2009 Kansas Wind Industry Supply Chain Survey - Summary

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K A N S A S W I N D I N D U S T R Y

SUPPLY C H A I N S U R V E Y

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SURVEY SUMMARY

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Kansas Wind Industry Supply Chain Survey 2009

EXECUTIVESUMMARY IINTRODUCTION 1PROJECTGOALS 1METHODOLOGY 2SURVEYDEVELOPMENT 2

SELECTIONOFRESPONDENTS 2

WEBSITE 2

ANALYSIS 2

REPORTORGANIZATION 2

REPORTLAYOUTANDQUESTIONMAPPING 4

DEMOGRAPHICANDGEOGRAPHICDETAILS 6DEMOGRAPHICS 7

AWEAMEMBERSHIP 7

CAPABILITIES 9INDUSTRYSERVED 9

PRODUCTSMANUFACTURED 11

CORECOMPETENCY 12

CURRENTSUPPLIERS 12

POTENTIALSUPPLIERS 14

BARRIERSANDNEEDS 17CURRENTSUPPLIERS 17

POTENTIALSUPPLIERS 20


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KANSASWIND INDUSTRYSUPPLY CHAIN SURVEY

2009

S U R V E Y S U M M A R Y

EXECUTIVESUMMARY

ThisprojectwasundertakentohelpthestateofKansasgainabetterunderstandingofcurrentactivity inthe

wind industry in the regionandprovide thestatewitha foundationtodevelopawindenergymanufacturing

baseinresponsetothestatesemergingwindpowergeneration industry.Asinterestinthisemergingindustry

continues to grow, and Kansas increases its participation, there is a need to 1) identify niche market

opportunities where specific Kansas manufacturers may be competitive, 2) assist interested and capable

companiesinbuildingamoredetailedandobjectivebusinesscaseformarketentryandinvestment,3)facilitate

marketaccessthatgivestheregionsmanufacturersaviableopportunitytocompeteonaglobalbasis,and4)

develop a supply chain strategy that brings together difficult to replicate resources/partners/actions for

sustainingcompetitiveadvantage.

Asafirst

step

in

fulfilling

these

stated

needs,

the

Kansas

Department

of

Commerce

(KDOC),

the

Climate

and

Energy Project (CEP), the Blue/Green Alliance (BGA), the Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AMI) and the

American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) partnered to execute a statewide manufacturing supply chain

surveytoassessinterest,levelofinvolvement,andcapabilitiesofKansasmanufacturerswithregardtothewind

energymanufacturingindustry.

Atpresenttherearenotmanymanufacturersandserviceprovidersservingthewindindustryalthoughthereisa

lotofpotentialandinterest.Atotalof227respondentsfilledoutthesurveyand210completeresponseswere

included inthefinaldataanalysis.About27%ofthesurveyresponsesreportedthattheyarecurrentlyserving

thewindindustryandtheother73%ofthesurveyrespondentsarenotcurrentlysupplyingtothewindindustry

butindicatedagreatinterestinthisupcomingindustry.

About 27% of the survey respondents reported that they are currently serving the windindustry,buttheother73%alsoshowedakeeninterestinenteringintothewindindustry.Thesurvey respondentswereamixofmanufacturers, serviceprovidesand construction industrycompanies.Thesurveywasfilledoutbycompaniesfrom49differentKansascountiesandsomeoutofthestatecompaniestoo.

Sixtysixpercentofthecompaniescurrentlyinthewindindustryhaveplannedfutureexpansionprojectsrelated

tothewindindustryandmostoftheexpansionplans involve increasingtheequipment,personnel,facilitysize

andgainingentranceintonewmarkets.Further,40%oftherespondentscurrentlyinthewindindustryreported

they need assistance with their future growth objective with 61% indicating accessing accurate and detailed

information

as

their

major

need.

While

quality

control

was

the

most

important

factor

listed

for

workforce

training,followedbysafety,getting intouchwiththerightpeopleand lackofproductspecificationswerethe

biggestchallengesfacedbythosecompanies.Only18%ofthecompanieswereAWEAmembersbut41%have

attendedAWEAswindindustryconference.

