Solution Briefs

Plan R&D projects with cost and market context

R&D project plans, cost data and market research usually live in different places: a scheduling tool, a pricing spreadsheet and a set of browser tabs. Leaders end up reconciling them by hand to decide which projects to fund and which to stop.

Uncountable brings planning, pricing and market intelligence into the same platform as the experiments behind each project. Teams plan every task on one Gantt timeline, with phases, dependencies and a critical path that shows which chain of tasks sets the finish date. Costs, budgets and price quotes are stored in 30 currencies with daily European Central Bank rates, formulation cost and margin are calculated from ingredient unit costs, and Bodie AI Agent researches news, papers, ingredients and competitors with linked sources.

This solution brief is for R&D leaders who want project schedules, cost and market context in one place.

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Inside this solution brief:

  • Gantt charts with phases, dependencies and a critical path
  • Stage-gate phases, portfolio dashboards, project scoring and resource timelines
  • Costs in 30 currencies, formulation cost and margin, and cost limits in DOE
  • Budget, spend and price quotes as linked records
  • Market research with Bodie AI Agent web search, limited to trusted sources
  • Ingredient research and competitor tracking

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Plan the work, track the cost and research the market in one platform.

FAQs

What does this brief cover?

How Uncountable supports R&D project planning, pricing and market intelligence: Gantt charts with a critical path, stage-gate phases and portfolio dashboards, cost and budget tracking in 30 currencies, formulation cost and margin, and market, ingredient and competitor research with Bodie AI Agent.

Can I plan R&D projects in Uncountable with a Gantt chart?

Yes. Tasks group by workflow phase, from scoping to launch, arrows link each task to the tasks that wait on it, and red bars mark the critical path, the chain of tasks that sets the finish date. A resource timeline shows bookings for each person and instrument by week or month.

How does Uncountable handle cost and currencies?

Costs are stored in 30 currencies with daily European Central Bank exchange rates. Uncountable calculates formulation cost from ingredient unit costs and margin from a price field, records budget and actual spend in currency fields, and can put a bound on cost per kg when the platform designs experiments.

How does Bodie AI Agent help with market intelligence?

Bodie AI Agent can search news and research papers by date range, with linked sources and user approval. Web search can be limited to patent, literature, regulatory and supplier sites, and Bodie can return a web-researched summary of an ingredient with alternative ingredients and their CAS numbers.

Can I track competitor products?

Yes. Competitor products can be kept as records in Uncountable and researched with Bodie AI Agent web search.

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