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* 1. Contact Information

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* 2. What is your current employment status? 

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* 3. What is the industry/sector of your organization?

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* 4. Which of the following best describes your role at your company (or, if you are a consultant, at the primary company for which you are a consultant)?

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* 5. Where is your designated office located? Please specify the country and city

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* 6. For which of the following, if any, do you have decision-making responsibility OR provide input into decisions within your organization (or, again, if you are a consultant, in the primary organization for which you are consulting)? (Please select all that apply)

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* 7. If you indicated to have input or some responsibility for procurement/purchasing decisions at your organization. What’s the nature of your responsibility in the following categories, if at all?

  I am not involved in any purchase-related decisions for this category I influence the decision but am not responsible for the decision I am the primary decision-maker for purchases in this category
Energy (e.g., oil/gas, solar, wind, hydroelectric)
Paper and packaging
Hardware (e.g., printers, IoT devices, networking IT infrastructure, laptops)
Restaurant equipment
Machinery (e.g., band saws, drill presses)
Building products (e.g., cement, lumber)
Automotive products (e.g., brakes, chassis)
Industrial plastics, chemicals, or agriculture products
Office supplies (e.g., staples, notebooks, writing utensils)

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* 8. In 2 to 3 complete sentences, please describe the nature of your role in the last industrials-related purchase decision in which you were involved.

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* 9. If you indicated that you have purchased energy, hardware, machinery, building products, automotive products, or industrial plastics, chemicals, or agricultural products on behalf of your current company. When did the most recent purchase occur?

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* 10. If you indicated that you have purchased hardware, machinery, building products, automotive products, or industrial plastics, chemicals, or agricultural products on behalf of your current company. From which company or companies have you made such purchases? Please select all that apply.

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* 11. From the companies previously selected, which had the highest annual spend in the last 12 months? Please type company name below.  If you are not sure, please provide your best estimate.

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* 12. Approximately how much was your annual spend with this company? (Range is acceptable). If you are not sure, please provide your best estimate.

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* 13. Thinking of purchases made within the last 12 months with this company, please indicate how much of your time, if at all, was spent on the following activities:

  I did not spent time in this activity  I spent a small amount of the total time doing this activity I spent a moderate amount of the total time doing this activity Spent a great deal of the total time doing in this activity
Searching online for potential vendors that offer the product I needed
Viewing the company’s website
Exchanging email with the company’s team
Viewing the company’s online, pre-recorded materials related to your purchase
Viewing digital materials (e.g. pdfs, or other electronic files) received from the company’s Sales team
Speaking with a member of the Company’s sales team
Attending an in-person demo hosted by the company
Interacted with the company’s sales team at an in-person conference or trade show
None of the above

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* 14. In 2-3 complete sentences, please describe what you purchased from the above company in the past 12 months

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