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This is Your Invitation to Participate in IPC’s Industry Statistical Programs — A Unique Benefit of IPC Membership Participation in IPC’s industry statistical programs offers you a unique source of current data on your industry and markets. When you participate, you receive valuable industry data to support planning and decision-making. Program participants also use this data to track the growth of their markets and market share. In exchange for a commitment to contribute data regularly throughout the calendar year, participating companies receive the monthly or quarterly statistical reports at no charge. Only the participating companies receive these comprehensive reports. There is no cost to participate and eligibility to participate is a benefit of IPC membership. Complete Confidentiality IPC collects the data in strict confidence. Online surveys transmit participant data to a secure server. Reports to the participants contain only aggregate data and only when it represents a sufficient number of responses to ensure complete confidentiality for all participants. Window of Opportunity These programs are open to new participants only once a year to maintain a consistent survey sample throughout the calendar year. IPC member companies have until January 31 to join the monthly statistical programs for 2008. For the quarterly programs, enrollment ends on March 31. Interested members should contact IPC’s Director of Market Research Sharon Starr at +1 847 597 2817 or sharonstarr@ipc.org. 2008 Statistical Programs for IPC Members These programs are for EMS companies worldwide. Monthly reports include EMS shipments, bookings and near-term forecasts, as well as percentages of direct materials, services and labor. Results are shown in total and by company size tiers. Quarterly reports cover average profit margins, percent return on value-add and average inventory turns. Year-end reports include total revenue for the year, sales per employee, sales per production employee, and product end-markets served as a percent of revenue. “Thank you for providing metrics to manufacturers that give us a basis to compare ourselves to the industry as a whole. Your data makes my job the envy of the product marketing positions at Minco because of the availability of solid industry specific content.”
Rigid PCB and Flexible Circuit Monthly
North American PCB fabricators can participate in either or both programs. Reports include monthly shipments, bookings and year-on-year growth rates by product types and company size tiers. Current backlogs, inventory levels, returns, and near-term forecasts are also reported. These programs are the statistical basis for IPC’s PCB book-to-bill ratio that trade journals report monthly and industry analysts eagerly track. Survey participants receive the detailed aggregate data behind these numbers, as well as detailed U.S. trade data for PCBs, in the comprehensive monthly reports. “We use the numbers in IPC’s monthly PCB Statistical Program to validate the trends we see in our own business. This is a very valuable benchmarking tool that takes little effort to participate in through a monthly survey.”
This new global program covers shipments and bookings by product category and near-term forecasts. Results are reported by region. Laminators worldwide are invited to participate. An estimated 80 to 90 percent of the global solder industry participates in this program. It reports the volume of solder shipments by product type (including a lead-free breakdown) and by regional market, with quarterly growth rates. The participants also contribute their forecasts of the next quarter’s growth. “IPC statistical programs are based on actual data contributed by the participants in their respective industries. This is very valuable, and cannot be obtained from other sources with the same accuracy and detail. We find the Global Solder Program reports extremely helpful in understanding the global markets for our products.”
Worldwide participants contribute data on shipments to each region of the world, broken down by specific product type. Dry film is reported in square meters and other products are reported in dollar value. Year-on-year growth rates are also shown. Dry film photoresist producers in North America have an additional quarterly statistical program which includes estimates of the total market size in the U.S. and Canada. “The Process Consumables Global Statistical Program, and the entire family of IPC statistical programs, are an invaluable management tool for sales and marketing. The programs deliver data that is accurate and impartial. They give us the ability to track trends in the marketplace and monitor our market share.”
Worldwide manufacturers of ovens, as well as stencil printing, dispensing, wave solder, board handling, odd-form assembly, cleaning, inspection and selective soldering equipment participate in this global quarterly statistical program. It reports gross shipments of equipment by product category and by region, in both units and dollars, and shows year-on-year growth in each category. Percent of sales to EMS and OEM companies is tracked as well. Pick-and-Place Equipment Quarterly A new quarterly survey program is being launched in early 2008 for pick-and-place equipment manufacturers selling in the Americas. It tracks the industry’s actual sales (not “ex factory”) and bookings. Aggregate data will be reported in detailed regional breakdowns. PCB Fabrication Equipment Quarterly A new statistical program has been proposed for manufacturers of PCB fabrication equipment worldwide. The program will track unit sales of both new and used equipment by region. Annual and Biennial Studies
IPC members are invited to participate in annual research surveys that explore industry activity and markets in greater depth. The resulting reports are available free to participants and are for sale to non-participants. • North American rigid PCB market • Global EMS market and manufacturing trends • EMS and PCB industry executive compensation Benchmarking Surveys • EMS quality benchmarking “IPC’s annual PCB and EMS market studies contain excellent industry analysis and forecasts. The data on industry end-market trends is also very helpful. We use this information in internal planning and in presentations to our Board of Directors.”
Executive Market & Technology Forum IPC also offers members the chance to join a select group of leading companies that support special market research studies and share in the benefits. For just $1200 per year, everyone at your company location will have access to more than $15,000 worth of market research studies, including two in-depth commissioned studies each year on timely topics. For more information about participating in IPC’s statistical programs, please contact Sharon Starr, IPC’s director of market research, at sharonstarr@ipc.org or +1 847 597 2817. |
