MRM Solutions offers expertise in a number of sectors. Its highest levels of experience are in:

• ICT
• Construction
• Engineering
• Plastics

MRM Solutions also has worked successfully with companies and organisations in manufacturing, and the cultural heritage sector

We work at two levels in these industries:

• Industry level - when engaged by an industry body such as an NTO, trade association, trades union or government department or directorate to analyse a sector
• Company level - when engaged by an individual company, consortium or organisation to analyse and improve some aspect of its own performance

Industry level services

The services offered by MRM Solutions are uniquely tailored to client requirements. Recent services provided at the industry level have included:

Sector Benchmarking

A detailed, objective profile of a number of organisations in a sector is performed to understand the relationship between skills, training and performance. Benchmark levels are set, at which companies can aim to boost their own performance. MRM Solutions has completed several such processes on an international basis, which enables a comparison of UK companies with those in the rest of the world.

Foresight processes

A sector is profiled and widely consulted in order to establish the likely nature and impact of future change. For example, change can come through technological advance, political or economic factors, change in factor inputs and customer fashions. Knowing the likely effects of change puts industry groupings in a good position to advise their stakeholders on how to exploit positive change and minimise the impacts of negative change.

Labour Market Intelligence (LMI)

The LMI process entails a detailed analysis of conditions in a sector labour market, including its recruitment and training characteristics. It is used to gauge the precise nature of skills in that sector.

Technology Transfer

MRM Solutions has been involved in a number of long running and successful projects aimed at the dissemination of the latest technologies to industry. This can entail a multimedia campaign, with trade and general press articles, websites, workshops and seminars. The aim is generally to inform the UK industry about the latest developments in their sector, and offer them a competitive advantage in international markets.

Less systematic studies

MRM Solutions is available on a contract basis to produce less prescribed research, analysis and direction. Recent projects in this vein have included a project on broadening recruitment in a particular industry. An output of this project, aside from the traditional report was a web based tool to help members of that sector understand and exploit underused recruitment pools. An NTO project entailed a qualitative analysis of work experience in a sector. If you have an R&A requirement, MRM Solutions would be pleased to help.

Company level services

Company and market profiling

Through both primary and secondary research we can identify the activities of companies and the trends in markets.

Executive coaching

Working with individual managers and teams we can develop approaches to problems and plans to exploit opportunities in the market. We ensure the acceptance of our plans and the buy-in of our clients.

Facilitation

We work with groups of executives to help them find answers and reach agreements. This involves a combination of presenting research data, identifying issues and prioritising options.

Internet activities

For MRM Solutions, the internet is a tool of the trade. We make extensive use of groupware, teleconferencing and the web for communication with clients and markets. Our recently introduced project extranets are used as interactive bulletin boards for project participants, trial sites for web based information resources, and repositories for project materials and timetables.