tixx™ unemployment coefficient. Can be calculated for each market sector.
20. Current / Future Inflation Rate
Obtained by taking the inflation rate per country on day 1 of Tixx™ operation and applying the Tixx™ inflation coefficient.
21. Current / Future Economic Vulnerability Index
Obtained by measuring a country's reliance on a limited range of exports, variability in export revenues, and the overall number and total value of CANs in a) agriculture, forestry + fisheries (climate-sensitive sectors), and in b) technology.
22. Corruption Index
Obtained by counting the number of single-bid contracts awarded and applying the formula: γ1 × % of Single-Bid Contracts + γ2 × GDP per Capita + ε
23. Criminality Index
Obtained by applying the following formula, based on the geographic distribution of CANs in country x, the geographic distribution and values of CANs in public safety, and the unemployment rate: α1 × Public Safety Budget + α2 × Income Inequality + α3 × Unemployment + ε
24. UpTixx™ (requires Pro subscription)
Displays CRCMSPs with current / future abnormal rises or falls in the median values of CAN data.
25. UpTixx™ AI version (requires Enterprise subscription)
Provides an AI-generated explanation of abnormal rises/falls in the median values of CAN data, based on global Tixx™ data for related CRCMSPs.
Subscribers can query UpTixx™.
All queries and explanations feed the AI database.
Because UpTixx™ is the only forecasting platform to have access to all of Tixx™ data, it cannot be replicated.
Subscriptions
There are four versions of Tixx (four-tier Freemium structure)
# 1 The Free version only allows display of the day's data
- for one country (automatically = the visitor's country),
- and for one market sector (selected by the visitor),
- figures, graphic form, access to FAQ etc., but no calculations can be made, no access to past or future data.
Includes the subscription form
#2 The Standard version of Tixx (€ 100 per month per concurrent subscriber) allows display of the day's data, in figures, graphic form etc.
- for one country to be selected by the user (automatically = the visitor's country),
- and for one market sector in that country,
Data can be drilled down (access to past and future data) and polled, but no user-specific calculations are possible
#3 The Premium version of Tixx (€ 200 per month per concurrent subscriber) allows display of the day's data, in figures, graphic form etc., plus:
- past, present and future data for the user’s chosen market sector.
- past, present and future data for all countries (countries can be chosen from a drop-down list by the user) in that sector
User-specific calculations are possible
Includes Grafixx
Downloading of reports, charts etc.
#4 The Enterprise version of Tixx (€ 400 per month per concurrent subscriber):
All of the Premium version
Plus UpTixx™
NB: Subscribers can register an unlimited number of other users provided they share the same email domain, but only one user can access Tixx™ at the same time (= “concurrent” subscriber).
NB: the term “market sector” refers to the ≈100 products and services in the basic CPV code.
