Statistical Reports

AGMA members can participate in statistical reporting programs free of charge. See where you stand in the industry.

Ensure that you receive valuable reports for key business decisions. Rest assured as AGMA and its consultants handle collecting and compiling the statistical data.

Learn more about The Monthly Market Trend Report, The Operating Ratio Report and The Wage & Benefit Survey:

The Monthly Market Trend Report

How it works:
A survey and a pre-printed return envelope are mailed to a specified individual at each participating company. Only the statistician at the American Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) opens any mail returned in these envelopes. This work is conducted under the guidance of the AGMA Statistical Council.

The benefit:
This report is highly confidential, timely and accurate and can help you follow market trends, identify turning points and forecast. Participate! Your competition does.

What you get:
By participating, you can obtain benchmark statistics in one or more of eight product groups, plus an Annual Summary report:

Coarse Pitch Gears
Fine Pitch Gears
Worm/Speed Reducers & Gearmotors
Concentric Gearmotor/Motoreducer Products
Shaft Mounted Speed Reducers
High Speed Units
Offset Parallel Shaft and Right Angle Speed Reducers
Mechanical Adjustable Speed Drives
Annual Summary (includes stats from the past year)

The Operating Ratio Report

How it works:
A survey and a pre-printed return envelope are mailed to a specified individual at each participating company. Because that individuals sends the survey directly to Mackay Research Group, no one from AGMA or its staff has access to specific company data. Participant data is aggregated in a manner that prevents identification of any individual company. This work is conducted under the guidance of the AGMA Statistical Council.

The benefit:
This report is highly confidential, timely and accurate and can help you improve your financial results by establishing “typical” financial performance targets and by analyzing how “high-profit” companies in the industry achieve their success.

What you get:
It’s difficult to shift resources from historically established operating procedures, and you need hard data to justify a change. By participating in this report, you can obtain statistics that help you identify how much of your resources to invest in which part of your operation for improved profitability. The Operating Ratio Report:

details industry performance norms
identifies each performance factor’s impact on profitability
helps managers deploy resources in the most efficient and effective manner

View a sample report (PDF).

The Wage & Benefit Survey

How it works:
A survey and a pre-printed return envelope are mailed to a specified individual at each participating company. Only AGMA’s statistician, the Mcackay Research Group views the returned surveys. This work is conducted under the guidance of the AGMA Statistical Council.

The benefit:
This report is highly confidential, timely and accurate and can help you manage your workforce more effectively, make the most of your labor dollars and attract the best employees.

What you get:
The Wage & Benefit Survey provides a wide range of wage and benefit statistics. For example, it covers labor contract negotiations. It also provides guidance on developing better employee benefit plans to attract and retain employees. And of course there are details you would expect, like raises and salary levels specific to jobs. This report provides a wealth of information about the gear industry in clear, easy to read graphics and text.

View a sample survey (PDF).