Response Research

Make informed decisions

Make informed decisions, explore untapped opportunities, and enhance the adoption of innovation through tailored research, insightful analysis, high-quality reports and practical recommendations.

Handwritten research notes and data collection at a Response workshop
Bubble charts of mean days service and resident turnover against all-plant turnover, from Response research across 25 plants
A Response research and analysis session in progress

What we cover

Four research areas, one integrated team

Response Research has helped organisations across Australia and Asia make informed decisions on their people, their markets, their processes and their industries — using research and data to take the guesswork out of complex problems.

Workforce Research

Attract, engage and retain talented people, and build high-performing teams.

Improve Retention, Reduce Absenteeism
Market & Financial Research

Grow your business, product or brand with powerful consumer insights.

Discover Opportunities, Minimise Risk
Technical Research

Optimise business efficiency and drive change through bespoke technical projects.

Enhance Productivity, Prevent Injuries
Agricultural Research

Tackle complex agricultural challenges with data-driven recommendations.

Benchmark Performance, Build Capability

Workforce Research

Take the guesswork out of workforce decisions

Use research and data to attract, engage and retain talented people, build high-performing teams, and enhance productivity across the workforce.

Most businesses are guessing

Workforce problems are rarely a motivation problem — they're a visibility problem. Without research, they go unmeasured, unowned and unsolved.

A Response facilitator presenting workshop findings on a flipchart
Turnover nobody has measured62% average turnover in comparable plants, against a 6.4% manufacturing benchmark — most businesses don't know their own number.
Absence that isn't costedAbsenteeism erodes productivity but is rarely tracked, benchmarked or understood.
Innovation with no ownerOne plant we studied had 40+ improvement projects stuck in limbo until the system around them was fixed.

Improve Retention

Understand current rates of retention, the main drivers, and the effectiveness of retention strategies.

Enhance Innovation

Research cultural barriers to innovation and develop a systematic approach to change.

Reduce Absenteeism

Measure the cost and reasons for employee absence, and what influences attendance.

Measure Performance

Use data-led insight to realise the potential of your workforce and deliver value to your business.

1

Research

Understand the drivers for your workforce challenges and opportunities for improvement.

2

Development

Use the data and insights captured to plan a way forward.

3

Adoption

Implement key initiatives to ensure successful adoption of recommendations.

4

Training

Train and develop your workforce and embed adoption of change.

Proof from the field

Real research, real results

Our workforce research isn’t theoretical — it’s built on years of data from processing plants across Australia, funded through the Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC) and Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA).

25plants studied, ~20,000 data points
740+employees interviewed
27plants engaged in innovation research
48×cost-benefit return on Systems Leadership

The Retention Framework of Excellence

Commissioned by AMPC, our retention research programme studied turnover across 25 meat processing plants nationally — finding average turnover of 62% against a general manufacturing benchmark of just 6.4%. The result is a proprietary, evidence-based framework now used to attract, prepare, select, induct, integrate, develop, advance and lead new employees, built around a culture of retention.

The Retention Framework of Excellence: Attract, Prepare, Select, Induct, Integrate, Develop, Advance and Lead, built around Culture

NH Foods Oakey

$605,000 net present value

A culture-driven innovation framework broke a bottleneck of 40+ stalled projects and delivered 19 evaluated ideas.

MLA published case study

27 plants nationally

48× cost-benefit return

189 managers trained and 541 project ideas developed for plant leadership to action.

AMPC 2020-1019

Absenteeism, Phase 1

Up to 25 plants

A longitudinal study tracking three years of attendance data across the industry, building a benchmark plants can measure their own absenteeism against.

AMPC 2022-1042

Market & Financial Research

Accelerate growth with high-quality research, data and analysis

Grow your business, product or brand with powerful consumer insights, and access high-value markets in Australia and Asia.

Discover Opportunities

Identify new business opportunities for your products and services and calculate opportunity costs.

Enhance Competitiveness

Articulate your competitive advantage and enhance your agility to meet consumer needs.

Minimise Risk

Make informed investment decisions and minimise risk with high-quality research and analysis.

Achieve Growth

Transform your operations to meet market needs and achieve sustainable, long-term growth.

Market Research

Understand consumer needs, behaviours and preferences, and identify competitors and market share.

Product Optimisation

Realise the growth potential of your product or service with data-driven strategy.

Food Supply Chains

Optimise products, establish logistics, meet compliance and manage cold transport.

Access Asia

Access markets in Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines with our team on the ground in South-East Asia.

Technical Research

Use technology to enhance efficiency and productivity

Research your technical processes to optimise business efficiency, and undertake bespoke projects to drive change.

Enhance Productivity

Research your production inputs and processes to identify technical inefficiencies.

Prevent Injuries

Use Internet of Things (IoT) technology to measure and analyse technical stress on your workforce.

Teach Skills

Build and individualise VR, AR and RealWear technology to determine efficiency on current and future systems.

Enhance Innovation

Enhance innovation and adoption of new ideas, processes and technologies through research and trial.

Value Stream Mapping

Use value stream mapping to determine the value of technical change.

Cost Analysis

Undertake a cost benefit analysis of your production processes to identify inefficiencies.

Customised Projects

Undertake customised projects to address specific workplace challenges, e.g. knife sharpening.

Technology Partners

Access cutting-edge technologies including Preventure and RealWear to prevent injuries and improve efficiency.

Agricultural Research

Data-driven solutions for complex agricultural challenges

Tackle complex agricultural challenges and enhance productivity based on data-driven recommendations and innovative solutions.

Benchmark Performance

Benchmark your performance against industry Best Management Practice and enhance productivity.

Maximise Efficiency

Enhance efficiency and affordability, and reduce losses and waste through trial and adoption of technology.

Build Capability

Improve business, family and staff culture and build capability through accredited and non-accredited training.

Export Products

Optimise products, establish logistics, meet compliance and manage cold transport supply chain.

Agribusiness

Transform your business structure with a whole farm approach.

Food Supply Chains

Optimise products, establish logistics, meet compliance and manage cold transport.

AgForce

Innovative training courses for the next generation of Queensland agriculture workers.

Project Facilitation

Leverage external funds to undertake value-for-money research and development.

Trusted by

Recent and current clients

Recent and current clients including Eldorado Gold, Hyne Timber, AMPC, Newmont, Rio Tinto, Queensland Government, Boral, BHP, Anglo American, Greenham, Fulton Hogan and Rheinmetall

Let’s Solve Your Organisational Challenges!