OUR SITES
Metalforming Insights surveys are developed and continuously refined by PMA’s survey task force to deliver the most relevant, reliable data to help you understand whether your company is meeting or exceeding industry performance.
Through monthly, quarterly and annual reports, Metalforming Insights provides robust, participant-driven data across key areas of your business. By contributing your data, your company receives a comprehensive, exclusive report for your executives with detailed benchmarking across financials, operations, sales and workforce—giving you clear, actionable insight into how you compare to industry peers.
Complementing this, Economic Insights delivers a quarterly, forward-looking view of the broader market, combining macroeconomic analysis with metalforming-specific trends to help you anticipate what’s next.
Together, these insights equip you with both internal benchmarking and external market intelligence so that you can validate strategy, identify opportunities, and make more confident decisions on investments, workforce and growth.
Financials
Benchmarking
Operations
Sales and Forecasting
Workforce
Wage and Benefits
Executive Compensation
Benchmarking Insights (Bi-Annual)
PMA partners with Wipfli LLC to provide these reports to PMA members. By partnering with Wipfli, we are combining manufacturing, metalforming and market expertise to provide an unmatched resource of business-critical data and insights for PMA members.
Business today is more fluid than ever. Helping manufacturers achieve their goals takes imagination, discipline and a process that delivers results today while anticipating tomorrow’s demands. That’s Wipfli. With more than 7,500 manufacturing, retail and distribution clients and over 300 industry-focused professionals, Wipfli ranks among the top 20 advisory and accounting firms in the nation. From operational improvements and performance enhancements to large-scale digital transformation, Wipfli helps clients achieve lasting results and set their sights on new goals. With its dedicated specialists, you benefit from insightful thinking across critical areas of your business — gaining greater financial success, tax optimization, operational excellence and an engaged workforce.
If you don’t see your question listed, feel free to reach out—we’re happy to help!
Cindy Minn
Membership and Industry Data Manager
216-901-8800 ext. 146
Log in to the PMA Member Surveys and Reports Portal to take the surveys and view the reports.
You must be a PMA member first. Your primary contact at your company is able to assign who can take and view the surveys and reports. If you don’t know who your primary contact is, contact Cindy Minn.
There are annual, quarterly and monthly surveys.
Yes, all data that each member company provides is confidential to you, PMA and the report provider. No other PMA member has access to view your data/information.
