OUR SITES
PMA’s Metalforming Insights produces two monthly reports and one quarterly report.
This highly regarded monthly assessment focuses on projected business levels and general economic conditions. The data addresses shipping activity, order trends, lead times, short-time layoffs, workforce expansion and customer payment trends. Remove the speculation out of forecasting your business with first-hand knowledge from other manufacturers.
Free to the industry.
In 2024, a new measurement on rates of change for shipments was added to include the 3-month and 12-month rolling growth rates for the control group (companies submitting data at least four years), specific manufacturing sectors and your company. The report also provides monthly measurements on manufacturing activity using 12-month trending, percentage change from a year ago, and year-to-date figures for each group mentioned earlier. Published monthly and received by member participants completing a survey in February.
By invitation only in February
Sixteen key business indicators, such as the number of sales days outstanding, sales per employee, value-added per employee, and inventory turnover are presented quarterly. Your company’s data is presented alongside industry data, and is organized by market sector, business type and industry best-in-class. A popular report to evaluate the operational performance of your company.
Reports published in February, May, August and November
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. Please view the dates listed on the above webpage for the dates of each survey.
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.
