物流職業研究報告分析(pdf 29頁)（英文版）

物流職業研究報告分析內容提要：
INTRODUCTION
Every year, the Supply Chain Management Research Group at the Ohio State University conducts a survey
to profile the career patterns of senior logistics/supply chain executives and to understand how
organizations incorporate the functions of logistics. Data from the survey is also used to better understand
current and future trends in logistics. The survey is sent to senior U.S. logistics and supply chain executives
who are current members of the Council of Logistics Management.
This year’s survey had five parts. Parts of the survey were dedicated to both corporate organizational and
operational profiles, and respondent demographics. To gauge the importance of emerging trends and
future directions, part of the survey included some selected benchmarks for key system performance
measures. The survey solicited these key performance measures for both past, current and future time
periods. A special section on inventory cost and management practices was included in the 2003 Career
Patterns Survey.
METHODOLOGY
Our results were based on the responses to a detailed four-page survey. As noted earlier, the target
respondents of the survey were senior logistics/ supply chain executives who are members of the Council of
Logistics Management. Surveys were mailed on an unsolicited basis in July of 2003, and of the 647
surveys that were mailed, 64 usable surveys were returned by the cut-off date, resulting in a response rate
of 9.95%. A total of 55 responses were received by mail and an additional 9 responses were received
electronically from an email follow up two weeks after the original mailing. We sincerely thank the
respondents for their meticulous care in completing each survey. The number of respondents to each
question is noted (n = ) at the bottom of each figure. In 2003,an incentive was used in an attempt to
increase response. The respondents were entered into a drawing for three gift certificates of $300, $200,
and $100. User provided pin numbers were used in the drawing to preserve anonymity.
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