Orland Park Business Survey

ABOUT YOUR COMPANY

Please tell us a little about your company.

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* 1. Company Name:

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* 2. Street Address:

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* 3. Cook/Will County:

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* 4. Company Phone:

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* 5. Company Website:

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* 6. Contact Name

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* 7. Contact Title

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* 8. Contact Phone:

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* 9. Contact Email

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* 10. Type of Business (Select One)

Accommodations/Food Service

Construction

Healthcare/Allied Services

Manufacturing

Service

Wholesale Trade

Agribusiness

Finance Insurance and Real Estate

Information/Technology

Retail Trade

Transportation/Communications/Utilities

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* 11. Description of Products/services

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* 12. Who are your competitors?

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* 13. What are the factors that make your company successful in Orland Park?

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* 14. What is the company's legal status

Sole proprietorship

Corporation

Employee owned (ESOP)

Partnership

Limited Liability Corporation (LLC)

Non-profit

Other

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* 15. Location of company's headquarters:

In State

Elsewhere in Nation

Outside USA

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* 16. What year was this location opened?

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* 17. Name of parent company, if different:

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* 18. Functions located at this facility:

Distribution

Headquarters

Services/Retail

Engineering/RD

Manufacturing

Warehousing

Other (please specify)

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* 19. Does the company have another US location that provides a similar product/service as the local operation?

Yes

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* 20. Does this company have another location elsewhere in the world that provides a similar product/service as the local operation?

Yes

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* 21. Has the local facility changed owners in the past five years?

Yes

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* 22. Total number of employees at this facility:

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* 23. Historical employment trend:

Declining

Staying the same

Increasing

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* 24. Projected number of employees 12 months from today?

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* 25. Percent of Workforce:

Skilled / Professional

Semi-skilled

Entry-level

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* 26. Average hourly workforce wage: (less benefits)

Skilled / Professional

Semi-skilled

Entry-level

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* 27. Percent of workforce who live in:

Cook County

Will County

Chicago Area

Other States

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* 28. Do you have problems retaining employees?

Yes

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* 29. Do you have problems recruiting new employees?

Yes

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* 30. Is there a formal workforce training program in place?

Yes

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* 31. Status of union:

Yes

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* 32. Annual sales at this location:

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* 33. What is the projected sales growth in the next year at this facility?

Declining

1-9%

10-24%

25-49%

50-99%

Greater than 100%

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* 34. Historical sales trends at this facility:

Declining

Staying the same

Increasing

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* 35. Please identify the source of your sales by percentage:

Local (within 50 miles)

Regional (between 51 to 250 miles)

National

International

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* 36. Please identify the souce of your supplies by percentage:

Local (within 50 miles)

Regional (between 51 and 250 miles)

National

International

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* 37. International trade status:

Import

Export

None

N/A

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* 38. Use of Internet

Don't use

Website

Sell products/services

Exchange data internally/externally

Market Research

Buy products/services

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* 39. Importance of Internet for your business today:

Not Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

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* 40. What is the status of your investment in IT over the past 18 months?

Declining

Staying the same

Increasing

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* 41. Status of facility

Owned

Leased

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* 42. If leased, lease expiration date?

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* 43. Condition of facility:

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor

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* 44. Condition of equipment:

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor

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* 45. Describe the operations at this site:

One shift

Two shifts

24hrs

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* 46. Amount of investment in the facility over past 18 months:

Declining

Staying the same

Increasing

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* 47. Are you planning to expand locally in the next 12-18 months?

