TFI's Latest Research & Insights

Since its inception, TFI has invested tens of millions of dollars in strategic research targeted at the electronics industry. Over time, many high-technology manufacturers and suppliers have grown to view TFI as the research arm of their own companies, depending heavily on the information TFI provides for making strategic business decisions. The results from these studies form the backbone of TFI's consulting engagements, workshops, seminars and publications. Findings from TFI studies are frequently quoted in industry publications and the popular business press globally.

TFI releases two different types of reports: Quarterly Forum reports, defined, funded and owned by TFI; and Client sponsored reports, defined, and funded by a single or multiple clients.

Because high-tech companies are located throughout the world, TFI conducts interviews in the primary language of most participants. TFI research analysts speak not only English, but also Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, German, French and numerous other business languages as needed.

TFI's Proprietary Research studies recur (usually annually) and are available to Quarterly Forum members only; they are not available for purchase by the general business public. TFI's major annual recurring studies are described below.

5-Year Forecast For Electronics Outsourcing (EMS & ODM)

Conducted annually since 1990, TFI's 5-Year Forecast predicts global electronics industry manufacturing and outsourcing trends. To gather the data for this study, each year TFI analysts conduct more than 1,000 questionnaire-based telephone interviews with industry executives and managers who are responsible for using, providing, and/or serving the electronics outsourcing industry.

This type of research is expensive to conduct, time-consuming and labor intensive. But in the fast-paced, capital intensive, high risk world of high technology, clients rely heavily not only on TFI's forecasting methodology to produce data available no where else, but also on TFI economists' unique insight and interpretation of the data. Clients base critical business decisions on these data, insights, and recommendations.

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