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RESEMBLING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE INTEGRATION COEFFICIENT IC MODEL The Fosbury Flop jump is a back jump performed by jumping backward over the bar rather than forward. Before its introduction, the predominant technique was the belly roll, which consisted of jumping forward and stepping over the bar with your belly up. The Fosbury Flop revolutionized jumping in athletics, breaking the Olympic record in 1968 and, since then, establishing a new jumping technique that most athletes around the world have used. In many ways, the introduction of the Fosbury Flop jump (the name given to the hopping technique) resembles the introduction of the Integration Coefficient IC business model in the supply chain. Like the Fosbury Flop jump, the Integration Coefficient IC has been slowly gaining industry acceptance. It is every time less the presence of cultural and communication barriers preventing companies and customers from seeing the value in adopting this innovative approach. However, many companies are still dealing with the same outdated supply chain business model making the possibility to change how they think and work more difficult to reach. The same occurred to the athletes when they insisted on using the older jump technique for a long time. Like the Fosbury Flop, once companies adopt the Integration Coefficient IC business model , significant improvements in efficiency and customer satisfaction are achieved. By cutting out the inefficiencies by working directly with the best suppliers in each area, and taking into account the real needs of the customers, higher quality products and maximum client satisfaction are obtained as well as more competitive prices and faster delivery times . In addition, the Integration Coefficient IC helps overcome barriers in the supply chain that were previously difficult to manage. By working with different vendors in different areas, we, as integrators, provide a complete and customized solution for each client , addressing the challenges that arise in the supply chain. To make the Integration Coefficient IC widely accepted, we set a plan that included educating customers on the benefits of adopting this approach and demonstrating how our business model helps companies improve efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction , and we have done that clearly and concisely resonating with each customer's needs. In short, the Integration Coefficient IC is now a big revolution in the supply chain, just as the Fosbury Flop was a revolution in athletics. There are still barriers to face, but when IC is adopted, it improves efficiency and customer satisfaction. Curious to Learn More? Our experts are here to discuss how the Integration Coefficient IC model can empower your business or institution. Contact us today!

LIONS AND GAZELLES AND THE INTEGRATION COEFFICIENT IC An African proverb says: "Every morning, in Africa, a gazelle wakes up; she knows that she must outrun the fastest lion, or she will die. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up; he knows that he must outrun the slowest gazelle, or he will starve. Every morning when the sun rises, and it doesn't matter if you are a lion or a gazelle, you better start running" . Every day we have to wake up and start “running” but, for us, it is better to say start "creating". Until now, "running" feeds competitiveness, which is defined as the ability to compete. The challenge that companies think they face nowadays is to increase that ability at a faster rate than their competitors, otherwise they would perish. But, for there, to be the "best" requires recognition or the existence of a judge who decides who holds that title: the client, increasingly weaker in the supply chain . That's why we're concerned that many competitors work to be recognized for something instead of becoming a resource to the customer. For us, it is The Dichotomy of Competitiveness . It's like being the one-eyed man in the country of the blind. If you work only for recognition you can never be creative or authentic, no matter how many mornings the sun rises in Africa. Therefore, to be the utmost competitive, what it would take is to try and surpass ourselves continuously, in being able to generate decentralized solutions together with the empowerment of the communities . That is, business benefits combined with improvement of human well-being. That is why we believe that the expression "being more competitive" must be replaced with words and actions that constitute better survival and profitability strategies. Words such as: " cooperation ", or being able to coexist with other companies in competition scenarios together with loyal collaboration that reinforces the value of the sector instead of diminishing it; " focus on value instead of costs ", that is, of course, putting together a good cost team is necessary, but as long as this adds value and benefits to the final consumer; and " creativity ": which is nothing more than giving free rein to the imagination and reinventing ourselves, is being able to generate new ideas or concepts or new associations between known technologies and concepts , which usually produce original and disruptive solutions. And yes, it is exactly the same as our Integration Coefficient IC business model motto, where creating customer satisfaction and sustainability is the main goal instead of “running” to be the best, just competing, and then leaving those main goals fully forgotten. Welcome to know more about our proposal value by subscribing to our website .

