By: Amanda Bond-Thorley, Director of Education, Food Marketing Institute
In 2012, FMI conducted a survey among its retail financial leaders and internal auditors and presented the results at the 2013 Financial Executive and Internal Auditing Conference. By popular demand, FMI is repeating these studies and requesting input from the grocery community. We need your response to these surveys by November 20, 2015.
Retailers/Wholesalers who complete either survey in full will are eligible to enter a random drawing for ONE complimentary registration to the 2016 Internal Auditing Conference or Financial Executive Conference.
Financial Executive Survey
In the ever-changing and complex world of food retailing, setting strategic priorities is key to staying ahead in the race for continuous growth and profits. The 2015 Financial Executive research study, designed in collaboration with retail financial executives, will focus on strategic decisions in key areas affecting supermarket retailing. Results of the survey will provide industry peer perspective to help financial leaders assess the strategy and focus of their company and provide insight on topics such as strategies for top line growth and expense control, generating customer loyalty, e-commerce initiatives and hiring and retention tactics.
Take the survey online or download the paper form and return to FMI via fax: 202-220-0868 or email: research@fmi.org. To download the non-disclosure statement, please click here.
Internal Auditing Survey
The 2015 Internal Auditing survey, developed in collaboration with retail internal audit leaders, will collect benchmarking data specific to the internal auditing function at food retail companies. The results will give retail internal auditors perspective on productivity measures, assessing the audit department’s success, efficiency and effectiveness, turnaround times by type of audit, outsourcing and more.
Take the survey online or download the paper form and return to FMI via fax: 202-220-0868 or email: research@fmi.org. To download the non-disclosure statement, please click here.
Aggregate findings for both studies will be presented at the Financial Executive and Internal Auditing Conferences in Tucson, AZ on March 15, 2016. Additionally, everyone who completes the survey will receive a copy of the report detailing the results.
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