Status Update: Sight Delay

There's slight delay in original schedule. (4 days delays for manufacturing)
Reason:
1. Late of funds for stamps and supply of envelopes
2. Overlapping activities of some members  (MAHB convo, Proposal Defend)

It is estimated that on 30 October the franking process will begin.
All other activities will be delayed to 4 days too.

After calculation of first wave for manufacturing, LSP first wave activities shall begin on 6 November 2013

Meeting 8 October 2013

- Khabir Need to finalize budget allocation for first wave mail survey, franking /stamp budget, envelopes and phone calls -Done
- Please follow timelines of listings and first wave
- Irwan to check LO for 6 rim (LSP - Peach) and 7 rim (MFG - Light Green) - Done
- Irwan will service printers at PG rooms.- Done
 

Meeting 8 October 2013

- Khabir Need to finalize budget allocation for first wave mail survey, franking /stamp budget, envelopes and phone calls
- Please follow timelines of listings and first wave
- Irwan to check LO for 6 rim (LSP - Peach) and 7 rim (MFG - Light Green)
- Irwan will service printers at PG rooms.
 

Meeting 2nd October 2013

Meeting postponed due to Kempen Keselamatan Jalan Raya

Population and Sampling Frame

FMM Directory 2013 - 2497 companies
MLD Directory 2013 - 773 companies

Suggested conversation script

Suggested Conversation Script

This script is a suggested guideline to be used during communicating with potential respondent. The information of person who will answer the questionnaire and their contact info (e.g: direct phone number, email etc) must be recorded properly in information gathering checklist.

"Hello, my name is ____________. I'm calling from Malaysia Research Center for Logistics and Supply Chain / Malaysia institute of Transport. For your information  we're now conducting an annual Malaysia logistics performance survey. 

The objective of the survey is to gather information from industry professionals on their views and experience in the logistics industry.  We have obtained your contact information from the FMM annual directory and we are confident that you're the right person to participate in this survey.  Your input  for this survey is highly important  as it is one of the key indicator of how our industry is doing. The results of the study will be utilize to propose the area that need to be improved  by the government and as a good information for the industry."

Waves Dates

Item	*Dr Harlina	MFG	LSP
Pre-notification Letter	3-Nov	18-Oct	28-Oct
Cover Letter of the First Wave Questionnaire Mailing	11-Nov	26-Oct	30-Oct
Postcard Reminder
Cover Letter of the Second Wave Questionnaire Mailing	7-Dec	21-Nov	25-Nov
Cover Letter of the Third Wave Questionnaire Mailing	5-Jan	20-Dec	24-Dec
*Date length is based on Dr Harlina's study timeline

Contact info gathering plan

Contact info gathering plan

- 1 day 7 hours working hour

- Available Manpower : 5 persons

- it is estimated that within 1  hour we can probably get average of 6 contacts

- It is estimated that total of about 210 contact information per day can be gathered

- Total day needed for 1000  manufacturers contacts is about 6 days

- At the end of the week, all 1000 contacts should be emailed and depend on the budget allocation 1000 survey set must be folded and posted

-photocopying and folding should run concurrently with contacting respondent *This Plan apply to either group of Manufacturer or LSP. There are 720 LSPs Dates of Mailing Questionnaire and follow up waves  is as drafted in the following link: http://nlsproject.blogspot.com/2013/10/waves-dates.html

Survey Set

Survey Set

1. Cover Letter

2. Printed Survey

3. Self Address Stamped Envelop

4. Online email