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Achieve competitive advantage through cost effective research, governance and transaction assurance.
 
MarketWorks Advisory provides business and technology advisory services to decision makers. Our accelerated consulting approach ensures quick results and provides clients with the opportunity to test best practices against their business needs and adopt the most appropriate solution for the earliest possible business benefit.
 
MarketWorks is the exclusive representative for Datamonitor, Butler Group and Ovum, in Southern Africa. Datamonitor is a global market leader in the business information industry.
 

We facilitate the growth and global competitiveness of companies, across different industry sectors in Southern Africa.

 
Datamonitor assists clients to make informed decisions about how technology will impact their business and markets. With its head office in London, Datamonitor also maintains offices in New York, Frankfurt, Sydney and Hong Kong, from which it services the world’s 5000 largest companies. Our local consulting and advisory teams have the support of over 400 business and technology analysts and specialists and have been called on locally in their own right to provide analysis and insight to many management practices for local and international clients.
 
Datamonitor researches global business best practices in several industry sectors, including: Automotive; Consumer Products; Energy and Utilities; Financial Services; Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare; Retail; Technology; and Transport and Logistics.
The MarketWorks Advisory tools, models and techniques have been developed locally for local conditions, but we have the advantage of testing the logic against international best practices. Many of our approaches have received great acceptance overseas and are regarded as leading practice.

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Datamonitor is a world-leading provider of premium global business information, delivering independent data, analysis and opinion across the Automotive, Consumer Goods, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, Logistics, Pharmaceutical & Healthcare, Retail and Technology industries. Combining our industry knowledge and experience, we assist over 6000 of the world’s leading companies in making better strategic and operational decisions.

Delivered online via our user-friendly web platforms, our market intelligence products and services ensure that you will achieve your desired commercial goals by giving you the insight to best respond to your competitive environment.

Group Brands

 Butler Group is a source of trusted and independent information technology research, analysis and advice for professionals at all levels within the IT industry. The group maintains a comprehensive portfolio of Research, Events, and Subscription Services.

eBenchmarkers evaluates the performance, usability, and efficiency of direct-to-consumer financial services, and guides senior management to opportunities for improvement.
Life Science Analytics is a biomedical data company providing financial information on more than 8000 biomedical companies worldwide.
Orbys is the most successful outsourcing advisor in Europe that continues to help UK and international organizations to evaluate and implement the most appropriate sourcing options for competitive advantage and risk avoidance.
Ovum is a telecoms, IT services and software company that analyses changes, threats and opportunities ahead for clients including small companies, Fortune 500 corporations, and governments around the world. Together, Ovum and Datamonitor provide leading European business information in the technology, information, communications and telecoms sectors.
Verdict Research is the leading authority on UK and European retail markets. Verdict’s research publications, consultancy services and news bulletins offer unparalleled analysis on a large variety of retail sectors, issues, geographies and demographics

Services

Research Services:

MarketWorks provides clients in South Africa access to international information across a number of vertical sectors through the Datamonitor Group of Companies. The Group Brands retain their brand status but make use of the powerful online Datamonitor platform which means one simple fully integrated user system.

Vertical Knowledge Centers:

A Knowledge Center is a service offering the entire suite of Datamonitor's information in fully interactive online format. Each heralds a new concept in business research that's set to revolutionize the way you find and use information in your day-to-day work. Knowledge Centers include:

  • Automotive
  • Forecourt Retailing
  • Utilities
  • Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare
  • Retail
  • Logistics and Express
  • Consumer Markets
  • Financial Services
  • Professional Services
  • Technology & Services
  • Butler Group CIO
  • Ovum IT
  • Ovum Telecoms

With Datamonitor, clients are a few clicks away from finding the right information. This is remarkable when one considers:

  • Over 150,000 searchable news and analyst commentary
  • 30 000+ Company Profiles
  • Ability to track 1000’s of financial deals, mergers & acquisitions, service deals
  • Detailed country statistics
  • Comprehensive archive of 1000’s of market reports and models

Workflow Tools

  • Create your own Research Alerts delivered to the desktop
  • Create your own reports and presentations

On the Ground Support:

MarketWorks provides clients with a dedicated account management service. Areas of support include (not limited to):

  • Training and internal demonstrations
  • Attending to specific information requests
  • Arranging analyst teleconferences and briefings
  • Assist with dissemination of information and education of internal users
  • Supplementary desktop research
  • Guidance via the Advisory Services team to assist with local market contextualization

Strategic Advisory Services:

MarketWorks Advisory has a dedicated team with an impressive set of credentials in IT and business advisory. Projects range from transaction advisory through mergers and acquisition engagements to market entry strategy to customer satisfaction audits/assessments. The team focuses primarily on Southern Africa but also regularly contributes expertise to Datamonitor at an international level.

Specific engagements may include the following:

  • Strategic Advisory
  • CIO Advisory
  • Research Advisory
  • Research informed projects
  • Commissioned research
  • Transaction Advisory
  • Strategic Review
  • RFQ / RFI  / RFP / RFS (procurement management)
  • Contracting and negotiation
  • Transaction assurance

CONTACT

Research:  Jonathan Saulez
Cell: +27 82 824 0885
E-mail: jonathans@marketworks.co.za

Strategic Advisory:  Craig Terblanche   
Cell: +27 83 309-9763
E-mail:  craigt@marketworks.co.za

Tel. +27 31 563-0976

+27 11 883-4816
Fax +27 31 563-9676 086-512-9219
Postal PO Box 201262, Durban North, 4016 PO Box 78082, Sandton, 2146
KZN GES House, Building 4, 205 Northway, Durban North, 4051 80, 9th Street (corner Marie), Parkmore, Sandton, Johannesburg
Web www.datamonitor.com www.marketworks-advisory.co.za

 


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