Supply Chain Monitor - December 2022 Survey

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* 1. Which category best describes your organization?

Publisher

Distributor/wholesaler

Manufacturer

Retailer

Service Provider

Library

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What are your current concerns within the supply chain? (check all that apply)

Inventory planning

Sourcing (of print capacity, paper, other)

Labor

Freight & Shipping

Information exchange

Adaptation to new business models

Increased expenses/Inflation

Other (please specify)

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* 3. If a single concern outweighs all others, which is it? (If your "other" response is your top concern, please enter it again.)

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* 4. Which of the following are you seeing currently? (check all that apply)

Making printing/stocking decisions earlier than in recent years

Printing/ordering higher quantities than in recent years

Printing/ordering lower quantities than in recent years

Printing/ordering with more frequency

Printing/ordering with less frequency

Splitting print runs to manage capacity or balance delivery times

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What strategies are you using/seeing used? (check all that apply)

Higher first-run print quantities / more first-run inventory

More rapid front list reprints / more frequent front list restocking

Higher front list reprint quantities / more 2nd+ run inventory

Higher backlist reprint quantities / more reprint inventory

Backlist titles reprinted with more frequency

Increased use of automatic stock replenishment

Other (please specify)

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Source / provide paper	Source / provide paper 1	Source / provide paper 2	Source / provide paper 3	Source / provide paper 4	Source / provide paper 5	Source / provide paper N/A
Source / provide offset print capacity	Source / provide offset print capacity 1	Source / provide offset print capacity 2	Source / provide offset print capacity 3	Source / provide offset print capacity 4	Source / provide offset print capacity 5	Source / provide offset print capacity N/A
Source / provide short-run digital print capacity	Source / provide short-run digital print capacity 1	Source / provide short-run digital print capacity 2	Source / provide short-run digital print capacity 3	Source / provide short-run digital print capacity 4	Source / provide short-run digital print capacity 5	Source / provide short-run digital print capacity N/A

N/A

Source / provide paper

Source / provide paper 1

Source / provide paper 2

Source / provide paper 3

Source / provide paper 4

Source / provide paper 5

Source / provide paper N/A

Source / provide offset print capacity

Source / provide offset print capacity 1

Source / provide offset print capacity 2

Source / provide offset print capacity 3

Source / provide offset print capacity 4

Source / provide offset print capacity 5

Source / provide offset print capacity N/A

Source / provide short-run digital print capacity

Source / provide short-run digital print capacity 1

Source / provide short-run digital print capacity 2

Source / provide short-run digital print capacity 3

Source / provide short-run digital print capacity 4

Source / provide short-run digital print capacity 5

Source / provide short-run digital print capacity N/A

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Time to ship from domestic printers to distribution centers	Time to ship from domestic printers to distribution centers 1	Time to ship from domestic printers to distribution centers 2	Time to ship from domestic printers to distribution centers 3	Time to ship from domestic printers to distribution centers 4	Time to ship from domestic printers to distribution centers 5	Time to ship from domestic printers to distribution centers N/A
Time to ship to domestic retailers	Time to ship to domestic retailers 1	Time to ship to domestic retailers 2	Time to ship to domestic retailers 3	Time to ship to domestic retailers 4	Time to ship to domestic retailers 5	Time to ship to domestic retailers N/A
Time to ship to domestic consumers	Time to ship to domestic consumers 1	Time to ship to domestic consumers 2	Time to ship to domestic consumers 3	Time to ship to domestic consumers 4	Time to ship to domestic consumers 5	Time to ship to domestic consumers N/A
Time to ship from overseas printers to distribution centers	Time to ship from overseas printers to distribution centers 1	Time to ship from overseas printers to distribution centers 2	Time to ship from overseas printers to distribution centers 3	Time to ship from overseas printers to distribution centers 4	Time to ship from overseas printers to distribution centers 5	Time to ship from overseas printers to distribution centers N/A

