Access to ELFA research and data is one of the primary benefits of being an ELFA member. As part of our ongoing commitment to providing valuable information to the membership, we are pleased to present the ELFA Knowledge Hub.
We created this new resource in response to your industry information needs.
In 2021 we conducted a series of focus groups with the association’s business council steering committees. We asked the Bank, Captive and Vendor Finance, Independent, Service Provider and Small Ticket BCSC to assess ELFA research/data and information products. Through a survey and a series of in-depth discussions with each group, we asked:
• Are you aware of various ELFA data, benchmarking and statistics resources?
• Do you use them?
• How important are they to you?
• What kind of delivery mechanism do you prefer in using them?
• Is there additional business information that you’d like ELFA to provide?
Thanks to thoughtful and candid responses from each of these diverse groups of industry leaders, we came away with insights that contributed to the development of the Knowledge Hub, a one-stop online library that provides easy access to a wide range of industry research and information. This information would be inaccessible and cost-prohibitive for you to produce on your own, but you can access it all at www.elfaonline.org/KnowledgeHub.
I encourage you to get the most out of your ELFA membership and visit the Knowledge Hub often for indispensable intelligence for all areas of your business. If you’ve got a research question or you’d like to weigh in on ELFA’s offerings, please contact Bill Choi, ELFA VP of Industry Information, at [email protected].
Highlights in this Issue
Wondering what forces are expected to shape equipment finance in the year ahead? Read our cover story, “State of the Industry 2022,” and check out ELFA’s Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2022. Read about the state of asset management in “Equipment Management: Hard Assets Get a Hard Look” and hear more on this topic at the Equipment Management Conference, Feb. 13-15 in Tucson, Arizona. See a full list of upcoming events in the special education supplement.
We have a lot in store for you in 2022 and we are fortunate to have active volunteers and strong leaders in place, including Board Chair Mike DiCecco, who is profiled in this issue. Don’t hesitate to contact us at ELFA headquarters if you have any questions or you’d like to get more involved.
Watch Ralph’s Q1 message to the membership.