DAVID AND GOLIATH'S HISTORY APPLIED TO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION A giant towers over a smaller, weaker opponent. It's a dramatic mismatch, where the smaller opponent faces a seemingly inevitable beating. This is the notorious image depicted in the classic David and Goliath story. But this story ends with an unexpected victory. David uses his slingshot and clever keep-distance strategy to do the impossible and take down his much stronger opponent. In business, David doesn't need to kill Goliath. Most markets have plenty of room for multiple players. However, embracing David's solution on his terms, staying agile , and duplicating his experience can yield a huge advantage. David's victory depended on throwing carefully aimed stones that hit Goliath from a distance. It was because a high level of skill targeted in precisely the right direction. This is alm ost a perfect metaphor for developing solutions and creating profitable niches when one is up against larger competitors . And here comes the relation between the Ockham Razor and Integration Coefficient IC . Prioritize the simple . We think that the complex is more credible. Ockham's Razor comes to deny it. It is a shortcut to making better decisions. The razor part refers to the ability of this mental model to "shave" possible less probable alternatives. It helps us not to fall into paralysis by analysis , by having a criterion that eliminates many of the choices. Then according to Ockham: Don't fight on Goliath's terms . If David had engaged in close-range combat (presumably like any other failed challenger), we would never have heard of him; instead, he used a slingshot. In business terms, this means challenging the giants' products and current inefficient business models to gain an advantage . Rethinking the "duties" of the industry is essential to pave the way to an unexpected victory. The solution is simple and avoids complexity. However, the implementation required David to redouble his rock-throwing skills with his slingshot. There is a concept that describes one of the biggest advantages small businesses have , the Japanese phrase "Genchi Genbutsu" or "go and see for yourself." The idea is that those with first-hand experience are better equipped to make decisions or create. Our Integration Coefficient IC process coincides with what Albert Einstein said once: “Removing things is usually more powerful than adding, up to a point. But we can't be too clever. There is a balance between how simple things can be done and how complex the implementation has to be , which should be respected” . What could be simpler and more powerful than basing your solutions on the Customer's needs and getting the factories together to help simplify the supply chain so that these solutions are easily affordable to the end customer? Let’s Connect! We’d love to share your thoughts and ideas about applying the Integration Coefficient IC in your business. Reach out here .

THE SUNK COST EFFECT The Concorde Fallacy " is a case of "sunk costs". This prodigious and unique aircraft meant large investments by the Anglo-French alliance, and it was decided to move forward despite the constant cost overruns because they did not want to lose work already done and the heavy investment already consumed. Until now, this effect has been related to the following questions: Have you continued with a project long after you should have abandoned it? Have you persevered with a relationship even after the point of no return? Have you dragged yourself to an event in miserable weather just because you already bought the ticket with your hard-earned cash? These are all examples of the “ sunk cost effect ,” which occurs when someone chooses to do or continue something just because they have invested (unrecoverable) resources in it in the past or even because they love the idea, and abandoning it may cause a lot of pain. In modern marketing, this effect may have a deeper meaning. Before, measuring the sunk cost was related to achieving less and less profit in a business; even losing money defending a project that maybe was a “star” initially with significant quota in a market that was still growing exponentially; but now, although the market is still growing, the competition grows more fierce daily and the supply channel is instead yielding less profit with less sales volume. The cause is simple to explain: The meaning of the term "profit" needs to be changed. It is not only money-related anymore . The lack of cooperation between supply chain steps is making them forget the satisfaction of the end users and also forgetting that the real profit is 100% attached to the search for sustainability . So, when companies in renewable energy, like solar, finally understand that end-user satisfaction will be the best way to promote the increment of sales volume towards the main goal which is to reach a sustainable world , then they will be able to avoid this sunk costs effect that is making solar business come off as "dog" products, that do not grow because almost every hour a new competitor appears and companies then get less quota in the market. Our organization is fighting ferociously to set an Integrated Supply Chain through our innovative marketing and manufacturing Integration Coefficient IC model process, which can get factories closer to the end users emulating Collaborative Economy business tendencies, minimizing costs, and making the supply chain more efficient for the promotion of both On-grid , and hybrid solar kits ; OEM battery projects , and Real Specs solar LED lamps , among others solutions . Interested in enhancing your business? We’re ready to help you integrate sustainable solutions into your strategies. Get in touch now!

