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Industry Partnering Survey

Last October, GAWDA members were invited to respond to four questions that appeared in the association's newsletter, GAWDA Connection. The survey was divided into 1) Distributors, and 2) Manufacturers/Suppliers/ Vendors. All of the responses to the questions are on these pages. They are unedited and appear exactly as they were submitted. A summary of the results may be found in the article GAWDA Distributor/Manufacturer Survey found in the winter edition of Welding & Gases Today.

Responses are divided into one of two categories: Those received from GAWDA Distributor Members and GAWDA Associate Members.

Summary of Distributor Respondents by Title:
President/CEO (32%)
Vice President (28%)
Manager: General/Branch/Regional (13%)
Sales Manager (8%)
Sales Staff (4%)
Other (15%)
     Purchasing Manager, Director of Product & Key      Account Development, Inventory Control
     Manager, Compliance Manager, HR/Safety
     Manager, Production Manager, Director of
     Purchasing & Materials Management
 
Summary of Manufacturer/Supplier/Vendor Respondents by Title:
President/Principal (24%)
Vice President (4%)
Sales Manager (36%)
Marketing Manager (20%)
Product Manager (8%)
Other (8%)
     CFO, Distributor Manager


The questions asked of each group are listed below.
To view the individual responses received, click on the question of interest.

Distributors
Question: Think of your favorite Supplier(s) and list three or more things they do
that make them special to you.
Question: What are your most important expectations of Suppliers?
Question: How do you measure the effectiveness of your relationship with a Supplier?
Question: How would you rate the effectiveness of your Supplier relationships
as compared with five years ago: improved, worse, no change? Why?
Comments: Other comments

Manufacturers/Suppliers/Vendors
Question: Think of your favorite Distributor(s) and list three or more things they do
that make them special to you.
Question: What are your most important expectations of Distributors?
Question: How do you measure the effectiveness of your relationship with a Distributor?
Question: How would you rate the effectiveness of your Distributor relationships
as compared with five years ago: improved, worse, no change? Why?
Comments: Other comments

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Welding & Gases Today • Winter 2003 • Volume 2, No. 1 • Entire contents are Copyright © Data Key Communications, Inc. • All rights reserved. • Nothing may be reproduced in whole or part without written permission of the publisher.