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Assess Your Supply Chain INNOVATION Capabilities
How well your company innovate - using a 5-Star B2B Network?
How well your company innovate - using a 5-Star B2B Network?
How well your company innovate - using a 5-Star B2B Network?
How well your company innovate - using a 5-Star B2B Network?
How well your company innovate - using a 5-Star B2B Network?
How well your company innovate - using a 5-Star B2B Network?
1.
In the last 3 year, on average what percentage of revenue is derived directly from new products or services (not including next generation/version of old products/services):
More than 25%
More than 20% but less than 25%
More than 15% but less than 20%
More than 10% but less than 15%
More than 5% but less than 10%
Less than 5%
2.
How long does it take before your company typically launches next generation (new versions/models) of existing products, or services?
More than 4 years
More than 3 years but less than 4 years
More than 2 years but less than 3 years
More than 1 year but less than 2 years
Less than 1 year
3.
Every company talk about encouraging diversity in its ranks because it encourages innovation. What percentage of your top 50 people (Board of Directors, CEO, Direct reports to CEO and one level lower) are of different gender and ethnic group than the majority?
For gender
Less than 5%
6%-10%
10%-20%
20%-40%
More than 40%
For ethnic group
Less than 5%
6%-10%
10%-20%
20%-40%
More than 40%
4.
How long does it take before your company typically launches an entirely new product, or service, that your company has never offered before?
More than 10 years
More than 8 years but less than 10 years
More than 6 years but less than 8 years
More than 4 year but less than 6 years
More than 2 year but less than 4 years
5.
In the last 3 year, on average what percentage of profit (EBITDA) is derived directly from new products or services (not including next generation/version of old products/services):
More than 25%
More than 20% but less than 25%
More than 15% but less than 20%
More than 10% but less than 15%
More than 5% but less than 10%
Less than 5%
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6.
When your company launches a new product, or a next generation product – what is the relative market share it typically achieves after the first 4 months?
Outside top 4
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
7.
How long does it take before your company typically launches an entirely new product, or service, that no other company has ever offered before?
More than 15 years
More than 12 years but less than 15 years
More than 9 years but less than 12 years
More than 6 year but less than 9 years
More than 4 year but less than 6 years
8.
What kind of innovation is more common in your company?
Product innovation
Process innovation
Both innovations
None
9.
Where do key strategic suppliers become deeply involved in the new product development?
At conceptualization stage
At Design stage
At Prototype stage
At production design stage
At production stage
At order placement stage
10.
Where do key strategic customers become deeply involved in the new product development?
At conceptualization stage
At Design stage
At Prototype stage
At production design stage
At production stage
At pre-marketing stage
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11.
What percentage of products were developed in deep collaboration with key suppliers?
More than 75%
50% to 75%
25% - 50%
Less than 25%
None
12.
What percentage of products originated from outside the company?
More than 75%
50% to 75%
25% - 50%
Less than 25%
None
13.
How quickly do you improve the product design after initial test launch?
Rapidly – within 2 weeks
Reasonably – within one month
With certainty – in 3 months
We never launch products till we are sure of them
14.
How many participants in the eco-systems that typically design your products prior to the prototype stage?
More than 5
4 or 5
3
2
1 (just your company)
15.
How close knit as a cohesive work group are the various companies that act as participants in the eco-system that typically design your products prior to the prototype stage?
Co-located and work as a single team in same location
Work as a single team in multiple locations
Regular communications, meetings and in-depth discussions followed by individual R & D effort
Mainly a top-down customer supplier relationship managed in a formal manner
Irregular communications
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16.
What is your company’s typical role in work groups with various companies that act as participants in the eco-system that typically design your products prior to the prototype stage?
Leader and/or orchestrator
Co-leader or a close 2IC
One of the active participants
Participants who contribute to overall effort
No role
17.
How self-reinforcing is the flywheel of work group of various companies that act as participants in the eco-system that typically design your products prior to the prototype stage?
We build on each other’s ideas, outcomes and actively create further momentum
We sustain momentum by command and compliance
Typically the group is running in many directions but we manage to pull them together from time to time and get outcomes
Not many outcomes in the group format
18.
How well does the work group of various companies that act as participants in the eco-system that typically design your products prior to the prototype stage keeps secrets?
Watertight – no leaks ever
Occasional missteps and leaks – mostly harmless and unintended.
Frequent leaks – sometimes harmful or intended
Regular leaks – there are no secrets
19.
How willing are you, and the work group of various companies that act as participants in the eco-system that typically design your products prior to the prototype stage to cannibalize/ kill current product to build the next one?
We will consider it if necessary
We think about the possibility and how to handle it
We do this regularly and create new products that make old ones redundant
We obsess over it – we know that if we do not do it, someone else will
20.
Think about your current best-seller product (or family of products) – how long ago was it created?
Less than 2 years ago
2 years – 3 years ago
3 years to 5 years ago
5 years to 8 years ago
More than 8 years ago
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