Q1：Chapter 1: Product and Supply Chain (5 questions)

Q2：Do you have difficulties to promote products (which are mature in the EU/US market) in the Chinese market? (Please enter on a scale from 1-5)

Q3：Do you have difficulties to understand influence/availability of raw material on the production of your main products? (Please enter on a scale from 1-5)

Q4：Do you have difficulties to understand and assess your suppliers upstream value chain? (Please enter on a scale from 1-5)

Q5：What are the key challenges that you face in regards to the assessment of your suppliers upstream value chain? (Multiple choice list, please enter on a scale from 1-5; 1 = not at all; 5 = yes, very much)

Q6：Please add additional challenges in regards to understanding your supplier's upstream value chain

Q7：Chapter 2: Customer Requirements (4 questions)

Q8：Do you have difficulties in understanding and assessing your customers local requirements? (Please enter on a scale from 1-5)

Q9：Do you have difficulties to adjust your products to local customers requirements? (Please enter on a scale from 1-5)

Q10：What are the key challenges that you face in regards to the adjustment of your products to the local customer's market requirements? (Multiple choice list, please enter on a scale from 1-5; 1 = not at all; 5 = yes, very much)

Q11：Please add additional challenges in regards to understanding your customer's local requirements

Q12：Chapter 3: Business and IT Strategy (4+2 questions)

Q13：Do you have difficulties to adjust your business strategy, organization and processes to the local business environment such as customer requirements, product features and upstream supply value chain? (Please enter on a scale from 1-5)

Q14：What are the key challenges that you face in regards to the adjustment of your business strategy, organization and processes to the local business environment? (Multiple choice list, please enter on a scale from 1-5; 1 = not at all; 5 = yes, very much)

Q15：Please add additional challenges in regards to adjusting your business strategy, organization and processes to the local business environment

Q16：Do you have difficulties to align your IT technology and systems to your forever changing business demand? (Please enter on a scale from 1-5)

Q17：Please choose your Industry Segment

Q18：Are you interested in the Suvey results and opinion of other participants whos background are quite similar with yours? (If you are, please choose Yes and leave us your contact information, otherwise please choose No and end the suvey)

Q19：Statistical Information

Q20：Your Email Address