Appendix A
Inquiry Letters to Minnesota and North Dakota Companies
North Dakota Inquiry Letter
Dear Logistics/Transportation Manager,
The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University would like to thank you for participating in our supply chain management survey. The research we are conducting evaluates the supply chains and strategic logistics practices in North Dakota firms. You are a part of a select group of individuals in North Dakota who we are approaching to assist us with this research project.
Essentially, we are looking at how firms strategically position themselves for operational effectiveness through their supply chain practices. Our research will involve identifying, from both firms and literature, what logistic trends manufacturers and processing firms confront today and how firms respond to these trends in terms of their specific business processes. In addition, we would like to stimulate a response from firms as to how homeland security measures have changed their logistical operations.
We appreciate your assistance in answering our survey and look forward to your response. Your insight and perceptions into future logistics trends and their impact on your firm, your suppliers or clients is an extremely valuable part of this project. This survey is voluntary and all individual company results will be held strictly confidential. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.
Sincerely,
Mark Lofgren
Research Fellow
Great Plains Transportation Institute
Dakota State University
IACC Building
P.O. Box 5074
Fargo, ND 58105
(701) 231-6428
Fax: (701) 231-1945
Mark Berwick
Research Fellow
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
North Dakota State University
430 IACC Building
P.O. Box 5074
Fargo, ND 58105
(701) 231-9594
Fax: (701) 231-1945
Minnesota Inquiry Letter
Dear Logistics/Transportation Manager,
The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University would like to thank you for participating in our supply chain management survey. The research we are conducting evaluates the supply chains and strategic logistics practices in "world class" and "leading edge" firms. You are a part of a select group of individuals in the Upper Midwest who we are approaching to assist us with this research project.
Essentially, we are looking at how firms strategically position themselves for operational effectiveness through their supply chain practices. Our research will involve identifying, from both firms and literature, what logistic trends manufacturers and processing firms confront today and how firms respond to these trends in terms of their specific business processes. In addition, we would like to stimulate a response from firms as to how homeland security measures have changed their logistical operations.
We appreciate your assistance in answering our survey and look forward to your response. Your insight and perceptions into future logistics trends and their impact on your firm, your suppliers or clients is an extremely valuable part of this project. This survey is voluntary and all individual company results will be held strictly confidential. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.
Sincerely,
Mark Lofgren
Associate Research Fellow
Great Plains Transportation Institute
North Dakota State University
IACC Building
P.O. Box 5074
Fargo, ND 58105
(701) 231-6428
Fax: (701) 231-1945
Mark Berwick
Research Fellow
Great Plains Transportation Institute
North Dakota State University
430 IACC Building
P.O. Box 5074
Fargo, ND 58105
(701) 231-9594
Fax: (701) 231-1945