The purpose of this survey is to gather information about your organization's sample management process and to share the results in the PDMA 201 workshop session during the 2015 Sharing Conference. Responses are confidential.

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* 1. In your opinion, what level of sample management service do you offer to your field force?

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* 2. What is the approximate size of your field force (reps only)?

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* 3. What department do your Sample Management resources report to?

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* 4. Check any services you outsource to a third party vendor (Check all that apply)

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* 5. Who conducts your representative closeouts?

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* 6. How are your sample shipment quantities determined?

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* 7. What type of SFA system do you utilize?

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* 8. How do you manage your vacant territories and white space? (Check all that apply)

  Vacant/LOA Territories White Space
DM/RD Covered
Peer Representative Covered
Third Party Program (e.g. DTP)
Telesales Team
No Coverage

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* 9. Which group drives your violation management process?

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* 10. What kind of violation management system to you have?

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* 11. How do you enforce your violation management process?

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* 12. Reconciliation frequency (Check all that apply)

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* 13. How do you differentiate your Reconciliation and SLT thresholds?

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* 14. When you reconcile, what do you reconcile to?

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* 15. Have you been through an FDA Sample Audit?

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* 16. If Yes, what areas did the FDA focus on? (Check all that apply)

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* 17. What areas did the FDA cite? (Check all that apply)

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* 18. What challenges do you foresee you will encounter in the next 1-2 years in relation to your sample management program?

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* 19. Do you see, or are aware of, any new technology or processes for the next generation in sample management?

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