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TRN Ltd has conducted a wide range of business research projects in recent years in the inter-connected vertical markets of IT, telecommunications, transportation and environment, as well as serveral related market segments. Recent projects are outlined below by sector; Environment Transportation Technology and Policy Telecoms /IT Electronics Healthcare / Pharmaceutical Government Procurement Consumer
Environment: Recent Projects
- On-going research in support of product carbon footprint labelling standardisation in Japan, and in support of ISO 14067 standardisation activities.
- Impact assessment of REACH directive on chemical management in the supply chain of several vertical markets for chemical intensive product categories.
- Study on CO2 Registry Systems used worldwide in support of carbon trading initiatives.
- Study on processes used by automotive manufacturers to evaluate and incorporate the use of recycled plastics and renewable (i.e. organic) components in new vehicle design.
- Study on chemical management processes and environmental policy of global automotive manufacturers.
- Trends in implementation of RoHS directive for reduction of hazardous substances.
Top Transportation Technology and Policy: Recent Projects
- Policy development and technology employed in Road User Charging projects worldwide, particularly in UK, Norway, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Singapore, USA and others.
- Research into uses of specific technologies and platforms within transportation, in particular RFID, DSRC, GPS, cellular positioning, Smart Cards, and electronic number plates, including the SINIAV project in Brazil.
- Global study on the emergence of telematics-enabled, usage-based motor vehicle insurance - also known as pay as you drive (PAYD) insurance. Particular focus on technological and commercial factors.
- On-going study of the European Market for Commercial Vehicle Fleet Management Systems (FMS) including detailed financial analysis of key players (see sample) and a scenario approach to post-recession market forecasting.
- Analysis of strategies and processes for R&D management and innovation management at leading global automotive companies.
- Automotive industry research e.g. benchmarking leading global automotive companies in fields such as chemical management, and environmental policy.
- Regular bulletins, special reports and presentation for client companies and industry groups on transportation policy and emerging technologies.
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Telecoms / IT: Recent Projects - Market, suppliers and deployment status of Service Delivery Platforms (SDPs) in the European telecommunications sector, together with an analysis of emerging business models to exploit their full potential.
- Global study evaluating vendors of sophisticated Intelligent Video Surveillance (IVS) and Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) technologies and applications.
- Benchmarking study on the use of software engineering methodologies in the development of high reliability IT systems.
- Study of Emergency Planning and Business Continuity Planning (BCP) approaches employed by leading public and private sector organisations in the UK.
- Analysis of electronic trading platforms in Europe and USA for energy, commodity and derivatives trading.
- Survey of independent software vendors (ISVs) for commodity and financial derivative trading information systems.
- Analysis of market and competing technologies in the field of icon-based messaging.
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Electronics: Recent Projects
- Analysis of the global supply base and market for hard disk drives.
- Business modeling for development of a business unit based on home entertainment solutions.
- Analysis of buying decisions by micro-processor manufacturing equipment industry.
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Healthcare/Pharma: Recent projects
- Investigation into capabilities of Contract Research Organisations (CROs) to support establishment of strategic alliances and M&A.
- Numerous business development projects for western pharmaceutical companies in Eastern Europe, Russia, Korea, and for Japanese pharmaceutical companies in Europe.
Top Government Procurement: Recent Projects- On-going research into implementation and coverage of WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) and EU Public Procurement Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC.
Top Consumer: Recent projects
- Consumer market research in UK, Eastern Europe, Japan and elsewhere in product categories such as beverages, food stuffs, cosmetics, toiletries and PVC products.
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