Supplier Readiness Pulse — The Readiness Forum

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What best describes your business?

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How much of your revenue comes from your largest customer?

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Has a customer asked you in the last 2–3 years for information beyond your usual product/service requirements?

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What have customers started asking you for?

Pick all that apply

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Your biggest customer sends you a questionnaire tomorrow asking for environmental, workforce, compliance and supply-chain information. How much could you provide today?

Almost everything Most of it Some of it Very little Honestly, I wouldn’t know where to start

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What’s the biggest reason you struggle to provide this information?

We don’t collect it We collect it but don’t have it in one place We don’t know exactly what’s expected We don’t have the people We don’t have the technology It costs too much Our own suppliers don’t give us the information We don’t think customers will actually use it We haven’t been asked yet

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Which customer requirement feels hardest for your business today?

Pick all that apply

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Be honest: when a new customer requirement arrives, what usually happens?

We’re already prepared Someone internally takes ownership We bring in outside help We scramble to figure it out We do the minimum required We wait until the customer makes it mandatory

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If a major customer made sustainability performance part of supplier selection tomorrow, how would it affect your ability to win/retain business?

We’d be well positioned Minor impact We’d need to improve It could seriously affect us We don’t know

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Which area would you most want help with?

Pick all that apply

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Complete this honestly: “We would be much more ready for large customers if …”

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And one for the report: “The biggest thing buyers don’t understand about suppliers like us is …”