Issue: improving supply chain management (For Embraer)
Business analysts use a variety of tools to gather information and feedback about a project. One of these tools is surveying stakeholders. In this exercise, you will create, design, administer and evaluate the results of a stakeholder survey. The stakeholders may be part of your Course Project, or they may be any other group of individuals you wish to survey.
1. Choose your issue and design your survey. Issue: improving supply chain management
2. Construct a diagram of the inputs, tasks, and outputs to map the Survey Monkey survey. NEEDS TO BE CONSTRUCTED EXAMPLE BELOW
3. Define your survey objective. What are you going to survey? What questions are you going to ask? What is the objective of the survey? What will you do with the information?
4. Identify your stakeholders.
5. Run your survey.
6. Write a 500-word analysis of your Survey Monkey data. Explore what the elicitation from surveying your stakeholders told you about the problem and begin to design and develop alternative solutions. Back up your opinions with 2 scholarly sources and cite both in-text and at work's end the APA way. In an appendix AFTER your reference page place a screen shot of your Survey
Inputs
- Stakeholders
- Survey Monkey platform
- Survey questions
Tasks
- Create survey
- Distribute survey
- Collect responses
- Analyze responses
Outputs
- Survey results
- Recommendations
- Current state of supply chain management: What are the strengths and weaknesses of the current supply chain management process?
- Opportunities for improvement: What are the areas where the supply chain management process could be improved?
- Priorities for improvement: What are the most important areas for improvement?
- The survey will be distributed to a select group of stakeholders who are involved in the supply chain management process.
- The survey will be anonymous, so respondents will feel comfortable providing honest feedback.
- The survey will be conducted online using the Survey Monkey platform.
- The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
- Make sure the survey is clear and concise. The survey should be easy to understand and complete.
- Ask the right questions. The questions should be relevant to the issue being addressed.
- Keep the survey short. People are more likely to complete a short survey than a long one.
- Offer incentives. Offering incentives, such as a gift card or entry into a drawing, can encourage people to participate in the survey.
- Thank respondents. Thanking respondents for their time and participation shows that you appreciate their input.