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Appendix: Respondent demographics summary
Footnote:
1. The use of standard numerical rounding conventions may make the summation of some charts appear to be off by 1%.
Responsibility
Country
of
residence
Total
respondents:
1000
Demographics
Business
sector
Gender
&
age
225
Company
sectors:
Manufacturing,
distribution
or
retailer:
55%
Logistics
services
provider:
20%
Carrier:
25%
Role
type
Size
of
company
#
of
employees
20
to
49
50
to
99
100
to
499
500-999
1000-4999
5000+
%
of
respondents
10%
14%
26%
20%
15%
15%
150
150
150
75
75
175
11%
of
respondents
held
Owner
positions
19%
of
respondents
held
C-Level
Executive
positions
15%
of
respondents
held
Director-level
positions
56%
of
respondents
held
Manager-level
positions
73%
of
respondents
were
male
and
27%
female
62%
of
respondents
were
between
the
ages
of
25-44
42%
of
respondents
are
responsible
for
managing
logistics
and
the
supply
chain
32%
of
respondents
are
heavily
involved
in
managing
logistics
and
the
supply
chain
26%
of
respondents
are
somewhat
involved
in
managing
logistics
and
the
supply
chain
