Announcing The First-Ever MoldMaking Technology Top Shops Survey

For the first time, MoldMaking Technology, in cooperation with its publisher, Gardner Business Media (GBM), introduces its annual Top Shops Benchmarking Survey. By answering a series questions about their businesses, Top Shops is able to measure a variety of manufacturing metrics for the shop/facility in which the respondent works. Responses are anonymously compiled by GBM’s Gardner Intelligence and each participant is given a custom report showing how their shop/facility ranked against the collective survey results.

It should be noted: This program differs from MMT’s existing Leadtime Leader Award. The Leadtime Leader Award determines its winner based on answers to open-ended questions about moldmaking performance and innovation, while the Top Shops Benchmarking program recognizes achievement based on data. The Leadtime Leader Award will return in 2023 and will strongly consider candidates that are recognized as MoldMaking Technology Top Shops qualifiers.

Four of Gardner’s brands are participating this year, in addition to MMT—Modern Machine Shop, Plastics Technology, Products Finishing and CompositesWorld. MMT will be including Top Shop results, including top shops/facilities in the October 2022 print and digital magazine issue (you see an example of what other brands have developed from this information from sister publication CW’s 2021 results).

“In uncertain times, knowledge is power,” says Justin Combs, senior marketing manager for Gardner Intelligence. “Businesses need to know where they are excelling and where they have opportunity to improve. The Top Shops program gives them the info they need to help them succeed.”

Surveys for each manufacturing focus can be found here:

• Moldmakers
• Machine Shops
• Liquid, Powder and Electrocoating
• Plating and Anodizing
• Plastics Processors
• Composites

More information is available at each topic link about the program, including survey deadlines and opportunities to be recognized as a Top Shop.