Intratec Methodology

How Intratec gathers, transforms, models, validates, and publishes the data behind its assessments — and how each solution methodology is built on that shared foundation.

This knowledge base explains the methodologies behind Intratec's assessments: the conventions shared across every solution, how the underlying data is gathered, transformed, modeled, and validated, and how each solution methodology is built on that shared foundation.

Shared across solutions

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.

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 Intratec's methodologies and products.

By solution

Energy Prices & Markets

What the reports cover — energy commodities, countries, prices, markets, freight & insurance, and how the data is built.

Commodity Production Costs

What each report estimates — the capital investment, operating costs, and product value of a single production process — the seven-step methodology behind it, and how figures are timed and updated.

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.