Drowning in Data Question Title * 1. Which functional area are you most involved with? Supply Chain Planning Manufacturing Sourcing & Procurement Transport – Deep Sea Shipping Transport – Other Modes Packaging Warehousing & Logistics End-to-End Supply Chain & Logistics Reverse Logistics Maintenance Customer Service Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. What is your job role? Individual Contributor Team Lead Manager Senior Manager Regional Manager Vice President Management/ C-Level Partner Owner Volunteer Intern Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. How long have you been in your current organization? Less than one year One to three years Three years or more Question Title * 4. What size of organisation do you work for? Sole trader/contractor <50 employees 50-250 employees 251-1,000 employees >1,000 employees Question Title * 5. What is your main work location? Office based Non-office based Mixed (Site Operations & Office) Question Title * 6. What best describes your function? Operations Commercial (sales) Administration Finance Leadership Compliance/Risk Management Other Question Title * 7. Where are you based? UK SEA Asia Europe MENA Africa North America South America Global Question Title * 8. Which region do you serve in your work? UK SEA Asia Europe MENA Africa North America South America Global Question Title * 9. Which industry do you mainly service (multiple choice responses allowed)? Agriculture Food & Beverage Products FMCG Textiles Personal Care Pharmaceuticals Automotive High-tech Goods Defence Machinery Aerospace Chemical Products Mineral Products Plastic Products Metal Products Freight Forwarding (or other services) Question Title * 10. How many work-related emails do you receive per day? < 25 25-50 51-75 76-100 101-150 151-250 251-400 401+ Question Title * 11. Of those received emails what percentage are challenging/checking data accuracy? <10% 10-20% 21-30% 31-40% 41-50% 51-60% 61-70% 71%+ Question Title * 12. Of those work-related emails what percentage does not need to be sent to you directly? <10% 10-20% 21-30% 31-40% 41-50% 51-60% 61-70% 71%+ Question Title * 13. How many emails do you send per day <25 25-50 51-75 76-100 101-150 151-250 251-400 401+ Question Title * 14. Of those sent emails what percentage are follow-up emails chasing a reply/response? <10% 10-20% 21-30% 31-40% 41-50% 51-60% 61-70% 71%+ Question Title * 15. How many pages of hard copy (paper) documents do you handle per day? <10 10-25 26-50 51-75 76-100 101-150 151-250 251-400 401+ Question Title * 16. How many pages of soft copy (electronic) documents do you handle per day? <10 10-25 26-50 51-75 76-100 101-150 151-250 251-400 401+ Question Title * 17. How many Smartphone-based apps do you use each day for work e.g., SMS = 1, WhatsApp = 1, WeChat = 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6-10 11-15 16+ Question Title * 18. How many Computer-based systems do you use each day for work e.g., SAP = 1, Excel = 1, Outlook = 1, Other systems = 1 each 0 1 2 3 4 5 6-10 11-15 16+ Question Title * 19. How many Web-based systems (browser) do you use each day i.e., each browser tab = 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6-10 11-15 16+ Question Title * 20. What do you spend most of your time on? 1 being the most time spent and 3 being the least time spent. Question Title * 21. I am often distracted by an excessive amount of information available to me in my role. Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree Question Title * 22. I find that I am overwhelmed by the amount of information I have to process on a daily basis. Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree Question Title * 23. There is too much information, so I find it a burden to process. Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree Question Title * 24. I find that only a small part of the information is relevant to my needs. Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree Question Title * 25. Do you feel that your data workload hinders the performance of your role in the organisation? Yes No Question Title * 26. What is the most difficult/frustrating part of obtaining or using information and data in your job? Question Title * 27. What is the most difficult/frustrating part of sharing information and data in your job? Question Title * 28. If you could change one thing about how you obtain or use information and data, what would that be? Question Title * 29. If you could change one thing about how you share information and data, what would that be? Done