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  2. 2005
  3. June
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  5. TMS Section 1
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* Company name
   
Street Address
   
* Suburb/Town
   
Telephone
   
Post code
   
* Email address
   
* Contact
   
 
 
 
Please select the business type which applies best to you:
 
Timber distributor / wholesaler
 
Timber retailer
 
Specialist supplier (eg. flooring)
 
Manufacturer (eg. truss and frame)
 
Other
 

 
 

Please select the products you sell
Structural Australian hardwood
Appearance grade Australian hardwood
Other Australian hardwood (eg palings, cross arms, pallet, sleepers etc)
Structural pine
Treated pine
Green rough sawn pine
Furniture grade pine
Hoop pine
Wood based panels (particleboard, MDF, plywood)
Engineered wood products (I- joists/beams, LVL, glulam)
 
 

Do you have any quality problems with any of the timber you stock?
Yes No
 
 
For each species/groups please tick the problems you regularly have in the table below (you can tick more than one problem for each):
Green hardwood KD hardwood Australian radiata / slash pine Imported radiata Treated pine Australian cypress Other
Does not meet grade specs
Inadequate end trimming
Dimensions does not meet spec (length or end sections)
Not adequately dried (MC too high or low)
Other drying defects (eg end splitting, warp/cup/ bow, surface checking, collapse etc)
Other (specify)
 
 

Do you have regular supply difficulties with any of the timber you stock?
Yes No
 
 
For each species/groups please tick the problems you have in the table below (you can tick more than one problem for each):
Green hardwood KD hardwood Australian radiata / slash pine Imported radiata pine Treated pine Australian cypress Other
Species/grade not available
Unreliable deliveries
Other (specify)
 
 
 
What do you believe are the reasons for these difficulties?
   
 
 
 
To enable weighting of your responses, please estimate the total value of timber purchased in the 2004/05 year:
 
Less than $2.0 million
 
$2.1 million to $5.0 million
 
$5.1 million to $10.0 million
 
$10.1 million to $20.0 million
 
Greater than $20.0 million
 
 

* Of your wood product sales roughly what percentage would be in each of the following broad categories:
Softwood sawn timber
Hardwood sawn timber
Wood based panels
Other wood products (eg engineered wood products)
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Values must add up to 100
 
 
For your top 3 selling species groups by volume (eg., hardwood, radiata, slash, cypress, etc) please rate the two most important factors in their marketing to your business (1=most important factor, 2=2nd most important, etc)
Species group 1 Species group 2 Species group 3
Availability of grades/species
Supplier’s reputation
Price
Promptness and speed of delivery
Technical information / support
Personal relationships
Brand/trademark
Consistently meets specifications
Other (specify)
Don’t know
 
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