The Solomon Coyle Market Outlook Survey for the Office Products Industry
Over the last three years Solomon Coyle has conducted a quarterly Market Outlook Survey providing forward-looking intelligence to the contract interiors industry by capturing furniture dealers’ sentiments regarding Bookings, Billings and Backlogs, as well as Pipeline Activity.
Now this same valuable resource has been customized and is being made available to the Office Products industry – for free.
How Would Having This Data Impact Your Business?
The Market Outlook Survey for the Office Products Industry will provide insights not found anywhere else. By participating, you’ll come to understand your business performance in new and different ways as your business changes and grows. For example:
See Current and Expected Trends For:
- Sales Orders (Bookings) — Sales Orders placed, including those to be invoiced in another period
- Invoiced Sales (Billings)
- Backorders (Backlogs)
- Pipeline Activity — Are opportunities for business increasing? Staying the same? Or decreasing from the prior quarter?
Gain Insights:
- Is your business tracking with the industry?
- Is your business tracking with other dealers in your region?
Measure General Business Activity:
- Are you seeing an uptick in a particular sector?
- Are you seeing some product categories doing better than others?
How to Participate in the Survey
Each quarter, Solomon Coyle will send an email invitation which will include a survey link unique to your organization. Please “whitelist” @solomoncoyle.com in your contacts so you won’t miss the email!
How Long Will it Take?
Typically, the survey requires only a few minutes to complete. For the first submission, you may find it will take a little longer, as we are asking that you provide data on the past four quarters so we can establish a baseline.
Accessing the Report
Participants in the survey receive the full version of the report which includes National, Regional and Sub-regional data, where available.
You will receive an email with access information to the report once it is released, typically within a week of the survey close date.
Solomon Coyle is the leading provider of research services, professional development, and management consulting for contract furniture dealers, distributors, manufacturers, and installation companies.
Interested in registering a large group?
For inquries about group ordering, please contact the event organizer.
Speakers
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David SolomonFounder, Solomon CoyleDavid founded Solomon Coyle in 2004 to help dealers and manufacturers improve business performance and create real, sustainable growth.
With over 40 years in the industry, his experience covers strategic planning, business process analysis, project management, change management, design, operations management, sales management, dealer economics, and technology implementation.
This industry-wide perspective, coupled with his vision, extensive knowledge of best practices, and leadership in technology and process innovation supports his drive to develop new research programs with the aim to maximize profit opportunity for all industry stakeholders. -
John JosephBusiness Analytics & Information Systems, Solomon CoyleJohn manages our technology and runs our growing Business Analytics division. His skill at creating self-service analysis tools coupled with our broader team’s decades of industry experience are driving the build-out of a powerful analysis toolset focused on the unique needs of the commercial furniture industry.
As a technologist who also understands sales, marketing, and accounting fundamentals, John is instrumental in achieving our goal of transforming large volumes of raw dealer data into informative, actionable performance metrics. Solomon Coyle’s ongoing Operational Performance and Financial Benchmarking research is the largest and best known application of this core capability.
