Market pull, Organization push, and you？

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Q1:Chapter 1: Product and Supply Chain (5 questions)

Q2:Do you have difficulties to promote products (which are mature in the EU/US market) in the Chinese market? (Please enter on a scale from 1-5)

1 = easy; 5 = difficult

Q3:Do you have difficulties to understand influence/availability of raw material on the production of your main products? (Please enter on a scale from 1-5)

1 = easy; 5 = difficult

Q4:Do you have difficulties to understand and assess your suppliers upstream value chain? (Please enter on a scale from 1-5)

1 = easy; 5 = difficult

Q5:What are the key challenges that you face in regards to the assessment of your suppliers upstream value chain? (Multiple choice list, please enter on a scale from 1-5; 1 = not at all; 5 = yes, very much)

Lack of market transparency

Fast developing supplier market consolidation

Fast changing regulatory environment/ ambiguous regulations

Lack of knowledge of upstream value chain

Lack of resources for upstream value chain assessment

Lack of understanding regarding the impact of the upstream value chain on my business

Q6:Please add additional challenges in regards to understanding your supplier's upstream value chain

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Q7:Chapter 2: Customer Requirements (4 questions)

Q8:Do you have difficulties in understanding and assessing your customers local requirements? (Please enter on a scale from 1-5)

1 = easy; 5 = difficult

Q9:Do you have difficulties to adjust your products to local customers requirements? (Please enter on a scale from 1-5)

1 = easy; 5 = difficult

Q10:What are the key challenges that you face in regards to the adjustment of your products to the local customer's market requirements? (Multiple choice list, please enter on a scale from 1-5; 1 = not at all; 5 = yes, very much)

Lack of local engineering, R&D capabilities

Lack of support by the global HQ

Lack of understanding of the fast changing regulatory environment/ ambiguous regulations

Lack of understanding of the priority market for your product (e.g. target region, customer segment)

Lack of knowledge of the local client requirements

Lack of knowledge of the competitive products

Lack of resources to assess downstream markets

Q11:Please add additional challenges in regards to understanding your customer's local requirements

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Q12:Chapter 3: Business and IT Strategy (4+2 questions)

Q13:Do you have difficulties to adjust your business strategy, organization and processes to the local business environment such as customer requirements, product features and upstream supply value chain? (Please enter on a scale from 1-5)

1 = easy; 5 = difficult

Q14:What are the key challenges that you face in regards to the adjustment of your business strategy, organization and processes to the local business environment? (Multiple choice list, please enter on a scale from 1-5; 1 = not at all; 5 = yes, very much)

Too many different legal entities

Retention of key resources

Lack of process documentation

Lack of governance

Lack of reliable legal framework

Lack of support by the global HQ

Lack of understanding of the fast changing regulatory environment

Q15:Please add additional challenges in regards to adjusting your business strategy, organization and processes to the local business environment

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Q16:Do you have difficulties to align your IT technology and systems to your forever changing business demand? (Please enter on a scale from 1-5)

1 = easy; 5 = difficult

Q17:Please choose your Industry Segment

Chemical & Life Science

Automotive

Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing

Q18:Are you interested in the Suvey results and opinion of other participants whos background are quite similar with yours? (If you are, please choose Yes and leave us your contact information, otherwise please choose No and end the suvey)

Yes

Q19:Statistical Information

Your Company Name

Your Position & Title

Your First Name

Your Last Name

Q20:Your Email Address