THE SHORTCUT TRAP There is a common tendency to use familiar tools to solve new problems. Maslow gracefully defined this attitude (also known as the Einstellung, German word) as the Law of the Instrument: "If the only tool we have is a hammer, it's tempting to see every problem as a nail." And he gave it its popular name: Maslow's Hammer Bias or the Golden Hammer . This bias makes us repeat the same way of solving problems, without letting us see that other ways may be more appropriate to each new situation. This is called the shortcut trap. And this shortcut is always full of nails avoiding success. Maslow’s Hammer Bias is a cognitive “predisposition” that we must be aware of and, like all biases, it is always an unconscious shortcut to answering. We tend to solve a problem or situation with the tool that is easier to handle, the one that is familiar to us, the one that we have mastered, and which makes us comfortable or trusting without feeling uncertainty. But a hammer isn't the best tool when all you need are pliers . Our proven experience is not always the most adequate for dealing with new situations. Tied to the same tool or way of doing things, we cannot consider other more expedited and safer or successful options. There are many examples of this bias in our field and let's talk about some of them here: Hybrid Solar kits Single and 3phase built with standard GEL or AGM battery banks, when LIFEPO4 batteries now provide 15 times longer useful life, are fully recyclable, and take up much less space. Power Quality Consultants still focus on high-tech UPS solutions for short backup times, but do not take into account that they still use the grid or diesel generators as the main AC power for their loads, which leads to more CO2 emissions , and being subject, which is even worse, to high and extreme variations in electricity costs from utilities. These issues do not allow customers to be aware that using Hybrid Solar kits Single and 3phase can offer the same level of energy protection, during the entire working time of the connected loads (not just minutes) and minimize, at a high level, the use of the expensive grid utility and making the consumed $/W cost constant over time and even lower than the current one when you can also sell the solar energy produced to utilities via net-metering agreements when not fully used by the connected load or when the batteries are fully charged. Taking advantage of our extensive solar and power quality expertise and also our innovative manufacturing and marketing method called Integration Coefficient IC will help companies avoid this dangerous Hammer bias, among others. Transform How You Work. Join us to receive actionable Integration Coefficient IC insights for real-world challenges and to share our best solutions .

EPC ALERT: SOLAR FARMS STUDIES TENDENCY Concerning energy generation, the global society has to urgently address three factors that are now critical: Sustainability in terms of climate change . Security versus the wars currently occurring in many places with consequences that are being felt around the globe and the steep incline of fossil-fuel-based energy costs. Around the world, large-scale solar farms are being constructed with tracking systems to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic (PV) modules. The literature is now full of articles comparing energy generation of Tracking vs fixed solar rack mounting for PV modules. These articles include up to 20 years of datasets comparing worldwide locations differing in latitude, sky clarity, and ambient temperature. Despite all the variables mentioned above It was demonstrated that a fixed-slope solar system facing the equator provides a healthy energy receipt that is a high fraction of the energy receipt of a tracking system, meanwhile, the cost difference using both methods is very significant favoring fixed installations and making tracking systems harder to justify . Analysis was also carried out for PV facilities that have hosted larger solar farms to conclude that regardless of location, using bi-facial solar panels provides more benefits than using tracking systems and with a lower failure rate mainly because of the eventual mechanical issues of the motor-based tracking systems and, when sun tracking is doing manually the labor costs incidence is even higher. In our organization when using our manufacturing and marketing method named Integration Coefficient IC , we are in tune with all these tendencies to provide the most updated and economically better-justified technologies as the proper solutions for customers. The Future is Integrated. Stay Connected! Subscribe for exclusive content, tips, and solutions to keep you ahead.

ANOTHER REASON TO TRUST US WHY TRUST US? More than 30 years of experience as a group. It is so easy to say, but these are many years of successes, also of "some" failures, from which we have learned even more. Like the famous quote from Michael Jordan: “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over again in my life. And this is why I succeed”. This long journey exemplifies our perseverance, continuity, dedication, permanence, tenacity, and constant reinvention through our innovative and disruptive Integration Coefficient IC business model development, adapting ourselves to the inevitable changes in markets and technology. We have made strong contacts with more than 250 factories internationally, who have manufactured products related to our proposed solutions . We have developed with those factories many strict OEM and ODM agreements resulting in continuous adaptation and improvement of products and solutions according to different markets and clients' specific needs. We can lead projects working with the factories , which are all ears to our requirements with extreme confidence. We have achieved that special "passport" that allows us to break the ice related to corporate and cultural differences while many others have tried to overcome them without success . All of these have allowed us to group or integrate different factories , towards customers or market needs-oriented solutions that involve the combination and interconnection of state-of-the-art technologies from different top entities, making them work together and in unison, offering to the end customer a complete solution, with a unified guarantee and under our total guidance and leadership . Please Get in Touch and subscribe to get more information.

