Summer 2003                    return to newsletter contents page

FPPA 2003 Industry Platemaking Survey Underway

FPPA’s Statistics Committee has revised and expanded the Industry Survey, making it an even greater benchmarking tool.

The last survey was conducted in 2001 and elicited a 55% response rate among FPPA platemaker members. While that response rate is high, this year’s Committee is striving for 100% participation. After all, why would anybody want to pass up an opportunity for fee data that will help them compare themselves to other platemakers in the industry in such areas as sales and production, capital investment, benefits and compensation, and general demographic information.

The survey will be conducted by Profit Planning Group (PPG), an independent research organization. PPG will keep all individual company data confidential. No one from FPPA, the FPPA Board or Staff will see individual survey data.

FPPA will not charge participants for the results – the reports will be distributed free of charge to participating companies.

If you are a platemaker member of FPPA, click here for a copy of the survey, which you can complete and send in to PPG. If you have questions about the survey, please contact John Mackay at Profit Planning Group at (303) 444-6212.