. "Appendix A: Survey: Characteristics of Small Manufacturers." Surviving Supply Chain Integration: Strategies for Small Manufacturers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2000.
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Surviving Supply Chain Integration: Strategies for Small Manufacturers
SURVEY RESULTS
There were 99 completed questionnaires, one of which was from a very small enterprise whose owners and employees only participate in the company on a part-time basis. The data from this company was not included in the database. Hence, the total sample size is 98.
TABLE A-1 General Characteristics
Question
Number of Responses
Mean
Median
Standard Deviation
Annual sales ($ million)
82
34.9
7.7
111.3
Number of employees
95
226.7
75.0
514.8
Sales to top three customers as a percentage of total sales
86
42.4
34.3
25.8
Percentage of transactions with customers performed electronically
96
11.4
2.0
17.4
Extent to which customers share product and technology plans (1 [low] to 5 [high])