Communication between neurons is called neurotransmission. During this process, neurons release molecules called neurotransmitters. These neurotransmitters carry a message with them and travel to other neurons. There are eight major neurotransmitters, with DOPAMINE being one of them. Dopamine carries the nickname “ pleasure neurotransmitter ” and is involved in stuff that makes us feel good. More specifically, goal achievement and motivation are related to this neurotransmitter. Several studies suggest that dopamine is the key to learning and memory. Dopamine is an essential element for the memory of information. Messages that contain an emotional charge last longer . What excites us will remain in our memory like the taste of a delicious meal even if it is no longer present on our palate. On the other hand, when we learn something that gives us satisfaction, dopamine activates the hippocampus and we retain the information for longer. Dopamine has a "slogan" which is " I want more " making the brain respond to the new, the interesting, the pleasant, which allows it to escape from the boring. Human beings move by the Prominence Bias . This describes our tendency to focus on new information unknown to us while ignoring those that do not attract our attention. Things have prominence when they are important to you if they have the potential to affect your well-being, and if they have the potential to affect your future. In other words, the prominence bias triggers dopamine telling you: “ Wake up", "Pay attention", "Thrill", and "This is important ". Our marketing and manufacturing concepts: Integration Coefficient IC , Unified Guarantee , Maximum ROI , and Integrated Supply Chain , among others, have shown that they have prominence as disruptive concepts that keep Dopamine soaring in the minds of our consumers and make them the main spokespersons for their experiences of satisfaction after using the solutions we promote. Inspired by what you read? Let’s take the next step together. Contact Us to explore tailored solutions!

WHAT MAKES US SO SPECIAL AS ENERGY CONSULTANTS Our organization bases its solutions on the results obtained from the analysis of the client, the market, and the supply chain . Therefore, the idea was not just to act as suppliers trying to "sell" similar products, perhaps at better prices and competing in the market, but without adding value . Instead, we decided to do the opposite. We apply our great accumulated experience acquired when dealing with our international suppliers cultivated for more than 30 years, to integrate several of them into a unique project without neglecting the main actor: The End Client . So, if you ask about the basis of our solutions, we can answer without hesitation: The Integration Coefficient IC which is the key factor of Our Value Offer . As its name indicates this consists of a way of adding value, which has costs, but, fortunately, these are transparent to the consumer, since it allows the creation of an Integrated Supply Chain that translates into a significant reduction in costs at the end consumer level. In short, it is a process that has been designed to add value and never concludes. It is an endless cycle. The Integration Coefficient IC is our innovative marketing and manufacturing model that minimizes transportation costs; and less fuel, is more ecological, and is capable of generating particular solutions , according to each project separately, and adapted to the needs of the client and the market . The information obtained from the market generates the need for an innovative solution, as well as the determination of the best target segment in the supply chain . Then the factories all agree to integrate, generating solutions with all the necessary advantages, and we, as integration leaders, using our communications mix, activate efficiently the supply chain for the prompt acquisition of said solutions. Then, with this mix of digital communication ecosystems, of a disruptive nature designed with the IC we send messages to create awareness towards sustainability , to promote concepts of integration and innovation in the supply chain, and to share experiences based on feelings and emotions . In parallel, the Mix, as the control center of the cycle, collects and promotes these feelings and emotions of a successful nature to generate more sales or commercial interactions in the supply chain , and also feeds back to itself through an exhaustive analysis of possible discrepancies or with the references and/or positive experiences obtained. With this, subsequent marketing actions and any other manufacturing details that may be necessary are adjusted. All of this is to increase the levels of consumer satisfaction . All of the above are associated with the products or integrated solutions that are acquired by the consumers. Furthermore, all this is achieved with a Unified Guarantee , since the product or solution is generally pre-assembled and fully tested from the factory integration unit in Asia, which works as a whole. Thus, the logistics processes turn out to be very simple when it comes to complying with the guarantees and efficient shipping process, both locally and internationally. In this way, the client ends up satisfied with the added value: highest savings, less loss of time, and obtaining a high and fast ROI . For more information please subscribe to our website.

