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Report Quality Evaluation Toourclients: Toensurethatthehigheststandardsofreportqualityaremaintained,INPUTwouldappreciateyourassessmentofthis report. Pleasetakeamomenttoprovideyourevaluationoftheusefulnessandqualityofthisstudy. Whencomplete, simplyfold,staple,anddropinthemail. Postagehasbeenpre-paidbyINPUTifmailedintheU.S. 1. Reporttitle: Informa—tion Services Opportunitiesand Trends, 1993-1998 ForecastUpdate DiscreteManufacturing (mvd) 2. Pleaseindicateyourreasonforreadingthisreport: Requiredreading Newproductdevelopment Futurepurchasedecision Areaofhighinterest Business/marketplanning Systemsplanning Areaofgeneralinterest Productplanning Other 3. Pleaseindicateextentreportusedandoverallusefulness: Extent Usefulness(1=Low,5=High) Read Skimmed 1 2 3 4 5 CPaormtpolfetreeporretpo(rt %) .... ...... .. n Howusefulwere: . . Datapresented . . Analyses Recommendations HoOACCMwltooeeuhnversfeetteirrfyrueomnlxuepweewtaxcoistasnatrttieehniaewgosnroiesnpdpopoetorartsctouinnviettrhieeesdseeoalrrseaeapwsph:reoraeches .... .... ..... ..... 6. Whichtopicsinthereportwerethemostuseful?Why? 7. Inwhatwayscouldthereporthavebeenimproved? 8. Othercommentsorsuggestions: Name Title Department Company Address City SSte ZIP Ielephone n^fumfiyouforyourtimeandcDoaotepecormaptleitoend. ms633/013/93 INPUT TAPE FOLDHERE NOPOSTAGE NECESSARY IFMAILED INTHE UNITEDSTATES BUSINESS REPLY MAIL FirstClass PermitNo.982 MountainView,CA POSTAGEWILLBEPAIDBYADDRESSEE Attention: MarketingDepartment INPUT 1881 LandingsDrive IVIountainView,CA 94043-0848 ll,l,„I..III....I..I..II.I.I..I.I..I...II...II..I. FOLDHEHE . INPUT -REPORT- PRODUCTION GOSCHEDULE PRINTING/BINDINGSPECIFICATIONS :^AUTHORPLEASECOMRFTP- ProjectCode: Cover vBienldoebrindHardCovSehrrink£WraHpotdS"t.ripS'oftCover-V ° ^° ^^'^^° Preprinted! CoverTitle-ExactlyhowItIstoappearonthereportcover ,; ^(Maximum41letters,spaces,andpunctuation) Front:1stLine 1^ -; 2ndLine ;3njLine SpinerHLin^^yj 1:^1 i I I I I:I1'! |T\ VH I I ' I;!'"' i-n I I I M M I I I I (Binderspinemayhave2lines) . p -• Estimatednumberofpages: <100 100-150 ExecutiveOverviews: .N^pquiredforThank-Youpackages: 150-200 ProgramManagerAppn^val: : Date: >200 FULFILLMENT/PRODUCTIONPLEA.qFCOMPLETE: 1. REPORTS: Fulfillment 2. EXECUTIVE Fulfillment OVERVIEWS Stock 1 \ Stock. forThank-Youpackages TOTAL • TOTAL 3.|Binding; CoverColor_ Size FoilStamp . 4. Datetoprint: 5. Datetobeshipped: Completeactualshipdateonfirstside. •6. Fulfi,lme«.PLEASEPRINT:VDlabels ammjOpackingslips ADM400/02 7/92 — . ' DRAFT DISCRETEMANUFACTURINGREPORT TRANSMITTALLETTER DearColleague: ^^)[fP]^^^ EnclosedisINPUTVnewreportontheDiscreteManufacturingMarket, 1993-1998. Thisisthefirstenrichedverticalmarketreporttobeissuedaspartofthenew1993 MefafrokrtestbAynaIlNysPiUsTPrsotagfrfawmi.thIitnidsuustnruys-usapleciinfitchaatnaitlycsoims,bicnoemsmesunrtvaeryyaannddforecast recommendationsfromanexpertinthediscretemanufacmringindustry,retainedby INPUTspecificallytohelpinthepreparationofthisreport. INPUTbelievesthattheparticipationofsuchahighlyknowledgeableand experiencedoutsideconsultanthasenrichedthisreport,byprovidinganobjective analysisoftrends,eventsandissuesandofferingexperience-basedobservationsand recommendations Inthenext60days,anumberofotherINPUTverticalmarketreportswillbe producedusingthecombinedskillsofINPUTstaffandexperiencedoutside consultants. Theyincludemarketreportsfor: BankingandFinance HealthServices HumanResources Insurance ProcessManufacturing StateandLocalGovernment Telecommunications Transportation Utilities WholesaleDistribution Webelievethattheseshorterfullverticalreportsofferincreasedinsightintothe marketsforinformationservicesineachofthenotedmarketsectors,butwealso wantyourresponsetothesenewreports. Accordingly,Iwouldappreciatereceiving yourcommentsbytelephone,mailorfaxatanytime. IwouldalsoliketothankyouforyourparticipationinINPUT'SMarketAnalysis Program. Sincerely, RobertL.Goodwin Manager MarketAnalysisProgram Attachment MAP0610.DOC DearColleague: EnclosedisINPUT'Snewreportonthe DiscreteManufacturingMarket,1993-1998. Thisisthefirstexpandedverticalmarketreporttobeissuedaspartofthenew1993 InformationServicesMarketAnalysisProgram.Itisunusualinthatitcombinessurvey andforecasteffortsbyINPUTstaffwithindustry-specificanalysis,commentaryand recommendationsfromanexpertinthediscretemanufacturingindustry,retainedby INPUTspecificallytohelpinthepreparationofthisreport. INPUTbelievesthattheparticipationofsuchahighlyknowledgeableandexperienced outsideconsultanthasenrichedthisreport,byprovidinganobjectiveanalysisoftrends, eventsandissuesandofferingexperience-basedobservationsandrecommendations. Inthenext60days,anumberofotherINPUTverticalmarketreportswillbeproduced usingthecombinedskillsofINPUTstaffandexperiencedoutsideconsultants.They includemarketreportsfor: BankingandFinance StateandLocalGovernment HealthServices Telecommunications HumanResources Transportation Insurance Utilities ProcessManufacturing WholesaleDistribution Webelievethatthesefullverticalreportsofferincreasedinsightintothemarketsfor informationservicesineachofthenotedmarketsectors,butwealsowantyourresponse tothesenewreports.Accordingly,Iwouldappreciatereceivingyourcommentsby telephone,mailorfaxatanytime. IwouldalsoliketothankyouforyourparticipationinINPUT'SMarketAnalysis Program. Sincerely, RobertL.Goodwin Manager,InformationServicesMarketAnalysisProgram Enc. 1