N/A

Time to ship from domestic printers to distribution centers

Time to ship from domestic printers to distribution centers 1

Time to ship from domestic printers to distribution centers 2

Time to ship from domestic printers to distribution centers 3

Time to ship from domestic printers to distribution centers 4

Time to ship from domestic printers to distribution centers 5

Time to ship from domestic printers to distribution centers N/A

Time to ship to domestic retailers

Time to ship to domestic retailers 1

Time to ship to domestic retailers 2

Time to ship to domestic retailers 3

Time to ship to domestic retailers 4

Time to ship to domestic retailers 5

Time to ship to domestic retailers N/A

Time to ship to domestic consumers

Time to ship to domestic consumers 1

Time to ship to domestic consumers 2

Time to ship to domestic consumers 3

Time to ship to domestic consumers 4

Time to ship to domestic consumers 5

Time to ship to domestic consumers N/A

Time to ship from overseas printers to distribution centers

Time to ship from overseas printers to distribution centers 1

Time to ship from overseas printers to distribution centers 2

Time to ship from overseas printers to distribution centers 3

Time to ship from overseas printers to distribution centers 4

Time to ship from overseas printers to distribution centers 5

Time to ship from overseas printers to distribution centers N/A

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Retailers over-ordering with likely higher returns	Retailers over-ordering with likely higher returns 1	Retailers over-ordering with likely higher returns 2	Retailers over-ordering with likely higher returns 3	Retailers over-ordering with likely higher returns 4	Retailers over-ordering with likely higher returns 5	Retailers over-ordering with likely higher returns N/A
Having to allocate stock to retailers	Having to allocate stock to retailers 1	Having to allocate stock to retailers 2	Having to allocate stock to retailers 3	Having to allocate stock to retailers 4	Having to allocate stock to retailers 5	Having to allocate stock to retailers N/A
Being able to use supply chain inventory to fill in for publisher stockouts	Being able to use supply chain inventory to fill in for publisher stockouts 1	Being able to use supply chain inventory to fill in for publisher stockouts 2	Being able to use supply chain inventory to fill in for publisher stockouts 3	Being able to use supply chain inventory to fill in for publisher stockouts 4	Being able to use supply chain inventory to fill in for publisher stockouts 5	Being able to use supply chain inventory to fill in for publisher stockouts N/A
Cross-channel stock balancing	Cross-channel stock balancing 1	Cross-channel stock balancing 2	Cross-channel stock balancing 3	Cross-channel stock balancing 4	Cross-channel stock balancing 5	Cross-channel stock balancing N/A

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Retailers over-ordering with likely higher returns

Retailers over-ordering with likely higher returns 1

Retailers over-ordering with likely higher returns 2

Retailers over-ordering with likely higher returns 3

Retailers over-ordering with likely higher returns 4

Retailers over-ordering with likely higher returns 5

Retailers over-ordering with likely higher returns N/A

Having to allocate stock to retailers

Having to allocate stock to retailers 1

Having to allocate stock to retailers 2

Having to allocate stock to retailers 3

Having to allocate stock to retailers 4

Having to allocate stock to retailers 5

Having to allocate stock to retailers N/A

Being able to use supply chain inventory to fill in for publisher stockouts

Being able to use supply chain inventory to fill in for publisher stockouts 1

Being able to use supply chain inventory to fill in for publisher stockouts 2

Being able to use supply chain inventory to fill in for publisher stockouts 3

Being able to use supply chain inventory to fill in for publisher stockouts 4

Being able to use supply chain inventory to fill in for publisher stockouts 5

Being able to use supply chain inventory to fill in for publisher stockouts N/A

Cross-channel stock balancing

Cross-channel stock balancing 1

Cross-channel stock balancing 2

Cross-channel stock balancing 3

Cross-channel stock balancing 4

Cross-channel stock balancing 5

Cross-channel stock balancing N/A

Supply Chain Monitor - December 2022

Concerns & Outlook

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* 1. Which category best describes your organization?

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* 2. What are your current concerns within the supply chain? (check all that apply)

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* 3. If a single concern outweighs all others, which is it? (If your "other" response is your top concern, please enter it again.)

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* 4. Which of the following are you seeing currently? (check all that apply)

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* 5. What strategies are you using/seeing used? (check all that apply)

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* 6. How confident are you in your ability to…. (1 = total control; 5 = complete aggravation)

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* 7. How concerned are you with…. (1 = not concerned at all ; 5 = very concerned)

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* 8. How concerned are you with… (1 = not concerned at all ; 5 = very concerned)