GLOBALSOLVER - GSBS Consulting was established in 2017 by co-founders Jorge Caiado and Miguel Ribeiro.
Our founders combine decades of research and management experience with the agility and versatility of a startup.
Drawing on their combined skills and knowledge means that GlobalSolver can identify the needs of their clients and find the most effective and efficient solutions.
GlobalSolver was awarded the "Seal of Excellence" by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 SME instrument in 2018
Expertise Areas
- Statistics, data analytics and big data
- Econometrics and forecasting
- Optimization and mathematical algorithms
- Machine learning, artificial intelligence,
neural network and deep learning
- Computer vision and speech recognition
- Web and mobile development


Focused strategy for purchasing, procurement and negotiation
The GlobalSolver platform is a B2B cloud based platform for optimizing and negotiating purchases. Our platform enables buyers to consult with an infinite number of potential suppliers according to their needs. Our proprietary algorithm calculates the optimal solution on the best prices, quantities, incremental discounts and supplier credit quality using AI to minimize purchasing costs and complexity.
The GlobalSolver platform allows companies and governments to manage, monitor and make the procurement process more effective.
Our system’s robust data algorithms can work through a staggering volume of calculations and give results that are tangible, understandable and ready to be put to work.

Automatic accurate forecasting
Business forecasting is of great importance to corporate planning and decision-making. It can play a key role in many areas of a company such as sales management, marketing planning, finance and accounting, logistics, production and purchasing. The sales forecast is the basis of your business plan. Many factors can directly or indirectly influence sales. These include economic and industrial trends, products and services, advertising and marketing campaigns, seasonal cycles, competition, pricing and regulation.
Professor of Econometrics and Forecasting Methods at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management and Researcher at the Centre for Applied Mathematics and Economics. 30+ refereed papers in international scientific journals and conference proceedings, books and book chapters in the areas of Time Series Clustering, Computational Statistics, Data Analysis, Stochastic Modeling and Forecasting. 1st Prize in SICO 2007 from the Spanish IEEE Computational Intelligence Society.
15+ years experience in web and mobile development. Comprehensive experience as a senior technology consultant in Portugal and the UK. Extensive experience in medium and large-scale project management. 2nd prize in the Jaime Filipe award from the Portuguese Social Security. This involved helping with the integration of disabled citizens using software tools. Has been granted a patent for this. Experienced Python and OpenCv machine vision developer.
Significant and measurable cost reductions in the purchase of goods and services.
Increased efficiency and effectiveness, quick adoption of best practices, a centralized negotiation platform, better risk management;
Procurement becomes a key business function to rationalize business processes while reducing administrative and personnel costs.
Greater transparency, accountability and reporting;
Automated optimization platform allows data driven decision making and reporting tools in real time;
Highly configurable and customizable solution for improved stock control and faster cycles for re-provisioning;

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Head Office
Rua Outeiro de Sá, N.41, Loja 1
4445-485 Ermesinde
Valongo-Porto
Portugal
Lisbon Office
Taguspark - Edificio Núcleo Central
Escritório 154
2740-122 Oeiras
Portugal
info@globalsolver.pt
Tel.: +351 21 803 0984