2021 Manufacturing Survey

Complete the 6 multiple-choice questions and we will provide you with your ranking among your peers, you will receive the Manufacturing Trends Report, and you will be entered to win a $250 gift card!

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* 1. Based on your current functional capabilities, select how your business manages Commerce and Order Management.

Option 1: Legacy ecommerce, limited presence, our price sheet is manually updated in Excel

Option 2: Accept orders from EDI, phone, fax, web (on the web, we have simple search and basic check out)

Option 3: Website is a single platform with B2B and B2C, but no mobile

Option 4: Commerce is omnichannel, real-time, scalable, single-data model, responsive design, and we have a 360 degree view for order management

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* 2. Based on your current functional capabilities, select how your business manages Supply Chain Management.

Option 1: Manual transactions, no updates from vendors until order is ready, paper-based tracking

Option 2: Automated but disconnected transactions, demand planning, infrequent vendor updates

Option 3: Distribution requirements planning, frequent vendor updates, manual load balancing, exception tracking

Option 4: Vendor portals, fully automated and self-levelling supply chain, buyers scorecards, vendor MES

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* 3. Based on your current functional capabilities, select how your business manages Warehousing.

Option 1: Paper-based workflows, operator driven, basic inventory tracking

Option 2: RF/mobile barcode scanning, manual replenishment and cycle counting

Option 3: Inventory allocation by FIFO/FEFO, dynamic putaway, integrated ASN

Option 4: Wave planning, cartonization, labor planning, dynamic slotting

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* 4. Based on your current functional capabilities, select how your business manages Budgeting & Forecasting.

Option 1: Manual, spreadsheet-centric, time-consuming

Option 2: Distributed management systems

Option 3: Integrated budget vs. actual, change controls

Option 4: Customized data entry sheets, rolling 12-month forecasts, single version of truth

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* 5. Based on your current functional capabilities, select how your business manages EDI transactions with your retailers (like Amazon, Wayfair, etc.).

Option 1: Manual, logging into 3rd party retailer/vendor portals

Option 2: Bulk uploads, using CSV/Excel spreadsheets between systems

Option 3: Limited automation, certain transactions are automated with my system

Option 4: Full EDI automation, all EDI transactions are automated via 3rd party service or in-house solution

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* 6. Based on your current functional capabilities, select how your business manages the Exemption Certificate Process.

Option 1: No sales to exempt buyers

Option 2: We have a few tax exempt buyers and are able to track manually

Option 3: Exemption certificates are stored using a document mgmt system or in my ERP

Option 4: Comprehensive exemption certification management platform

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2021 Manufacturing Survey

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* 1. Based on your current functional capabilities, select how your business manages Commerce and Order Management.

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* 2. Based on your current functional capabilities, select how your business manages Supply Chain Management.

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* 3. Based on your current functional capabilities, select how your business manages Warehousing.

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* 4. Based on your current functional capabilities, select how your business manages Budgeting & Forecasting.

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* 5. Based on your current functional capabilities, select how your business manages EDI transactions with your retailers (like Amazon, Wayfair, etc.).

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* 6. Based on your current functional capabilities, select how your business manages the Exemption Certificate Process.

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* 7. Where can we send your results?

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* 8. Bonus Question! Which single area of your business is highest priority? What would you like to improve soonest? (This question is not mandatory.)