Paperitalo Publications, a subsidiary of Talo Analytic International, Inc., surveys the worldwide pulp and paper industry monthly on topics of vital interest to the industry. Additionally, in the same monthly surveys, Paperitalo selects an area of equipment, services and suppliers which are surveyed for performance, satisfaction and overall value. Outline results of these suppliers and their offerings are available for free in Capital Arguments each month. In depth analysis is provided via custom webinars hosted by Jim Thompson.
Who should be interested?
Suppliers, mills and consulting engineers will find tremendous value in the 2nd Tuesday Survey Webinars. The following reasons may be applicable to you:
Equipment and Service Suppliers
Obtain an unvarished look at your offerings and those of your competitors. Respondents trust us to keep their identity confidential, hence they give us an honest appraisal of the topic of the month.
Mills
Mills can use the webinars to quickly and efficiently learn about their peers' experiences direct from the field, with feedback from ordering, through followup after installation.
Engineers
Engineers can use the webinars to affirm their recommendations. Your recommendations remain your own stand-alone comments (sorry, we are not taking on your liability) but this valuable field data can help you determine if you need to examine matters further before recommending a specific supplier to your clients.
About the Webinars
The webinars will be scheduled starting in the month following the completion of the survey on each specific topic. Each webinar will be conducted live by Jim Thompson at a mutually agreeable time. Connection for up to twelve people is included in the pricing, but telephone connections may involve long distance charges billed by your telephone carrier.
The Agenda will generally be as follows:
Review of the topic
Review of the questions asked
Responses broken down by region of the world
Responses broken down by paper grade manufactured by the respondents
A review of the competing suppliers mentioned by the respondents with a list of their websites, if available
A critique of the websites in 5 above
Question and answer period
Brief Comments on Confidence Level and Error Band of Survey
Questions asked in the surveys are generally (may be subject to change as appropriate):
Where the respondent is located
Grades of paper or pulp manufactured at the respondent's site
Favorite supplier for the topic of the month
A rank of important criteria for the favorite supplier. This usually includes price, delivery, durability, innovation, service after the sale, spare parts (if applicable)
An open ended question about the least favorite supplier for the topic of the month
A ranking of attributes that disappoints the respondent pertaining to the least favorite supplier
Open ended comments
Deliverables
The webinar, expected to be one to two hours in length, depending on the questions
A copy of the webinar presentation emailed to your designee for internal distribution as you see appropriate inside your organization
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