INTEGRATION COEFFICIENT IC EDUCATION PROGRAM In a previous educational publication, always under our Integration Coefficient IC business model, regarding Central or String Inverters , we said that one of the most common cons of this type of system was, first, that they are relatively expensive to maintain since the installation can only be monitored at the system level and not at the level of each solar module because the solar panels were connected in series, so there is additionally a great risk of high voltage right on the roof of the residence, commercial or industrial customer, due to the sum of the open circuit voltages "Voc" of the solar panels in series. The NFPA published the 2017 edition of the NEC (National Electrical Code in the USA), and technically as of January 1st of that year, any state could adopt the new rules of the code. Thus, any solar energy contractor installing an on-grid system had to be aware of the changes in the code. Previously, rapid shutdown requirements, according to the predecessor NEC 2014, only limited a high DC voltage for the wiring to be outside a certain perimeter around the total solar system. Now, for solar On-Grid Installations , NEC 2017 in USA, added details by limiting the existence of that high voltage right at the level of the photovoltaic module due to its proximity to the roof. While there are several ways to achieve this, only one is possible with today's commercially available technology and standards. The idea was to isolate or separate PV modules connected in series, using electronics at the level of each one of them. Inverter manufacturers have taken the lead in offering solutions to comply with NEC 2017. A central inverter must be combined with some module-level technology. This already has a name, being called “Optimizers”. With them, the first thing that is achieved is to locate faults for each photovoltaic module, thus preventing the failure of one of them from causing a total failure of the system, but even without eliminating the disadvantage of a single point of failure at the central inverter level , a disadvantage that is solved, as explained in other publications, with the use of Microinverters instead of Central inverters. Secondly, it is achieved that the DC voltage "seen" by the roof is equal to that of a single module, from 30 to 60 volts depending on the power of the solar panel, eliminating the high voltage produced by the sum of them when connected in series to the DC input of the central inverter that is located at ground level, thus complying with NEC 2017. In our organization, and according to our Value Offer, we assign a lot of resources for educational programs to make installers, project designers, and end users aware of the advantages of the solutions created with our marketing and manufacturing business model Integration Coefficient IC . Please dive into our website to find more useful information , and please become our spokespeople when Contacting us .

FOR ON-GRID SOLAR SYSTEMS Let's continue using our Integration Coefficient IC , one of our strongest business and manufacturing tools that gives us a profound differential advantage in the solar supply chain : education for maximum customer satisfaction . Let's talk about an On-grid solar system  with string or central inverters and their Pros and Cons. The picture above shows a typical connection diagram for these systems. Transformerless grid-connected inverters, lighter and more efficient than their counterparts with isolation transformers, are now very popular in Eurasia and the USA, as they have shown more than proving their reliability versus the concern that existed at the beginning of this trend. That was based on the possibility of transformerless electrical systems feeding the utility network due to a lack of galvanic isolation between the DC and AC circuits, which could eventually allow the passage of dangerous DC faults that would be transmitted to the AC side. This risk has been remedied with high-frequency galvanic isolation systems that exist today, making these central inverter grid-tie systems still widely used. In the same picture, a “matrix combination” box is also shown that is used to wire and combine parallel or series chains of photovoltaic modules, and in this way, connect solar panels in groups, without exceeding the maximum DC input voltage allowed by the Inverter. However, many grid-tied inverter models now offer the possibility of multiple photovoltaic DC input connectors which can help avoid using these “combiners”. This kind of solar panel connection in series brings us to one of the most common disadvantages of this central inverter-based system: they are relatively expensive to maintain since the installation can only be monitored at the system level and not at each solar module level. Then, when finding a defective or shadowed solar module, this job becomes an arduous, time-consuming task that is usually very expensive as done by experts. On the other hand, string inverters never reach the useful life of a photovoltaic module. This fact causes a relatively limited warranty term of 5 or 10 years for these inverters compared to the 25 or 30-year warranty for solar panels. Any return on investment calculation for this kind of solar system must consider at least one or two replacements of this expensive component, plus the labor cost involved in those processes. For this reason, you need to add more than double the inverter cost due to its lower reliability to ROI calculations. The best way to overcome all the disadvantages mentioned above is to use Solar Microinverters instead of String or Central Inverters, as we do when offering our On-Grid Solar Kit solutions . For more information please do not hesitate to Contact Us .