Of the companies that are not currently in the wind industry, 58% indicated being in the exploratory and

information collecting stage in the process of considering/entering the wind industry. Further, about 50% of

thesecompaniesreportedthatgettingintouchwiththerightpeopleand47% indicatedaccessingtheindustry

informationarethetwomajorthingstheyneedtomoveforwardinthisindustry.


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INTRODUCTION

ThisprojectwasundertakentohelpthestateofKansasgainabetterunderstandingofcurrentactivity inthe

wind industry in the regionandprovide thestatewitha foundationtodevelopawindenergymanufacturing

base in response to the statesemergingwind power generation industry. Due to the transportation logistics

within the manufacturing supply chain, wind turbine OEMs are seeking to locate their assembly plants and

supply

chains

in

close

proximity

to

the

nations

major

wind

fields.

Currently

several

other

states

throughout

the

Midwesthavestatelevelinitiativestocultivatethisemergingmanufacturing industry,includingIowa,Ohio,and

Oklahoma.Asinterestinthisemergingindustrycontinuestogrow,andKansasincreasesitsparticipation,there

isaneedto1)identifynichemarketopportunitieswherespecificKansasmanufacturersmaybecompetitive,2)

assistinterestedandcapablecompaniesinbuildingamoredetailedandobjectivebusinesscaseformarketentry

and investment, 3) facilitate market access that gives the regions manufacturers a viable opportunity to

competeonaglobalbasis,and4)developasupplychainstrategy thatbringstogetherdifficult to replicate

resources/partners/actionsforsustainingcompetitiveadvantage.

As a first step in fulfilling these stated needs, the Kansas Department of Commerce (KDOC), the Climate and

Energy Project (CEP), the Blue/Green Alliance (BGA), the Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AMI) and the

American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) partnered to execute a statewide manufacturing supply chain

surveytoassessinterest,levelofinvolvement,andcapabilitiesofKansasmanufacturerswithregardtothewind

energymanufacturing

industry.

PROJECTGOALS

1. IdentifyqualifiedKansasmanufacturerswhichhaveneworongoinginitiativeswithinthewindenergymanufacturingsector.

2. IdentifyprospectiveKansasmanufacturerswillingandcapableofproducingcomponents/assemblieswithinthewindenergymanufacturingsector.

3. Collectpreliminaryinformation,aspartofthesurvey,fromqualifiedandprospectivemanufacturersthatwillassistthesurveyssponsorstoproperlyrepresentthecapabilitiesandreadinessofselected

Kansasmanufacturerstoprospectivehighertiermanufacturingcompanies.


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METHODOLOGY

Thissectionbrieflydescribesthemethodologyfollowedforthepresentproject.

SURVEYDEVELOPMENT

Thesurveyforthepresentstudywascreatedbasedonadraftsurveyprovidedbythesponsors.Thesurveywas

changedtoincluderelevantquestionsrequiredtoachievethestudyobjectives.Thefinalsurveyusedbranching

totargetdifferentrespondentswithdifferentquestionssothatmostrelevantinformationisreceivedfromeach

group, the firstgroup being the companies who arecurrently supplying to thewind industryand thesecond

group being the companies who are interested in entering this industry. The survey was webbased and

Zoomerangwasusedtouploadandlaunchthesurvey.

SELECTIONOFRESPONDENTS

AlistofcompanieswasgeneratedbasedontheindustryclassificationNAICScodesusingcommercialdatabases

andalistfromKDOC,ofcompanieswhohavealreadyshowninterestintheindustry.TheNAICScodesusedfor

thelistwerebasedontheNAICSidentifiedintheREPPreportaspotentialmanufacturersforvariouspartsofa

windturbineandalsobasedonthestaffknowledgeoftheindustryand itssupplychain.The initialsurveywas

mailedoutto896Kansascompanies,followedbytworeminderemails.

Apartfromthedirectmailssentout,alltheprojectpartnerspromotedthewebsiteandencouragedcompanies

tofilloutthesurveyatvariouseventsheldinthestate.

WEBSITE

Awebsitewascreatedfortheproject,toprovidemoreinformationonthewindindustry,theinvolvedpartners

anda link to the webbasedsurvey.Thewebsitewas referenced in the introduction letterby KDOCand also

businesscardswereprintedandgivenouttopromotethewebsite.Thewebsitecontainsinformationaboutthe

industry,anatomyofawindturbine,linkstousefulresources,alistofupcomingeventsandalinktothesurvey.

