Top Shops Executive Summary

2015

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Executive Summary SPONSORED BY AMT amtonline.org | IMTS imts.com 15 TOP SHOPS OTHER SHOPS ALL SHOPS BUSINESS STRATEGY & PERFORMANCE Which of the following supply chain practices does your business use? Access to customers forecasts 48.1% 30.4% 33.6% Certifcation of major suppliers 53.8% 28.6% 33.2% Collaboration design with customers (DFM) 46.2% 26.8% 30.3% Collaboration design with suppliers 28.8% 13.4% 16.2% Customer satisfaction surveys 51.9% 29.9% 33.9% Just-in-time deliveries from suppliers 30.8% 16.1% 18.8% Just-in-time deliveries to customers 61.5% 30.8% 36.5% Sharing forecasts with suppliers 34.6% 19.6% 22.4% Vendor-managed or -owned inventories 23.1% 17.9% 18.8% Vendor-managed or -owned inventories for customers 26.9% 11.6% 14.4% None of these 7.7% 14.7% 13.4% Which of the following are effective sales/marketing tools for your business? Blogs 1.9% 5.4% 4.7% Brochures/catalogs 51.9% 34.8% 37.9% Customer tours 71.2% 44.2% 49.1% Email promotions 21.2% 11.6% 13.4% Online: advertising 25.0% 11.2% 13.7% Online: company website 71.2% 43.8% 48.7% Print advertising (e.g., magazine) 17.3% 17.4% 17.3% Sales personnel 53.8% 45.1% 46.6% Social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) 40.4% 13.8% 18.8% Tradeshows/events 34.6% 30.4% 31.0% Trades associations 21.2% 14.3% 15.5% YouTube 19.2% 4.9% 8.1% None of these 3.8% 12.9% 11.2% Have any parts produced by your business in the last year been the product of a reshoring initiative? Yes 28.8% 13.6% 17.2% No 71.2% 86.4% 82.8% For independent shops, how many active customers (paid for work) did your business have in 2014? Median 25.0 21.0 24.0 Average 67.2 87.0 82.1 80th Percentile 48.4 78.4 65.6 20th Percentile 15.0 8.0 10.0

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