QUESTIONNAIRE

Supplier Management Practices - Bahria University, Islamabad.

Thank you very much for agreeing to answer a few questions about the supplier management practices at
your organization. This questionnaire has 17 questions and should take less than 10 minutes to complete.
This questionnaire is being administered under a complete non-disclosure agreement. Your personal or
organizational details and your opinions expressed here will not be shared at any level. Only aggregated
results will be used for research purpose.

Please answer following questions by encircling your choice:

Gender

M X

Age

20-30

30-40 X

40-50

50-60

Experience

5 yrs or less

10-15 yrs X

15-20 yrs

20 yrs or more

Position

Junior Manager

ManagerX

Executive

Senior Executive

1.The average length of business relationship between your organization and its suppliers is:
1 yr or less

1-2 yrs

2-5 yrs

5-10 yrs

10 yrs or more

2. While selecting a supplier, what key aspects does your organization consider?
a. price
b. innovation
c. quality
d. previous record
e. service
f.
3. We outsource a significant amount of our business activities.
Strongly Agree X

Agree

Not Sure

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

4. I believe that our suppliers are critical to the success of our organization.
Strongly Agree

Agree X

Not Sure

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

5. We share all required details with our suppliers including our designs.
Strongly Agree

Agree

Not Sure

Disagree X

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

6. Our organization invests in development of our suppliers.

Strongly Agree

Agree

Not Sure X

7. Is your company contributing to areas where they are sourcing its raw materials from? How?
No

8. Do any of these factors inhibit complete supplier integration at your organization?

Factor

Yes

No
X

Our information is too secret to share.

X

Suppliers have limited interest in integration.

There is resistance to change in our organization.

X

Suppliers are not reliable enough.

Other:

9. Where is Purchasing Department placed in your organizations hierarchy?

Directly under the top executive

Reporting to a level 2 executive

Reporting to a department head X

10. Does your organization have a formal purchase manual?

Yes

No

Not Sure

11. Does your organization use automated system to evaluate its suppliers performance?
Yes

No, We dont have such a system

We have a system but it is not automated X

12. Does your organization share the results of supplier performance with the suppliers?
Yes

No

Not Sure

13. Is Total Cost of Ownership considered when taking important buying decisions?
Yes

No

Not Sure

14. Is there a formal ethics policy related to SCM at your organization?

Yes

No

Not Sure

15. Is there a formal supplier selection process at your organization?

Yes

No

Not Sure

16. How long does the supplier selection process take?

2 months or more

1-2 months X

2-4 weeks

1-2 weeks

1 week or less

17. Overall, I am fairly satisfied with the performance of our suppliers.

Strongly Agree

Agree X

Not Sure

Disagree

Strongly Disagree