ANALYSIS

Thedata inthisreportiscurrentasofNovember17,2009.Thewebbasedsurveyisstillopenandwillbekept

openforat leastninemoremonths(tilltheZoomerangmembershipexpires),andmightbeextended ifsurvey

sponsorsdecideso.Thedatacollectedsofarfromthesurveyresultedin227completeresponsesandatotalof

210validresponsesareincludedinthisreport.

REPORTORGANIZATION

Thisreport isdivided intothreesections.SectionIdescribesbrieflythedemographicandgeographicdetailsof

therespondents.Section IIdescribesthecapabilitiesoftherespondents.Thissectioncontains informationon

capabilities of both the current and potential suppliers for the wind industry. Section III gives out a brief

descriptionofthebarriersfacedbycompaniesinthe industryandtheneedstheyhavetofurtherexpandtheir

businessintothewind industry.Thissectionoutlinesthebarriersfacedandtheneedsofboththecurrentand

potentialwind

suppliers.

The

survey

contained

afew

questions

that

were

common

to

all

respondents

and

then

thesurveywasdivided intotwoparts,withdifferentquestions,tobeaskedtotherespondentswhosaidthey

aresupplyingtothewindindustryandtherespondentswhowerenotsupplyingtothewindindustry.Basedon

theirresponsetothequestionareyoucurrentlysupplyingtothewindindustry,

Iftheyansweredyestheyarereferredtoascurrentsupplierinthereport

Iftheyanswerednotheyarereferredtoaspotentialsupplierinthereport.


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Thequestionsinthesurveyaremappedtodifferentsectionsofthereportbasedonthereportlayout(sections)

andquestionmappingchartdescribedonthenextpage.Thequestionnumberisfollowedbyayesorno,

indicatingifthatquestionwasaskedtothecurrentorpotentialsuppliers,respectively.


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REPORTLAYOUTANDQUESTIONMAPPING

Demographics Capabilities Barriers&Need

Q15.Yes&Q10.No Whichcategorydoyou

thinkbestdescribesyourcurrentbusiness?

Q13.Yes Areyoucurrentlyamemberof

AmericanWindEnergyAssociation(AWEA)?

Q14.Yes Haveyoueverattendedthe

AWEAswindindustryconference?

GeneralInformation

CompanyName

HarrisDatabase

Location

Employees

Sales

NAICS

Q1.Whatindustriesdoyoucurrentlysupplytoor

provideservicesto?

Q2.Whatspecificproducts/servicesdoyou

manufacture/provide?

Q3.Whatisyourcorecompetency?

Q5.Yes Whatspecificcomponents/servicesareyou

providingtothewindindustry?

Q6.Yes Forwhatsizeofturbinesareyoucurrently

supplyingtheparts?

Q7.Yes Howmanyemployeesinyourcompany

supportthewindindustryrelatedprocesses?

Q8.Yes Whatpercentageofyourtotalbusinesssales

comesfromthewindindustry?

Q7.No

If

you

are

amanufacturer,

what

major

assemblies/subassemblieswouldcontainparts

manufacturedbyyourorganizationforthewind

industry?

Q8.No Ifyouareaservicesprovider,whatservicesdo

youenvisionbeingabletoprovidetothewindindustry?

Q9.Yes Doyou

projectsrelated

youhaveplann

Q10.Yes Doy

growthobjectiv

youneed?

Q11.Yes Wha

thinkisimporta

industry?

Q12.Yes Wha

businessfacein

Q5.No Atwha

considering/en

company?

Q6.No What

needtodecide

Q9.No What

thewindindust


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SECTION I


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DEMOGRAPHICandGEOGRAPHICDETAILS

MapshowingsurveyrespondentsacrossKansas


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DEMOGRAPHICS

This section briefly describes the demographics and geography of the survey respondents. The section

describesthecompaniesandtheindustrytheyserveandarecurrentlyin.Therespondentstothesurvey

were companies both from Kansas and outside Kansas who are interested in capturing a part of the

emergingwind

industry

in

the

state.

The

majority

of

the

respondents

were

Kansas

companies.

