Kresge Research Guides: TO 624 Strategic Sourcing: Industry Research

Market Research - Frequently Used

BMI Research
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Industry surveys for over 100 countries worldwide
Covers select commodities in metals and agriculture and provides some supply, demand & price forecasts

IBISWorld Industry Reports

Industry reports cover over 700 sectors in the U.S, 200 in China and 75 worldwide
Provides industry growth outlook, dominant market players and their market share
Risk and iExpert sections analyze industry growth and risks
Summarizes barriers to entry, demand detriments, regulatory environment. Offers a supply chain macro overview and cost structure benchmarks

Statista

Search for leading producers, top producing countries, supply, demand, raw material historical prices and other data

Additional Market Research

BCC Research
BCC has market research reports across many industries including: Biotechnology, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Finance, Food and Beverage, Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies, Healthcare, Information Technology, Instrumentation and Sensors, Manufacturing, Materials, Medical Devices, Nanotechnology, Photonics, Plastics, and Semiconductors. It also includes “Franchise Profiles” of companies who franchise some of their locations.
EMIS Emerging Markets
- Global & US industry reports on a wide range of raw materials. Applicable analysis provided by Grandview, Allied Market, Arizton, Mordor and others
Frost & Sullivan
- Industry & technology focused market analysis, technical reports and quantitative measurements
- Covers industries such as metals & minerals, industrial automation, energy & power systems and communication technologies
Use policy: When using material from this database in reports and presentations, vendor contract requirements dictate that you must include the phrase, "Used with permission of Frost & Sullivan."

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Technavio
Technavio has industry reports covering a wide variety of technologies in the communication services, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, health care, industrials, information technology, materials, and utilities industries.

Technical Notes: Downloading reports requires a valid @umich.edu email. Users are limited to 10 downloads per month with unlimited online report viewing.

Quick Market Facts

Statista
- Companies, industries, rankings
- Ready-made statistical charts, graphs and tables

IBISWorld Procurement

ProcurementIQ

Do not use Procurement reports for your commodity/category plan.
Offers market intelligence to procurement practitioners so that they make better purchasing decisions and negotiate contracts
Provides difficult to find price benchmarks, top vendor lists, market analysis and even suggests negotiation questions

Obtaining Additonal Industry Analysis

Consult:

Trade associations for supply and demand data as well as trend analysis. In fairness to their members, most associations do not provide market share information. They also usually do not provide pricing.
Government agencies such as the U.S. Energy Administration, USDA and others listed under this Guide's Regulations tab. These agencies monitor supply and demand, provide some price data and forewarn of events impacting the markets. Global organizations such as the World Bank also provide commodity analysis.