Dear Sir/Madam/Colleagues/Friends,

I need your all out co-operations. If you're in any Manufacturing/Production/service organization, please do it yourself. Otherwise forward this WebLink to your own channels, so that I may receive a good response from this survey. It is entirely an academic issue and part of my PhD research.

Please spend a part of your valuable time to answer the questions in the WebLink. The information that would be generated from this survey will be used to form an overall picture of manufacturing uncertainty (sources and factors) and level of component commonality is in practice in industries around the Globe. The data/information provided by you/your company will be used purely for the purpose of academic research and these will not be published anywhere in the name of your company without receiving your prior permission.

The questions in this survey are designed to be answered by the MIS Manager, Materials Manager, Master Scheduler, Production and Inventory Control Manager, or another person who is most familiar with the MRP or manufacturing related computer system in your company. If you encounter with any problem in understanding any question which do not apply to your company, please leave them blank. Answer the remaining questions by filling in the blank, or circling or checking the most appropriate response.

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We, a group of academicians and researchers’ are working hard under a project (RG032-09AET) funded by University of Malaya (UM) for developing sustainable models and solutions under various uncertainties and component commonality. This study is intended to find the present status of uncertainty (sources and factors) and commonality in product family and design of manufacturing organizations in respect of practicing modern and advanced planning and control systems. Another objective of this study is to compare the status of integration in planning control systems in manufacturing among the developed and developing countries, and to determine the gaps and thus to recommend future strategies and solutions that could be adopted to face the competitive manufacturing business challenges of the 21st century.

Special Note: If you are not the sink where I like to be, please i) forward this questionnaire to suitable person in your organization or organizations those known to you, or ii) ignore this message and accept my apology.

Regards-

Md. Abdul Wazed

PhD Candidate, Department of Engineering Design & Manufacture

Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya (UM)

50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ph. +60-14-360-5425, Email: awazed@...

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Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Bangladesh