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Manufacturing, engineering & industrial market research

The manufacturing, engineering and industrial sectors face many major financial and operational challenges, including supply chain disruptions, an increasing skills gap and the volatile, rising costs of both energy and raw materials. Organisations operating in these fields require significant investment, not only in capital equipment but in ongoing technological transformations; at DJS Research we deliver accurate insight to inform investment decisions and support data-driven strategies, ensuring our clients remain both agile and resilient in an increasingly competitive landscape.

These markets are characterised by complex products and multifaceted supply chains, and effective research across these sectors requires a depth of knowledge and experience that our clients know they will find at DJS Research. 

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Our manufacturing market research is conducted by a highly experienced team with extensive knowledge of the global manufacturing markets. With over 25 years of collaborating with clients in this sector, Research Director, James Hinde plays a hands-on role in every project, ensuring his expertise is embedded throughout the entire research process. This senior oversight, combined with the team's confidence handling complex supply chains, production environments and diverse product ranges, enables rigorous questioning and the delivery of insightful, well-considered analysis. 

Examples of key questions we've helped our manufacturing, engineering and industrial clients to answer include:

  • How can we differentiate with an undifferentiated product? We can help you identify priority improvements, unmet needs, future trends and develop needs based segmentations to develop tailored value proposition.
  • How can we effectively exploit emerging markets and identify where growth is strongest? We can help you understand core opportunities for growth, using our experience to tailor powerful research solutions which obtain deep market insight through close engagement with 'on the ground' partners.
  • How can we exploit the opportunities for innovation, new markets and specialty chemicals? We have a wealth of experience employing qualitative research techniques to examine pain points and trends in your markets that can help drive future innovation.
  • How can we deliver a sustainable future and make money at the same time? We have completed a number of studies on this topic identifying market pressures and, critically, analysing the many varied responses to these pressures, to identify opportunities for businesses and suppliers. 

We provide tailored, relevant research solutions designed around your specific business objectives, drawing on the full range of range of methodologies and techniques to obtain the insight you need. As many of our manufacturing, engineering and industrial clients operate globally, we have a great deal of international experience in these specialist fields. The strength of our international network means that we have access to fieldwork teams around the world who can conduct on-site, field-level research.

A selection of research outputs for clients within the manufacturing, engineering & industrial sector

Ask us about our experience conducting market research projects across these sectors including

  • Brand development and tracking: Measuring brand equity across businesses and cohorts of decision makers, monitoring change and progress over time and identifying key factors that influence brand value and strength. 
  • Market assessment work: Describing and quantifying new markets to assess potential opportunities, and go to market strategies, and helping clients stay up to date with their existing markets and trends.
  • Customer satisfaction studies: Quantifying customer satisfaction across a range of touchpoints, from ordering and delivery to technical support, in order to identify improvements to enhance customer loyalty.
  • Competitor intelligence and pricing research: Combining desk research, to obtain secondary data, with mystery shopping techniques to gather accurate information on competitor propositions and pricing strategies. 
  • Any topic of interest to you in your sector – chances are, we have worked on it! 

To find out more about our expertise in the manufacturing sector, and discuss how we can provide the actionable insight you need to meet your business objectives, contact our team today. 

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Some of the clients we’ve worked with in the manufacturing, engineering & industrial sector

Some of the clients we’ve worked with in the manufacturing, engineering & industrial sector

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