A European Newsprint Producer

Fore$ight^SM Export Pricing. In this project, Moore & Associates developed ongoing information on Asia/Pacific Rim exports of ONP and OMG from the East Coast of the US. The European newsprint manufacturer utilized the information in concert with the company's own export information from Europe in order to gauge trends in the worldwide ONP/OMG market. (2001)

A North American Newsprint Manufacturer

A Strategic Procurement Practices Assessment. In this project, Moore & Associates provided the client with three major areas of information; procurement organization structure analysis, ONP/OMG hedging information, and a long-range ONP price forecast. (2001)

A Recovered Paper Trading Organization

A Fore$ight^SM Historical Pricing and Industry Strategic Analysis. In this project, Moore & Associates developed a long-term historical analysis of real market pricing versus published prices for this client. The second part of this project was to obtain market research and perform a strategic analysis of the major recovered paper processors in North America. (2001)

A Recovered Paper Processor

A Business Strategy Planning Session. In this project, Moore & Associates presented an analysis of the recovered paper industry and different strategic options for this client's management team. (2001)

A Recovered Paper Broker

A Pricing Analysis. In this project, Moore & Associates analyzed historic pricing for a specialty grade of recovered paper in order to develop a basis for this client's use of financial hedging instruments. (2001)

Integrated Containerboard Manufacturer

Strategic Analysis. In this project, Moore & Associates performed a comparison of a group of companies' procurement organization structures and a long-range historical price analysis of the clients' OCC purchasing versus the industry. (2001)

A Containerboard Producer

A Fore$ight^SM Pricing Analysis. This project, which was an outgrowth of Moore & Associates' OCC price surveying, performed a more detailed analysis of containerboard sector pricing versus other OCC users. (2001)

A Law Firm

Expert Consultation. In this project, Moore & Associates worked for a law firm defending the tax-exempt status of a major paper company's bond offering. (2001)

A Containerboard Mill

A $martBuy^SM OCC Procurement Analysis. In this project, Moore & Associates examined, benchmarked and critiqued an existing large mill's procurement practices for OCC. The project included both types of buying practices, pricing and organization analysis. (2001)

A State Government

Improving Recycling of Residential Paper. This project, a second phase of work performed for the state of Minnesota several years ago, seeks to recycle additional recovered paper supplies from Minnesota residences. The main thrust of the project is to use specially targeted public education to improve recovery of grades in existing programs and to introduce additional grades for recovery. (2001 and 2000)