Around 27% of the survey respondents (57

companies) reported that they are currently

supplying either some components or providing

services to the wind industry. The remaining 73%

(153 companies) of the respondents are not

currently supplying to the wind industry, but

showed a great amount of interest in getting

involved.

Out of the total respondents from Kansas who

responded

to

the

survey,

93

were

manufacturers,

62service providers and 17 from the construction

industry,otherswerefromoutsideKansas.

AWEAMEMBERSHIP

Only 18% (10 companies) of the respondents who are currently supplying to the wind industry are

membersoftheAmericanWindEnergyAssociation(AWEA)but42%ofthesamegroup,24companies,

hadattendedatleastoneAWEAconference.

82%

18%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

No

Yes

PercentofRespondents

AWEAMember

59%

42%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

No

Yes


AWEAConferenceAttended

73%

27%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

No

Yes



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SECTION II


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CAPABILITIES

This sectionprovides a briefdescription of thecapabilities of the survey respondents.Thesection first

describes

the

industry

being

served

by

the

survey

respondents,

the

products

they

currently

provide

to

these industries and their core competency. Next the section first describes the capabilities of current

suppliers to the wind industry in terms of the products being supplied to the wind industry, size of

turbinestheysupplypartsto,employeesinthecompanysupportingwindrelatedprocessesandpercent

ofsalescomingfromsaletothewind industry.The lastpartofthesectiondescribesthecapabilitiesof

potential suppliers by listing the assemblies/subassemblies that could contain parts manufactured by

themandtheservicetheycanprovidetothewindindustry.

INDUSTRYSERVED

Thewordcloudabovegivesanoverviewofthekindofindustriesbeingservedbythesurveyrespondents.

Thewordcloudwasgeneratedbytaggingtheanswersandthemostrepeatedwordbeingshowedasthe

biggest one here. The industries mostly served by the respondents are energy, manufacturing,

construction,aviationandagriculture.


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CURRENTSUPPLIERS

The respondents who reported to currently

serve the wind industry serve industries like

aerospace,construction,agriculture,etcalong

with the wind industry. An overview of the

responsesofthecurrentsuppliersofthewind

industryisshowninthiswordcloud

.

Thecompaniesreportingthewindindustryasoneoftheindustriesbeingservedbythemcurrently,alsoservetheconstruction,aerospace,automotiveandagricultureindustries.

POTENTIALSUPPLIERS

The respondentswho are notcurrentlysupplying

tothewindindustrybutareinterestedinentering

intothewindindustryserveavarietyofindustries

like construction, automotive, aerospace,

transportation,etc.

The companies not in the wind industry are serving industries like construction,automotive,aerospace,aviation,andagriculture.


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PRODUCTSMANUFACTURED

The word cloud below provides an overview of the kind of products manufactured and/or services

providedbythesurveyrespondents.Themajorityoftherespondentsmanufacturesmallcomponents,do

fabricationandmachining.

Thecompaniescurrentlysupplyingtothewind

industrydealinproducts/serviceslikeelectrical

supplies, steel, CNC work, fabrication,

machining parts, manufacturing small parts,

etc.

The companies interested in supplying to the

windindustrycurrentlyhaveproducts/services

like fabrication, metal cutting, designservices,

welding services, manufacturing small parts,

steelparts,etc.


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CORECOMPETENCY

Mostof

the

respondents

to

the

survey

reported

being

good

at

fabrication,

CNC

machining,

manufacturing

small parts (made from sheet metal and/or steel), welding and cutting, designing and engineering

consulting.

CURRENTSUPPLIERS

PRODUCTSMANUFACTURED/SERVICESPROVIDEDTOTHEWINDINDUSTRY

Thewordcloudgivesanoverviewoftheproductsmanufacturedand/orservicesbeingprovidedbythe

current suppliers to the wind industry. Current suppliers to the wind industry provide a variety of

components,services

and

construction

related

products

and

services.


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SIZEOFTURBINES

Therespondentswhoarecurrentlysupplyingto

thewindindustrysupplytoallturbinesizes.The

majority of them, 25 respondents, supply to

intermediatesizeturbines(10660kW).Someof

the companies supply to more than one

particularsizeofturbines.

