For plastics, packaging, paper, chemicals, food and metals plants
Build your intelligence
Data Jockey watches the customers, competitors, input costs and tariffs behind your margin.
Data Jockey is onboarding its first founding clients.
What is your company called?
We look up your own plants in EPA records to set your industry. You can change it on the next screen.
Know when a customer is in trouble before their orders drop.
A plant closure or layoff often shows up in public records weeks before it shows up in your orders. We read those records for you.
State layoff notice (WARN)
Fabrikam Packaging files layoffs at its plant in Georgia.
dol.gov
Data Jockey alert
Fabrikam Packaging filed a layoff notice for its Georgia plant.
Ask your buyer which of your orders that plant runs.
dol.govYour orders from Fabrikam
Weeks of warning
Know before anyone else.
Here are five examples of decisions an early alert can help you make.
A key customer files to close a plant. You call the buyer before the purchase order drops.
Data Jockey alert
Contoso Foods filed to close its Ohio plant.
We turn government records into plain English.
Every alert starts as a public record, such as an SEC filing. We add one line on what it means for you and link the original.
The record
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers.
On October 6, Contoso Foods, Inc. announced that its
Vice President of Procurement will step down
effective November 1. The Company has begun a search for a successor.
The alert
Leadership change at Contoso Foods
Find out who will run purchasing at Contoso Foods, and plan an introduction.
Urgent news surfaces immediately.
We set filings and tariff notices to go out within minutes for founding clients. Price data arrives the day the government publishes it. A daily summary sits on top.
Within minutes
For founding clients, we set alerts to go out within minutes of the source publishing these.
- SEC filing: leadership change at Contoso Foods
- Tariff notice on a product you import
Same day
We set these to reach you the same day the source posts them.
- Layoff notice at a Fabrikam plant
- Northwind posts jobs for a new line
As published
Price indices come out weekly or monthly. We set each one to reach you the day the agency releases it.
- Resin producer price index
- Weekly diesel price update
Daily summary
Every alert from the day, in one email.
Cited at the source
We read SEC EDGAR, the Federal Register, state WARN notices, BLS, EIA, USDA, FDA and EPA. If you license a price agency, we add your feed.
- SEC EDGAR
- Federal Register
- State WARN notices
- BLS producer prices
- EIA diesel prices
- USDA market reports
- FDA enforcement reports
- EPA ECHO
- USAspending
- CBP and HTS notices
- Company websites
- Your price agency feed
See what the records say about one of your customers.
Type a customer name. We build a free preview from public records while you answer a few more questions.
A sample brief
Tuesday morning summary
Within minutesExecutive moves
Contoso Foods filed an 8-K naming a new chief procurement officer.
Source: sec.govWithin minutesTariffs and regulations
A Federal Register notice proposes new duties under an HTS heading on your watch list.
Source: federalregister.govWithin minutesCustomers
Contoso Foods announced a recall on one product line. You supply two of its packaging formats.
Source: fda.govSame dayCustomers
A state layoff notice lists 140 layoffs at the Fabrikam Packaging plant in Georgia.
Source: dol.govSame dayCompetitors
Northwind Polymers' quarterly filing reports a new extrusion line at its Ohio plant.
Source: sec.govAs publishedInput costs
BLS posted its monthly producer price index for plastic resins.
Source: bls.govAs publishedInput costs
EIA posted its weekly diesel price update.
Source: eia.gov
Who is behind Data Jockey
Sean Mihelich
Co-founder, Data Jockey
Sean co-founded Data Jockey to give mid-size manufacturers the account and cost intelligence large companies pay analysts for.
Lorenzo Pizzinini
Co-founder, Data Jockey
Lorenzo co-founded Data Jockey and builds the systems that turn public records into alerts.
Modules and industries
Modules
Five modules. For founding clients, we load your own top customers and competitors first, and every alert links to its source.
- Customers
- We watch the customers you name for plant openings and closures, EPA records, leadership changes, recalls, earnings and expansions.
- Competitors
- We track new products, hires, pricing changes, trade shows and website changes at the companies you compete with.
- Input costs
- We follow resin, steel, pulp, chemicals and freight prices, from BLS producer prices, EIA diesel and USDA reports, plus your own price agency license if you have one.
- Tariffs and regulations
- We match Federal Register, CBP and HTS changes to the HTS codes you buy and sell under.
- Executive moves
- We track new leaders and departures from SEC 8-K filings, press releases and company websites.
Industries
For US manufacturers with 150 to 1,000 employees in packaging, paper and converting, plastics, chemicals, food ingredients and metals.
- Packaging
- We watch box, film and container buyers, board prices and new plant announcements.
- Paper and converting
- We track pulp and paper price data, mill closures and moves by the converters you sell to.
- Plastics
- We follow resin price data, competitor capacity news and tariff changes on polymer imports.
- Chemicals
- We watch feedstock prices, regulatory notices and plant changes at your customers.
- Food ingredients
- We track recalls, customer product launches and USDA price reports.
- Metals
- We cover steel service centers, pickling, stamping, castings, forgings and extrusion, and track metal prices, tariff changes and competitor moves.
Questions
What is Data Jockey?
Data Jockey is market intelligence for US manufacturers. It is built to watch your customers, competitors, input costs, tariffs and executive moves, and every alert links to its source.
Who is it for?
For US manufacturers with 150 to 1,000 employees in packaging, paper and converting, plastics, chemicals, food ingredients and metals. It is built for owners, CEOs, sales leaders and CFOs.
How fast will I hear about something?
It depends on the signal. For founding clients, we set alerts to go out within minutes for SEC filings, news on the companies you watch, recalls and Federal Register tariff items. We set layoff (WARN) notices, job postings, website changes and CBP and HTS notices to reach you the same day. Input cost and freight indices are set to arrive when the agency publishes them, weekly or monthly. A daily summary sits on top.
Where does the data come from?
Public sources: SEC filings, the Federal Register, CBP and HTS notices, state layoff (WARN) notices, BLS, EIA and USDA price data, press releases, company websites and news. If you license a price agency, we add your feed.
How is it priced?
Pricing is yearly and depends on the modules. You see your estimate after the quiz. We confirm it on a call. Pricing is per company, with no per-seat fees.
How is this different from Google Alerts or AlphaSense?
Data Jockey reads public records on private companies too, such as EPA plant records, FDA recalls and federal awards. Tariff changes are matched to the HTS codes you buy and sell under. Input cost data sits next to the account news, so one brief covers both. Every alert carries a line on why it matters to you and a link to its source.
Do you work with PE sponsors across several plants?
Yes. One contract can cover several plants or portfolio companies.
Build your package in five questions.
Or book a call and we will set up your watch list with you.