Company Profile

Founded in 1987, Technology Forecasters Inc. is a leading consulting and research firm specializing in manufacturing and environmental strategies for the global electronics manufacturing industry. TFI's team of 15 highly experienced analysts and consultants assist mid-sized and some of the world's largest high-tech companies with their most complex and demanding challenges for outsourcing, supply-chain, and profitable environmental compliance and leadership. TFI and TFI Environment consultants are equipped to answer many of today's strategic questions, such as:

  • Given economic conditions, how can I save millions of dollars from operations and at the same time reduce our company's environmental impact?
  • What are my peers doing to outsource aspects of their manufacturing? How satisfied are they with their outsourcing suppliers?
  • What global regions are optimal for manufacturing our products, given cost, customers, risk, and efficiency?
  • How do I ensure that my suppliers meet environmental and social-responsibility requirements?
  • What innovative supply-chain and logistics arrangements would manage risk, reduce wasted resources, and accelerate time to market?
  • What software and hardware products are best-suited for tracking product lifecycles anywhere in the world?
  • How can my company manage our suppliers such that we get their best performance?
  • Which global environmental regulations apply to my products and how can I comply most efficiently?
  • What design rules can we apply to see that our products are resource efficient and competitive?

TFI provides electronics manufacturers with tools and consulting services to help them establish and maintain successful, profitable contract manufacturing relationships across the supply chain and throughout the world. TFI provides a unique combination of information, consulting services, practical business tools, and peer interaction. TFI has become the place where manufacturing and logistics professionals gather to share information with peers and learn the latest trends and techniques. TFI manages the world’s only member-driven research community for electronics companies, their manufacturers, and suppliers

In addition to its other world-class research and consulting activities, TFI is a recognized world leader in helping electronics manufacturers blend environmental responsibility with business profitably. TFI conducted the landmark study on environmental manufacturing practices eight years ago, and since then has been a recognized thought-leader through their proprietary Lean and Green Leadership practice.

TFI’s research, analytical and consulting professionals have been hand-picked from the executive and senior management ranks of the world’s most highly regarded electronics, logistics and supply-chain companies. Many live and work in established and emerging manufacturing hubs such as India, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, and Canada.

TFI is also a publishing and editorial powerhouse. Over the years, the Company has written and published, literally hundreds of articles, columns, newsletters, books, book chapters, training materials, handbooks, and course curricula. Many of these materials are published directly by TFI’s, while others are published by a wide range of other publishing and editorial companies.