Your Opinion, please !

Dear Visitor.
We would be very happy for you to answer a couple of questions that could greatly help us to better serve you and your industry.  Be assured that your response will be treated in a highly responsible & confidential manner.  Here they are:

1. What do your customers value the most?
(a) on-time delivery
(b) payment terms
(c) a wide range of products
(d) quality of service
(e) other (describe)


2. How many days on hand for inventory overall?
(a) 0-10 days
(b) 10-20 days
(c) 20-40 days
(d) 40-75 days
(e) >75 days

3. How much wastage and/or shrink (% of total) in your inventory?
(a) 0-5%
(b) 5-10%
(c) >10%

4. What are your short-term challenges in terms of production optimization?
(a) Parts Management
(b) Buffer Stocks
(c) Scrap
(d) Throughput time
(e) Warehousing

5. What is your logistics cost as a percentage of total cost?
(a) 0-5%
(b) 5-10%
(c) 10-15%
(d) >15%

6. What is your energy cost as a percentage of total cost?
(a) 0-5%
(b) 5-10%
(c) 10-15%
(d) >15%

7. What KPIs do you use to determine salaries & bonus for your staff?


8. If you take this year’s KPIs as a base, how do you expect them to improve next year?


9. If you were to change 3 things in your organization overnight, what would they be?


10. Have you implemented any optimization plans during the last 3-6 months?   If yes, which ones
(a) Production Improvement Plan
(b) Inventory Reduction Plan
(c) Working Capital Management
(d) Procurement Modernization
(e) Outsourcing

11. Do you intend to implement any optimization plans in the next 3-6 months?   Please check the appropriate box(es):
(a) Production Improvement Plan
(b) Inventory Reduction Plan
(c) Working Capital Management
(d) Procurement Modernization
(e) Outsourcing