Preliminary Due Diligence

Company :

Technology /Product :

Item Key Evaluation

A Technology & Products

1 Who are the technology owner?

2 Has the technology been commercialized or in R&D stage?

3 Is the technology holding any Patent, copyright or IP protection?

4 Are all process diagram and working methodology, phylosophy available?

5 How easy for people to understand this technology?

6 Are there enough information to describe the technology?

7 Which Industry this technology apply for?

8 Any specialist requirement to own and handle the technology?

9 Minimum engineering principal and knowledge to handle this technology on job.

10 What is the typical product life cycle?

11 Speed and nature of technological change

12 The advantages of this technogly against the others?

13 The disadvantages of this technogly against the others?

14 Any stractegy technical partners?

B Organization

1 Organization chart and history of business

2 Listing of shareholders

3 No. of employees and their job classification

4 Does the company has R&D team?

5 Does the company has R&D facilities?

6 Does the company has technical support centre and team?

7 Does the company has factory for production?

8 Has the company Quality Management System (QMS)?

9 Is the company ISO 9000 certified?

C Market & Competition

1 Major customers and applicants

2 Historical and projected growth rates

3 How long the technology exist in market?

4 Is the technology only one in the market?

5 Market share and area/industry of coverage

6 No. of competitors/vendors provide similar technology in the market?

7 The diffirenet if compare with with competitors' technology?

8 Market position and related strengths and weakness as preceived in the market place

9 Basic of competition (e.e. price, service, technology, distribution)

10 Stractegy business partners

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