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Total Operations

Total Operations

OUR SOLUTIONS
Total Operations is Ipsos’ Respondent Access and Data Collection Centre of Excellence.

Total Operations provides global access to respondents regardless of mode of data collection with the highest levels of quality, security, speed and cost-efficiency to ensure Ipsos can achieve its goal of providing total understanding of society, markets and people.

Total Operations supports all phases of research design, execution and delivery, including research design consultancy, questionnaire programming, translation, sampling, field coordination, data-processing and visualisation. ​ Our global footprint includes expert operational hubs in all major regions to deliver local and global research programmes.
Supporting quick and secure access to respondents, Total Operations provides access to respondents across 140+ countries and all continents. Our breadth of support is truly omni channel and mode agnostic, from online and mobile to face-to-face and telephone interviewing.

  • Ipsos’ i-Say panel is one of the largest global online and mobile networks with panels in 73 markets, offering in-depth profiling of more than 200 targets. In addition, our capabilities include real-time and intercept sampling together with programmatic access to respondents from our globally approved panel partners.
  • We offer a global network of nearly 20,000 face-to-face interviewers equipped with a fully integrated CAPI scripting, and field management platform, iField, ready-made for the digital age (which includes GPS, video and audio capture).
  • Our CATI network is the largest global network, capturing millions of telephone interviews annually.
  • Our custom panels team works with clients who want to gather insights from key consumer segments on a regular and ongoing basis through a fit-for-purpose approach to development.

Total Operations believes that multi-mode data collection is the future. To support this vision, we constantly invest in innovative and automated approaches to data collection, irrespective of mode, leveraging technology, data partnerships and mobile first survey designs, to engage and interact with people in a way that aligns with our digital reality. Our surveys offer modern modules including geo-tracking, passive metering, video response capture, as well as artificial intelligence and natural language processing to leverage voice systems.

A rigorous research on research program is the foundation of what we do, offering operational insight regarding respondent access, engagement and survey behaviour. Our research on research further supports Total Operations’ global sample quality assurance program to ensure the best quality data to support decision making irrespective of market.

At Total Operations, standards matter. Against the backdrop of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and similar legislation in other markets, Total Operations has implemented a Global Data Protection and Privacy Policy across all its operations to ensure we lead on all dimensions of maintaining respondent privacy. In addition, ISO standards confirm that Total Operations is compatible and consistent, adhering to the industry’s codes of contact, to provide reliable and accurate data, with transparency.