Yes

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* 48. Municipal Services

	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	No Opinion	N/A
Public Water/Sewer	Public Water/Sewer Poor	Public Water/Sewer Fair	Public Water/Sewer Good	Public Water/Sewer Excellent	Public Water/Sewer No Opinion	Public Water/Sewer N/A
Code Enforcement	Code Enforcement Poor	Code Enforcement Fair	Code Enforcement Good	Code Enforcement Excellent	Code Enforcement No Opinion	Code Enforcement N/A
Building Inspection / permitting	Building Inspection / permitting Poor	Building Inspection / permitting Fair	Building Inspection / permitting Good	Building Inspection / permitting Excellent	Building Inspection / permitting No Opinion	Building Inspection / permitting N/A
Zoning / land use	Zoning / land use Poor	Zoning / land use Fair	Zoning / land use Good	Zoning / land use Excellent	Zoning / land use No Opinion	Zoning / land use N/A
Local Road Network	Local Road Network Poor	Local Road Network Fair	Local Road Network Good	Local Road Network Excellent	Local Road Network No Opinion	Local Road Network N/A
Interstate highway system / condition	Interstate highway system / condition Poor	Interstate highway system / condition Fair	Interstate highway system / condition Good	Interstate highway system / condition Excellent	Interstate highway system / condition No Opinion	Interstate highway system / condition N/A
Utility - Gas	Utility - Gas Poor	Utility - Gas Fair	Utility - Gas Good	Utility - Gas Excellent	Utility - Gas No Opinion	Utility - Gas N/A
Utility - Electricity	Utility - Electricity Poor	Utility - Electricity Fair	Utility - Electricity Good	Utility - Electricity Excellent	Utility - Electricity No Opinion	Utility - Electricity N/A
Phone - Internet - broadband	Phone - Internet - broadband Poor	Phone - Internet - broadband Fair	Phone - Internet - broadband Good	Phone - Internet - broadband Excellent	Phone - Internet - broadband No Opinion	Phone - Internet - broadband N/A
Police protection	Police protection Poor	Police protection Fair	Police protection Good	Police protection Excellent	Police protection No Opinion	Police protection N/A
Fire/emergency services	Fire/emergency services Poor	Fire/emergency services Fair	Fire/emergency services Good	Fire/emergency services Excellent	Fire/emergency services No Opinion	Fire/emergency services N/A
Public transportation	Public transportation Poor	Public transportation Fair	Public transportation Good	Public transportation Excellent	Public transportation No Opinion	Public transportation N/A

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* 49. Business Climate / Quality of Life

	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	No Opinion	N/A
Workforce quality	Workforce quality Poor	Workforce quality Fair	Workforce quality Good	Workforce quality Excellent	Workforce quality No Opinion	Workforce quality N/A
Workforce availability	Workforce availability Poor	Workforce availability Fair	Workforce availability Good	Workforce availability Excellent	Workforce availability No Opinion	Workforce availability N/A
Local government	Local government Poor	Local government Fair	Local government Good	Local government Excellent	Local government No Opinion	Local government N/A
Local tax structure	Local tax structure Poor	Local tax structure Fair	Local tax structure Good	Local tax structure Excellent	Local tax structure No Opinion	Local tax structure N/A
County tax structure	County tax structure Poor	County tax structure Fair	County tax structure Good	County tax structure Excellent	County tax structure No Opinion	County tax structure N/A
State tax structure	State tax structure Poor	State tax structure Fair	State tax structure Good	State tax structure Excellent	State tax structure No Opinion	State tax structure N/A
Workers compensation rates	Workers compensation rates Poor	Workers compensation rates Fair	Workers compensation rates Good	Workers compensation rates Excellent	Workers compensation rates No Opinion	Workers compensation rates N/A
Recreation	Recreation Poor	Recreation Fair	Recreation Good	Recreation Excellent	Recreation No Opinion	Recreation N/A
Arts/Culture	Arts/Culture Poor	Arts/Culture Fair	Arts/Culture Good	Arts/Culture Excellent	Arts/Culture No Opinion	Arts/Culture N/A
Housing	Housing Poor	Housing Fair	Housing Good	Housing Excellent	Housing No Opinion	Housing N/A
K-12 education	K-12 education Poor	K-12 education Fair	K-12 education Good	K-12 education Excellent	K-12 education No Opinion	K-12 education N/A
Colleges/universities	Colleges/universities Poor	Colleges/universities Fair	Colleges/universities Good	Colleges/universities Excellent	Colleges/universities No Opinion	Colleges/universities N/A
Technical training	Technical training Poor	Technical training Fair	Technical training Good	Technical training Excellent	Technical training No Opinion	Technical training N/A

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* 50. Please rate the local business climate:

Poor

Good

Fair

Excellent

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* 51. Please compare the business climate today versus five years ago:

Worse today

No Change

Better today

No opinion

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* 52. Please forecast the condition the local business climate 5 years from today:

Better

About the same

Worse

No Opinion