EMPLOYEES

Survey

respondents

were

asked

how

many

employees in their organization support wind

related processes. The majority of the

respondents have less than five employees

supportingwindrelatedprocesses.Thisreflects

andsupportsthefactthatthe industryisstill in

itsinfancystage.

SALESFORWINDRELATEDBUSINESS

Themajorityofsurveyrespondentsreportedthatonly

a fraction of their total sales (less than 1%) comes

from wind related activities. This is again expected

given the infancy stage of the industry in Kansas.

19

25

21

0 10 20 30

Small (


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POTENTIALSUPPLIERS

Thissectiondescribesthecapabilitiesofthepotentialsuppliersforthewindindustry.Oftherespondents

who are interested in getting involved in the wind industry, 24 have the capability to provide

electronic/electrical components, 80 machined/fabricated parts, 78 are service providers, 20

construction,13distributorsandacompositeprovider.

MAJORASSEMBLIES/SUB-ASSEMBLIES

Thissectiondescribesthemajorassembliesand

subassemblies that could contain parts being

manufactured currently by the companies

interested in supplying to the wind industry.

These could also be the assemblies or sub

assemblies that they have the capability to

undertake.

Themajorityofrespondentsreportedthatthey

could manufacture parts for Nacelle Cases and

Nacelle

Frames

(27

respondents

each),

Shafts

andGearBoxes(24respondentseach).

Most of the respondents selected the other

category for the question, which may reflect

their lack of knowledge about the components

of a wind turbine and information about the

specifications required to manufacture the

parts.

The word cloud below shows the major

responses fromthe othercategory,withmost

of

the

respondents

reporting

they

could

dofabricationormachiningwork.

Thenexttablesummarizes theresponseofthe

survey respondents about the assemblies and

sub assemblies that could contain parts they

manufacture.

Component NumberofRespondents

Bearings 13

BladeExtender 14Brakes 14

CoolingSystem 9Coupling 15

Electronic Controller 19

GearBox 24Generator 7

Hub 18

NacelleCase 27NacelleFrame 27PitchDrive 12PowerElectronics 14RotorBlade 10SensorsandData Logging 11Equipment 23

Shafts 24

TowerFlange 19Bolts 16

Towers 18

YawDrive 15Other,

please

specify 65


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SERVICES

Thissectionbrieflydescribesthemajorservicesthatsurveyrespondentssaidtheycouldpotentiallyprovidetothe

wind industry. This represents the services they are providing currently to other industries or they could

potentiallystartprovidingtothewindindustry.

The table below summarizes the services

respondents reported that they could potentially

providetothewindindustry.

Component Numberofrespondent

ComputerSoftware 8Construction 21ConsultingServices 30FinancialServices 1HybridSystemIntegrator 6Insurance 0LegalServices 1Operations&Maintenance 22ProjectDeveloper/Operator 5Safety 9Service 17Transportation 9WindForecasting/Assessment 0Other,pleasespecify 31

Alargenumberoftherespondents(30respondents)

reportedthattheycanprovideconsultingservicesto

the wind industry followed by operations &

maintenanceservices(22respondents).Twentyone

respondents reported they could provide

construction related services to the wind industry.

For this question a lot of respondents (31

respondents) marked the other category, which

couldbedueto lackof informationaboutthewind

industry.

The word cloud above provides an overview of the

other category responses. The majority of the

respondents here again said they could provide

machining services, fabrication services, and

warehouse services to the wind industry.


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Section III


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BARRIERSANDNEEDS

This section provides a description of the barriers to growth faced by current suppliers in the industry and by

potentialsupplierstoenterthewind industry.Thesectionalsodescribestheneedand/orassistancerequiredby

currentsuppliers

to

expand

and

by

potential

suppliers

to

enter

the

wind

industry.

CURRENTSUPPLIERS

FUTUREEXPANSIONPLANS

Sixtysixpercentofthecurrentsuppliershaveplannedfutureexpansionprojectsrelatedtothewindindustry.The

major areas of planned expansion are equipment, personnel, new markets and facility expansion. The figure

belowshowsthemajorareasofexpansionandthenumberofrespondentsforeach.

Theword

chart

below

provides

an

overview

of

the

areas

in

which

the

respondents

have

planned

future

expansion.

