MGT 8123: Strategic Business Consulting

Provides statistics on employment, payroll, supplemental labor costs, cost of materials consumed, operating expenses, value of shipments, value added by manufacturing, detailed capital expenditures, fuels and electric energy used, and inventories.

The Service Annual Survey (SAS) is a mandatory annual survey that collects estimates of operating revenue, operating expense, and inventory from firms in service industries. The Quarterly Services Survey (QSS) is a voluntary quarterly survey that collects estimates of revenue from firms in service industries.

The Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) provides current estimates of sales at retail and food services stores and inventories held by retail stores. The Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS) is a mandatory annual survey which collects sales, inventory, purchases, accounts receivable, and expenses data from firms primarily engaged in retail trade and accommodation and food services.

The Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey (MWTS) is a voluntary monthly survey which collects sales and inventories data for distributors, while the Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS) is a mandatory annual survey which collects sales and inventory data from the major components of wholesale trade: Agents and Brokers, Distributors, Manufacturer's Sales Branches and Offices (see "MSBOs"), Importers and Exporters.

The U.S. Government's official five-year measure of American business and the economy. Forms go out to more than 4 million businesses, including large, medium and small companies representing all U.S. locations and industries. Respondents are asked to provide a range of operational and performance data for their companies. Latest figures available are for 2007 (first statistics for 2012 will be available in March 2014). Check out the Industry Snapshots available at https://www.census.gov/econ/snapshots/.

This application provides access to the Census Bureau programs that provide economic data for a user-selected industry.

The OOH provides career information on duties, education, training, pay and outlook.

Limit the Publication Type to Industry Profile and/or Market Research Report, then click the Search button.

For a covered industry list, click Thesaurus, type "industry" in the Browsing box, select Term Contains, & click Browse.

Select the Report Search tab, then click the link for Industry Reports to search by industry and region.