Ora Research analyzes new technologies for:

• Product development optimization
• Manufacturing process improvement
• Capital project risk mitigation
• Infrastructure and asset sustainment

For engineering, manufacturing and construction organizations and capital asset owner/operators we research best practices for selecting and implementing new technologies, and for optimizing work processes to maximize technology's value. For technology developers we qualify and quantify new market opportunities and validate demand drivers.

Current technology focus areas include:

• Digital prototyping, simulation and analysis
• Sustainable product development and manufacturing
• Close-range noncontact metrology
• Building information modeling, project information management, virtual construction

Who we are

Bruce Jenkins, founder and CEO of Ora Research, has been analyzing technology markets for more than 20 years. The author of over 500 articles and studies on engineering, manufacturing and construction technologies and their business impact, he has consulted to automotive, aerospace, industrial equipment and other manufacturers on evaluating and selecting solutions and providers, and managing provider transitions. For leading software and hardware providers, he has advised on competitive positioning and new market opportunities.

Jenkins has been quoted or published in The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, Business Week, Mechanical Engineering, Desktop Engineering, SAE Off-Highway Engineering, AIA Practice Management, The Zweig Letter, Reuters and elsewhere. He has been an invited speaker and moderator at industry conferences, user group meetings, investor events, customer seminars and sales training meetings around the world. Jenkins is also co-founder of Spar Point Research (now Spar Point Group, Diversified Business Communications) and was formerly executive vice president and publisher at Daratech, Inc. He holds a B.A. summa cum laude from Yale University.

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