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An aftermarket services company focused on rotating equipment needed a comprehensive market assessment including Voice of the Customer and Competitive insights across multiple industrial verticals

Client description:

Provider of maintenance, engineering, and product repair services related to rotating equipment

Challenge: 

An aftermarket rotating equipment service company needed their first comprehensive assessment of customer brand awareness and perception, satisfaction and performance feedback, and competitive insights.

Methodologies: 

Geo Strategy recruited from the client’s customer list as well as an independently generated non-customer list and conducted executive interviews with maintenance managers, maintenance engineers, reliability engineers, and other key decision-makers, we the conducted a quantitative survey across similar decision makers as well as competitive intelligence.

The result: 

The client benefited from their first objective view of the marketplace from the perspective of their customers and competitors, outside of the lens of their sales team. Many unmet needs and opportunities to differentiate their offerings were uncovered.

Geographic scope

Canada, Middle East, US

Industries involved 

Chemicals, Energy / Renewable / Alternative, Food and Beverage, Industrial Equipment, Metals / Fabrication / Welding, Oil & Gas, Plastics, Pulp & Paper

Services applied 

Brand Perception and Awareness, Competitive Intelligence, Market Opportunity Study, Voice of the Customer

Methodologies 

Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research

Practice area

Market Research and Analysis

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