35%

65%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

No

Yes

PercentofRespondents9

11

9

6

10

0 5 10 15

Other

Equipment

Personnel

Facility

NewMarkets

NumberofRespondents


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ASSISTANCEREQUIREDWITHFUTUREGROWTHOBJECTIVES

Forty percent of the survey respondents (23

respondents) indicated that they need assistance

withtheir futuregrowthobjectives.Themajorityof

these

respondents

(61%)

indicated

that

they

need

more information.The figurebelowshowsthekind

of assistance required by the respondents to help

themwiththeirfuturegrowthobjectives.

.

.

Of the respondents who indicated need of assistance, the majority of those (14 respondents) reported getting

moreinformationabouttheindustryastheirmainrequirement.Thiswasfollowedbynetworkingwithkeyplayers

inthe

industry,

getting

in

touch

with

the

right

people

and

capital

requirements.

Availability

of

trained

manpower

wasanotherrequirementlistedbythem.

60%

40%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

No

Yes


2

6

14

9

4

0 5 10 15

Other

Finance

Information

Networking

TrainedManpower

NumberofRespondents


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WORKFORCETRAININGREQUIRED

Quality control is the most important field for workforce training to support the work in the wind industry,

according to the respondents. Safety, general mechanical, electrical & hydraulic maintenance and lean

manufacturingareother importantfieldsforworkforcetraining.Thefigurebelowshowsthedifferentworkforce

trainingareasconsideredimportantbytherespondents.

RespondentshadlistedworkforcetraininginareaslikeSales,BusinessSystems,IT,Machining/Fabricating,etcin

theothercategory.

CHALLENGESTOGROWTH

The majority of the respondents cited lack of networking and non availability of specifications as the biggest

challengestheyface inthewind industry.Lackofcapitalandinformationwereothertopchallengesbeingfaced.

Thefigure

below

shows

in

detail

the

challenges

being

faced

by

the

suppliers

in

the

wind

industry.

10

34

23

21

13

4

21

0 10 20 30 40

Other

QualityControl

Safety

LeanManufacturing

EuropeantoUSConversion(Drawing

Airfoils&CompositeRepair

GeneralMechanical,Electrical

NumberofRespondents

2

3

10

12

9

5

6

12

Don't

Know

Other

Capital

Networking

Information

Manpower

Market

Specifications

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

NumberofRespondents


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POTENTIALSUPPLIERS

STAGEINTHEPROCESSOFCONSIDERING/ENTERINGTHEWINDINDUSTRY

Oftherespondentswhoarenotcurrentlysupplyingtothewindindustry,themajorityareintheexploratoryand

information collection stage in the process of considering/entering the wind industry. Only five percent of the

respondentshaveabusinessplanreadytoenterthewindindustry.

INFORMATIONAND/ORASSISTANCEREQUIREDTOENTERTHEINDUSTRY

Almosthalfoftherespondents(71respondents)reportedthattheyneedcontactsandnetworksinordertomove

to the next step in the process of entering the wind industry. More information about the industry is another

majorrequirementfortherespondentstomovetothenextstage.

.

3%

16%

38%

23%

15%

5%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

NoResponse

Havenottakenanyactiontodate

Exploratory&informationcollectiononly

Uppermanagementdiscussingoptions

Businessplantoenterwindindustry

BusinessPlantoenterwindindustry


11

71

43

8

27

67

0 20 40 60 80

NotSure

Networking

Specifications

Equipment

Capabilites

Information

NumberofRespondents


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CURRENTBARRIERSTOENTERINGTHEWINDINDUSTRY

Lack of product specifications and lack of

knowledge & expertise are the major barriers for

potentialsupplierstoenterthewind industry.Lack

ofcontactsandnetworksandinformationaboutthe

industry are other barriers being faced by the

respondents. The figure below shows the major

barriersfacedbytherespondents.

7

56

3

4

62

27

17

42

1

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Finance

Lackofknowledge/expertise

Technologynot available

Availabilityof trainedworkers

Productspecifications

Networking

Information

QualificationCapacity

Building

Competitiveness

NumberofRespondents

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2009 Kansas Wind Industry Supply Chain Survey - Summary