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Thank you for participating in the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) survey. The survey consists of [xx] questions and will take about 10 - 15 minutes to complete.

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Where do you work? (select the region that matches for you personally - your primary location)
 
 
 
What is your department or primary area of responsibility? (select the one that most closely matches)
 
 
 
What is the span of your role? (select the one that most closely matches)

Please respond to the rest of the survey based on this span of control.
 
 
 
What is your scope of responsibility in the company? (select the one that most closely matches your reporting relationships)
 
 
What is your industry? If you make products in several markets, check all that apply in the Secondary column also. (For single sites, please check one in the Primary column; if more than one site, check all that apply.)
Primary (Single Site) Primary (Multiple Sites) Secondary
Advanced Materials & derived products (ceramics, composites, glass, silicon, etc.)
Aerospace & Defense
Aggregates (crushed stone, sand, gravel, cement and other rock-based products)
Apparel & Fashion
Automotive & other Vehicles
Beverage or Drinks
Chemicals
Consumer Packaged Goods
Consumer Durables & Non-packaged Goods
Distribution, Wholesale & Logistics
Primary (Single Site) Primary (Multiple Sites) Secondary
Electronics Equipment
Fabrication & Assembly
Food
Furniture
Heavy Machinery
Industrial Equipment
Medical Devices and Diagnostics
Metals and Mining
Mill or Roll Products (Paper, Textiles, Films, etc.)
Packaging
Primary (Single Site) Primary (Multiple Sites) Secondary
Petroleum, Oil and Gas
Plastic Products - molding, forming etc.
Pharmaceutical
Semiconductor, LED or Photovoltaics, Sensors, Flat screens, and related wafer-based products
Utilities/Energy
Water/Wastewater
Other
 
 
Does you company use the following software applications, and how widely? (select one answer per row)
Widely in use <2 years ago 3-5 years ago 5-10 years ago >10 years ago Some use or pilot Still piloting or testing Planning to buy in next 1-2 years Not used nor planned in next 1-2 years Don't know Not applicable
ADC - Automated Data Collection
BPM - Business Process Management, workflow or enforced processes
CRM - Customer relationship management
EAM / CMMS - Maintenance/Asset/calibration management
EDMS - Document management & ISO support
ERP - Enterprise resources planning
MES / MOM - Manufacturing execution system / Manufacturing operations management
OI / EMI / OPM - Plant Dashboards / Operations or Mfg. Intelligence / Performance Management
PLM/PDM - Product lifecycle management or Product data management
QMS - Quality management incl. CAPA and workflow
SCM - Supply chain management
SPC/SQC - statistical process / quality control
SRM/SQ - Supplier relationship management / supplier quality & scorecards
T&A - Time & attendance management or labor tracking
 
 
When did you implement the application you use now? (Check one per row)
Less than 2 years ago 2-3 years ago 3-5 years ago 5-10 years ago Greater than 10 years ago Still piloting or testing Not applicable
ERP - Enterprise Resources Planning
MES/MOM - Manufacturing Execution/Manufacturing Operations
OI/EMI/OPM - Operations Intelligence or dashboards
QMS - Quality management
SPC/SQC - Statistical process/quality control
 
 
Financial / business metrics to lower: Performance improvement - year-on-year average over the past 3 years.

(check one per metric that you try to lower)
Improved over 10% Improved 3.1-10% Improved 1.1%-3% Improved less than 1% Not improved or worse Used, but don't know change Don't know if used Not used / not measured
Total manufacturing cost per unit excluding materials
Manufacturing cost as a % of revenue
Cash-to-cash cycle time (measure of Cash flow)
Warranty costs as % of revenue
Cost of quality as % of revenue
Energy cost per unit
 
 
Financial / business metrics to raise: Performance improvement - year-on-year average over the past 3 years.

(check one per metric that you try to raise)
Improved over 10% Improved 3.1-10% Improved 1.1%-3% Improved less than 1% Not improved or worse Used, but don't know change Don't know if used Not used / not measured
Productivity in revenue per employee
Return on assets / Return on net assets (ROA/RONA)
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)
Net operating profit (value of shipments less material & mfg cost)
Average unit contribution margin
Customer fill rate/On-time delivery/Perfect Order %
Customer satisfaction or Net Promoter Score (NPS)
 
 
 
* Are you willing to provide your contact information?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
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Company
   
 
 
Email Address