Logistic Company Questions:

1. Name of Business
2. Owner
3. Type of Ownership
4. Organizational Structure
5. Location
6. Vision and Mission Statement
7. What are the company’s objectives? (Optional)
8. Who are the company’s customers?
9. How many are them? (estimates)
10. How often do they avail your services?
11. Who are your competitors?
12. How many are them? (estimates)
13. Who are your leading competitors?
14. What are the pricing range your company?
15. How do you assign prices to your services?
16. What are your marketing strategies? (e.g social media advertising, etc.)
17. After how many years did you start to earn profit and recover all the expenses,
esp. the capital expenses.
18. Estimate receipts during the first years of operations (January to February).
Trucking Services Question: (Krizzia)

1. Name of Business
2. Owner
3. Type of Ownership
4. Organizational Structure
5. Location
6. Vision and Mission Statement
7. How did the company start?
8. What are the company’s objectives? (Optional)
9. Who are the company’s customers? How many are them? (estimates)
10. How often do they avail your services?
11. How does the company maintain a good relationship with the customers?
12. Who are your competitors? How many are them? (estimates)
13. Who are your leading competitors?
14. How does the company establish its price? What are the factors considered?
(Distance or type of truck)
15. What are the marketing strategies used? (Social Media, Tarp or
recommendations)
16 Does your company .

Interview Questions/Information Needed

1.     Name of Business
2.     Owner
3.     Type of Ownership
4.     Organizational Structure
5.     Location
6.     Vision and Mission Statement
7.     What are the company’s objectives? (Optional)
8.     Who are the company’s customers?
 How many are them? (estimates)
How often do they avail your services?
What are the benefits given to them? (optional)
9.     Who are your competitors?
How many are them? (estimates)
Who are your leading competitors?
10.  What are the pricing range your company?
How do you assign prices to your services?
11.  What are your marketing strategies? (e.g social media advertising, etc.)
12. After how many years did you start to earn profit and recover all the expenses, esp.
the capital expenses.
Estimate receipts during the first years of operations (January to February).

Technical Feasibility Questions

1.     Estimate cost of the warehouse?
2.     What are you fix costs?
3.     Company Capacity
How many trucks are there?
How many are brand new? Second-hand trucks?
4.     What type of fuel you are using?
5.     Do you have a plant capacity and production schedule?
6.     What is the maintenance process of the company?
Frequency of Maintenance per type of truck?
Basis of replacements?
What more we need to know regarding the checking and maintenance of the
quality of the trucks?
7. What are the process/procedures/things being done during the Pre-trip, During trip,
and Post-trip?
8. Are you using GPS?
How do you monitor your trucks?
9. What is the average speed of your trucks?
10. How long is the waiting and loading time of the particular types of trucks?
How long is the unloading time also?
11. Do you have insurances in case unavoidable circumstances may happen?
What do it covers?
12. How do you ensure security of the products it delivers, and the employees?
13. What are your safety measures?

Additional Questions:
1. Route ng delivery
2. Pre trip, during trip and after trip routines/step by step process like naga inspect ba
sila sa sakyanan, may ginarequest pa ba sila before muhawa, mga papers involved,
checkpoints, etc.
3. Employment. Paano mag hire. Employee benefits. Contracts and papers involved.
Interview? Requisites para ma hire? Ilang employees meron sa first year and now?
Salary?
4. Trucks. Ilang trucks (what kind) meron sa first year and now? Paano mag purchase
ng trucks including papers and docs?

General Questions:

1.) Are there any websites maintained to increase chances of attracting customers?
2.) How does your company create a strong and lasting relationship with customers?
3.) How does your company deal with late payments? How do you maintain a
consistent cash flow?
4.) What are the cost effective marketing strategies that your company use?
5.) Who are the possible or best suppliers of trucks?
6.) Who are your target market?
7.) How long did profit occur in your years of operation?
8.) What are the technology used in maintaining a good communication between the
driver and customer in terms of updating the whereabouts of the goods being
delivered?
9.) Where are the ‘hotspots’ or frequent places where trucking services are needed?
10.) Where are the frequent places where trucks are deployed?
11.) How does your company deal with Davao City’s ordinance of “Comprehensive
Transport and Traffic Code of Davao City?
12.) What are the internal controls of the company to ensure the honesty of drivers in
terms of delivering the good and fuel?
13.) What are the company’s price range wherein deliveries are made within Region
XI only.
14.) Are there any inventories accounted for?
15.) Is there an existing warehouse located nearby the trucks to store goods which
will be delivered the following day?
16.) Are there any inventories to be accounted for aside from the storing goods?
17.) Is there a principle of loading and unloading goods from the trucks?
18.) How does your company know which truck should be used on a particular day on
a particular good?
19.) Are there operations even though it is a holiday?
20.) How many ‘trucks for emergency’ are available in your company?
21.) What are the mandatory pre delivery check up conducted into your trucks and
drivers?
22.) What are the mandatory after delivery check up conducted into your trucks (fuel
level, air pressure)
23.) Is there a high demand for trucking services?
24.) Is there a strong competition in terms of trucking services?
25.) How to obtain parking space? What are the requirements?
26.) Are there any necessary payments to the local govt when putting up a logistics
company?
27.) Are there any necessary payments to the local govt when operations are
undergoing?
28.) Is it necessary to hire a helper for the driver when delivering the goods?
29.) What are the taxes paid?
30.) What are the several policies present in your guidelines in terms of conserving
fuel (Diesel)?
31.) How often are repairs and maintenances?
32.) How does your company account for fuel?
33.) Are there any partner of fuel provider in your company? What are the necessary
steps to engage into such partnership?
34.) What does your company do to tires that are already useless?
35.) How often do trips of trucks occur?
36.) Are there any peak seasons of truck delivery in the region?
37.) What are the best route for trucks going south? How about going north?
38.) What are your action plan in terms of environmental factors?
39.) Are there any prohibiting laws faced by logistics companies?
40.) How does your company deal with the anti smog(?) act in the region or davao(?)