The Time Series Competitive Efforts section of the CIR which provides every company's management team with a means of reviewing how the regional competitive efforts of any company of interest have changed over the years is particularly useful for O gaining clues about which rival companies will most likely add more production capacity in the upcoming year and in which regions these increases will most likely occur. O drawing conclusions about what levels of competitive effort your company's two closest competitors may employ in the upcoming year and then determining what levels of competitive effort your company may need to employ on these same or other competitively relevant factors to successfully outmaneuver and outperform one or both of them. O drawing conclusions about what levels of competitive effort it will take to maintain or increase your company's market share in the Internet segment in each region in the upcoming year. O determining which particular marketing expenses your company can safely cut in the upcoming year in any region of interest without lowering your company's total operating profits in that region. O identifying which rival companies are likely to make the biggest gains in sales volume and market share in the Internet and Wholesale segments in the upcoming year.