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Give us a little background about Charting Now
Since 2015, we have been exclusively offering Charting and Presentation services to Market Research companies. Our experienced team is skilled in both manual and automated charting and has worked on a wide range of projects including Ad-hoc, Continuous, MCP, Syndicated, and global tracking studies.
What services are offered by Charting Now?
Our current key services include Template creation, Manual charting, Automated charting, Report checking, and Dashboard checking. We are proficient in working across various presentation platforms such as PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Canva. Additionally, we are preparing to launch Power BI services soon.
If we provide the template, what specific inputs would you need from us to proceed with the charting?
For manual charting, we typically require the PowerPoint template along with detailed charting instructions or specifications, processed data in Excel or CSV format, Sig testing calculator (if appliable) and brand logos (if applicable) etc.
For automated charting, in addition to the above, we also need the questionnaire, as well as details of any country-specific variations—such as differences in brands, statements, or attributes.
Can you work on reports without instructions/specifications
Of course, with our experience – we can surely work. However, to minimise back-and-forth and to ensure accuracy in the first place we strongly recommend you give us specifications, so that there is no room for any assumptions. Please note, for tracking assignments – you need not to give us instructions every time, we can use the original file as a Master for performing the charting for the subsequent waves.
Can you explain how your automation program works? Are you able to achieve 100% automation? How is the costing structured, and will you share the automation programs with us? Additionally, how do you handle updates or changes in subsequent waves?
Our automation is built using VBA macros, tailored specifically for quantitative Market Research presentations. Our automation solutions can handle a wide range of tasks such as data updates, historical referencing, highlighting, significance testing, header/footer updates, sorting, image placements, and report-specific customizations.
Percentage of automation depends on the nature of the study, consistency in inputs, complexity involved. If any portion which could not be automated, we will upfront inform you stating the reasons not automating and the same (task) will be completed by our Manual charters
The automation costing is broken down into four components a) one time automation set up, b) run time, c) quality checks, d) manual tweaking. Only the setup phase is charged using our automation rate card; the remaining components are billed at our manual charting rates. For subsequent waves, provided there are no changes to the original setup, we exclude the setup cost and charge only for run time, QC, and any manual tweaks. Please note, as a policy we only share outputs generated using the automation program and NOT the automation programs.
How do you define the complexity?
We use a well-defined complexity grid to assess each project. During the estimation and final billing process, we evaluate each productive slide and classify it as low, medium or high complexity. This classification helps us accurately determine the overall cost of the project.
Do you perform quality checks before delivering the final output?
Yes, our team performs thorough quality checks before every delivery. These checks are carried out by peers using the provided chart specifications or briefing documents to ensure accuracy and consistency.
We are committed to 100% on-time delivery and 100% quality-checked outputs as part of every single deliverable.
Do you have a standard timeline? How much advance notice you would need?
For manual charting, we typically require approximately 3 working days to complete a 50-slide presentation and 4–5 working days for a 100-slide presentation. For multi-country or multi-category studies with similar scope, we follow a streamlined delivery approach: the first 50-slide report is usually delivered within 3–4 working days, and subsequent reports are completed more quickly. For example, in a study involving five market reports of around 50 slides each, the first report would be delivered in 3–4 days, with the remaining four reports completed over the following 4 working days.
For Automated charting, please provide as much advance notice as possible to ensure all automation prerequisites are met and to assess the project’s feasibility in terms of time and cost efficiency.
Can we have a team exclusively assigned to handle our work?
Yes, we can assign a dedicated team if there is an upfront volume commitment. For tracking or continuous assignments, we make every effort to ensure the same set of resource consistently work on your projects to maintain familiarity and efficiency.