Integrated Supply Chain Organization

Integrated Supply Chain Organization Survey/Report

This brief survey has been developed by Supply Chain Digest, Supply Chain Executive Insights, and The Logistics Institute of Georgia Tech to better understand the evolution of companies towards an integrated supply chain organization.

We appreciate your help. All respondents will receive a detailed report of the survey results and related commentary and insight.

Of course, all responses are completely confidential, and will only be reported in aggregate form.

If you have any questions, please contact either Dan Gilmore, editor of Supply Chain Digest (dgilmore@scdigest.com), or Dr. John Langley of Georgia Tech (jlangley@gatech.edu).

We’d appreciate your response by Oct. 31 2006

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Short Integrated Supply Chain Survey

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Integrated supply chain organization definition:

For this purpose of this survey, we define an integrated supply chain organization as one that has full responsibility across the corporation (including different divisions, business units and geographies) for the planning and management of all activities involved in end-to-end supply chain processes, including direct sourcing and procurement, conversion/manufacturing, and all logistics management activities (functions as appropriate based on the nature of the company - e.g., a retailer may not manufacture).

1.	Based on the above definition, does your company currently have an integrated supply chain function?

Yes
No

If you answered Yes, please move to question 2. If you answered No, please move to question 7

2.	If yes, for how many years has this organizational structure been in place?

3.	Which of the following best characterizes the structure that preceded the integrated supply chain organization?

	Different functional groups at the corporate level (e.g. operations/manufacturing and logistics)
	Single corporate supply chain organization, not all of the functions included (e.g. procurement)
	Integrated supply chain organization at the division, but not at the corporate level
	Supply chain functions at the business level, but not fully integrated
If other, please specify

5.	Where does the integrated supply chain function report:

	CEO
	COO
	CFO
If other, please specify

6.	What advice would you offer other companies considering moving to an integrated supply chain organization?

You're done! Please move to the demographic information in question 9.

Do not answer questions 7 and 8 unless you chose "No" in question 1.

7.	If not an integrated function, what best characterizes your company’s supply chain organization?

	Different functional groups at the corporate level (e.g. operations/manufacturing and logistics)
	Single corporate supply chain organization, not all of the functions included (e.g. procurement)
	Integrated supply chain organization at the division, but not at the corporate level
	Supply chain functions at the business level, but not fully integrated
If other, please specify

8.	What is the biggest barrier do you believe in creating an integrated supply chain function in your company?

	No clear value from doing so
	Businesses want to control their own supply chains
	Just not our culture/vision
	Need to better articulate the business value
	Not enough time to develop
	Personalities
If other, please specify

*9.	Demographics (all info kept strictly confidential)

First Name
Last Name
Title
Company

*10.	Contact info (all responses kept completely confidential)

Address
Address
City
State/Province
Zip/Postal Code
Country
Work Phone
Email Address

11.	On behalf of Supply Chain Digest, Supply Chain Executive Insights, and Georgia Tech, we thank you very much for your help. May we contact you for possible additional observations on this important topic (confidential or not)?

Yes
No