please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message cambashi is an anglo american industry analyst firm focused on the market for information technology in the manufacturing distribution energy utilities and construction industries . the company serves both suppliers and users of information technology . it provides advisory services to most of the top ten suppliers in its field especially in the fields of product lifecycle management and industrial automation applications such as manufacturing operations management . cambashi privately held company founded in 1984 by mike evans cambridge united kingdom boston massachusetts usa market research www.cambashi.com cambashi is known for its market data which quantifies and maps out 1 the global market for information technology in a range of vertical industries and their sub sectors . in addition it provides qualitative analysis such as white papers and research studies for long time clients infor 2 sap 3 and siemens . 4 in addition to its market data the company also provides consulting services and an online industry training curriculum aimed at professionals working in vertical industries . cambashi s international market forecasts are widely quoted in the trade press . 5 contents 1 history 2 cambashi research recognition by the press 3 competitors 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded in 1984 by mike evans . it focused on advisory services for users adopting cad cam and related computer aided technologies and their suppliers . in 1988 it co founded catn the computer aided technologies network a european consortium providing advisory services on these technologies . in 1990 cambashi began to supply quantitative information on technical applications markets to support clients market planning . for this cambashi published the first annual marketing managers handbook . in 1991 when the ims 6 project for international cooperation on research and development activities in the domain of intelligent manufacturing systems was being established cambashi assisted european community officials . in 1993 catn conducted a large scale cime vertical markets study for the european commission investigating user demand for software solutions . in 1995 in cambridge uk cambashi organized the first annual networking seminar on sales and marketing issues affecting the information technology industry . in 1997 cambashi developed a comparative analysis of enterprise resource planning solutions and authored the first edition of ovum evaluates erp for manufacturers . 7 cambashi is active in trade and industry associations . in 1996 in association with the computing suppliers association it published a study on the document management market . cambashi has partnered with the manufacturing enterprise solutions association mesa international on several research studies in the manufacturing industry . in 2006 the first mesa metrics that matter report was conducted by industry directions on behalf of mesa international . since 1998 cambashi has developed a training curriculum 8 that covers the business use of ict in vertical industry sectors for suppliers customer facing staff . in 2005 the first release of e learning courseware was published on line . in 2003 cambashi published the first market observatory 9 providing global quantitative research on the technical applications software markets . in 2007 cambashi delivered an invited submission to the uk governments science and innovation policy sainsbury review . 10 in 2008 boston ma usa based industry directions a research firm specialising in shop floor and supply chain solutions merged its operations with cambashi to form cambashi inc. . 2010 heralded the first publication of the cambashi systems engineering and embedded software product observatory with research findings originally published in cofes israel . cambashi s research observations on the technical applications market in israel were also published in idgconnect . in 2012 reuters covered cambashi s report on quality and innovation in medical device manufacturing and in 2013 the company presented at cofes russia with managing director peter thorne discussing the impact of alm and plm on russian engineering . cambashi research recognition by the press edit cambashi is frequently quoted in major publications and the international trade press the financial times quotes mike evans research director in reshoring a change of location brings risks of its own the financial times quotes allan behrens director on sustainable design implementation the long and the short of measuring carbon footprint bbc news 24 interviews mike evans research director cambashi on microsoft s innovation record design engineer quotes aslihan yener cambashi consultant in technical software recovery predicted in cambashi report fdanews quotes julie fraser president cambashi inc. about challenges for capa systems 11 l usine nouvelle quotes mike evans cambashi s research director in an article autodesk dans la roue de dassault system s of 26 june 2008 12 managing automation quotes julie fraser president cambashi inc. on manufacturing execution systems 13 manufacturing business technology quotes julie fraser president cambashi inc. on new approaches to supply chain challenges 14 mediaquell covers cambashi s participation in the hannover fair germany 15 vektorrum formerly engineering automation report quotes bob brown principal consultant cambashi about embedded software 16 competitors edit forrester research gartner international data corporation references edit http medsmagazine.com 2013 08 cambashi research maps key providers to industry infor is one of cambashi s top clients sap is a long time client of cambashi s for white papers siemens is a long time client of cambashi s engineering news quotes cambashi on the engineering application software market in africa cime vertical markets for intelligent manufacturing systems ovum evaluates erp for manufacturers isbn 1 898972 22 2 published by ovum ltd london 1997 industry knowledge for sales success . www.cambashi.com . retrieved 2016 07 13 . market data . www.cambashi.com . retrieved 2016 07 13 . the race to the top lord sainsbury of turville for hm treasury october 2007 capa systems in need of work subscription required autodesk dans la roue de dassault syst mes mes takes its place in the enterprise suite manufacturing business technology neue energien auf der hannover messe embedded software requires new processes external links edit cambashi dfl consulting four winds research retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cambashi & oldid 743301256 categories companies based in bostonmarket researchproduct lifecycle managementsupply chain managementerp softwarecompanies of the united kingdomhidden categories articles needing additional 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