What you need to know to extend your supply chain to overseas.

Grappling with how to weigh the benefits vs. the burdens of an extended supply chain? The 2008 U.S. & China Benchmarking Toolkit allows you to compare your U.S. facilities to your domestic competitors as well as China’s leading manufacturers — 800 plants that were either ISO 9001 certified or in the process of certification or recertification — and presents powerful findings based on more than 150 data points.

Subscribe to the U.S. & China Benchmarking Toolkit and you’ll be able to do a direct country-to-country comparison of industry specific data for all of these manufacturing censuses:

• 2008 and 2005 China Manufacturing Study
• 2007, 2006 and 2005 U.S. Census of Manufacturers

Ready to buy?

First, we recommend you download both the China and U.S. study information to see the types of questions asked: 2007 Census of Manufacturers, 2007 China Study, 2007 China Manufacturing Study info sheet. The same questions that were asked in the U.S. were asked of China manufacturers, so you will be able to do a direct comparison between the countries.

How does it work? First, figure out how much time you will need access to the database.

One-year online access: $1,695

For heavy hitters who need 24/7/365 access. This subscription is most popular with consulting companies and multi-location facilities with an established and ongoing improvement effort.

Includes printed copies of Manufacturing 2008 and China 2008 Executive Summaries and both the 2008 U.S. and China Manufacturers Data Report ($780 value)

One-month online access: $325

24/7 access to benchmarking data for one month. This subscription is most popular with small to medium size facilities that are just starting their improvement effort and need to establish a baseline. Our most economical and popular subscription!

One-day online access: $165

24 hour access to the database. Curious how the database operates or need just a few benchmarks that you know we offer for a report or presentation? You’ve found it with this quick and easy access level.

Then select the level of service you need and follow the easy checkout process for immediate online access. And if you decide you need more access, please give us a call before your subscription lapses and we’ll credit your last purchase toward an upgraded.

Questions?
Call us at (800) 603-2272 or send us an email at support@mpi-group.net.

Download the China Brief for more info

New This Year

• Do you have more than one facility you want to benchmark or compare? You can now save multiple benchmarks and comparisons.
• Not interested in viewing data from past years? You can now open or close columns of data with a simple click.
• Need it fast? We’ve streamlined the database so results are quickly returned.
• A 15 minute over-the-phone walk through of the main features to get you off and running. Once you’ve made your purchase, call us at 800-603-2272 to schedule.

What benchmarks do we track?
For a complete view, we recommend you download our latest census of manufacturers for both the U.S. and China but here’s a quick list of some of our more requested benchmarks:

• Scrap and rework rate (as % of sales)
• Cost of goods sold (COGS)
• Warranty cost (as % of sales)
• Return on invested capital (ROIC)
• Customer reject rate (parts per million)
• Training hours and investment
• Customer retention rate
• Operating Equipment Efficiency (OEE)
• Overseas sales (% of total dollar volume)
• Machine availability
• Cycle times
• Market focus
• Imported material and components from China (% of dollar volume purchased from China)
• On-time delivery rates
• Imported material and components (% of dollar volume purchased outside the U.S.)
• Improvement approaches (i.e., Lean, Six Sigma, etc.)