Q01
Message
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Procurement Request & Approval Cycle Assessment
Diagnoses bottlenecks, clarity gaps, and cycle-time issues across procurement request and approval workflows. Designed for internal operations teams seeking data-driven improvements to purchasing processes based on employee feedback.
Sample questions
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20 questions · ~9 min
Q02
Dropdown
How often do you typically submit or approve procurement requests?
- Daily
- Weekly
- Monthly
- Less than monthly
- Rarely/Never
Q03
Opinion Scale
In the past 30 days, how clear were the requirements for submitting a procurement request?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very unclearMax:Very clear
Q04
Multiple Choice
Which stages most often caused delays for you in the past 30 days? Select all that apply.
- Gathering specifications or requirements
- Vendor selection/quotes
- Budget or finance review
- Compliance or legal review
- Manager/functional approval
- PO creation or system entry
- System or tool issues
- None/No delays
- Not applicable
Q05
Long Text
Are there any instructions or guidelines you found unclear or difficult to locate? If so, please describe.
Q06
Dropdown
Which department or function best describes your role?
- Procurement
- Finance
- Legal/Compliance
- IT
- Engineering
- Marketing
- Sales
- Operations
- HR
- Other
Q07
Message
Thank you for completing this survey. Your feedback will be used to identify and address bottlenecks in our procurement process. All responses are confidential and will be reported in aggregate only.
Q08
Multiple Choice
How many procurement requests did you submit in the past 90 days?
- 0
- 1–2
- 3–5
- 6–10
- 11 or more
Q09
Opinion Scale
In the past 30 days, how satisfied were you with the time it took from submission to final approval?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very dissatisfiedMax:Very satisfied
Q10
Ranking
Rank the following improvements by how much they would speed up your procurement approvals (1 = greatest impact).
- Clearer request guidelines and examples
- Fewer approval layers
- Faster response SLAs from reviewers
- More intuitive submission tool
- Pre-approved vendor lists
- Proactive status notifications
Drag to rank
Q11
AI Interview
We'd like to explore your procurement experience in a bit more detail. An AI moderator will ask you a couple of brief follow-up questions.
Q12
Dropdown
What is your seniority level?
- Individual contributor
- People manager
- Director or above
- Prefer not to say
Q13
Opinion Scale
In the past 30 days, how easy was it to find the documentation and guidelines needed to complete a procurement request?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very difficultMax:Very easy
Q14
Dropdown
What is your preferred channel for submitting procurement requests?
- Procurement portal
- Ticketing system
- Chat tool/assistant
- Other
Q15
Long Text
Based on your responses in this survey, please share any additional thoughts or suggestions about the procurement request and approval process.
Q16
Dropdown
How long have you been in your current role?
- Less than 1 year
- 1–2 years
- 3–5 years
- 6+ years
- Prefer not to say
Q17
Opinion Scale
In the past 30 days, how responsive were the approvers or reviewers involved in your procurement requests?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very unresponsiveMax:Very responsive
Q18
Dropdown
Where is your primary work location?
- Americas
- EMEA
- APAC
- Other
- Prefer not to say
Q19
Opinion Scale
In the past 30 days, how easy was the procurement submission tool or system to use?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very difficultMax:Very easy
Q20
Dropdown
In the past 30 days, approximately how many business days did a typical approval take from submission to completion?
- Less than 1 day
- 1–2 days
- 3–5 days
- 6–10 days
- 11–15 days
- More than 15 days
- Not sure
What’s included
AI follow-ups
Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.
Attention checks
Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.
AI-drafted copy
Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.
Auto report
Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.
How it compares
We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.
Why this template
- Combines quantitative diagnostics (opinion-scale ratings on requirement clarity, approval speed, tool usability, and approver responsiveness) with a dedicated multiple-choice question isolating exactly which stages caused delays in the past 30 days.
- Includes a ranking question so respondents prioritize which fixes would most reduce cycle time, giving ops teams a data-driven improvement backlog rather than just satisfaction scores.
- Adds an AI follow-up interview segment that probes deeper into each respondent's procurement experience beyond fixed-choice answers, plus open-text fields for unclear guidelines and general feedback.
- Captures role, seniority, tenure, and location dropdowns so bottleneck patterns can be segmented by department or level, and closes with an auto-generated report workflow — none of which static request forms provide.
Jotform
Field Trip Approval Request Form TemplateThis is a static intake/approval form for school field trips, not a procurement process or a diagnostic survey — the domain and purpose differ substantially from a procurement bottleneck assessment. It's useful only as a reference point for how Jotform structures generic request-approval forms.
What it does well
- Drag-and-drop form builder with quick customization
- Mobile-friendly submission and approval routing
- Large template library for simple request/approval workflows
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI follow-up questioning — it's a fixed-field form
- Not built for cycle-time or clarity diagnostics, and has no procurement-specific content
- No automated quality scoring or auto-generated analysis report
SurveySparrow
Overtime Request Form TemplateThis template is designed for employee overtime requests, an HR workflow rather than procurement, so it's not directly comparable in subject matter, though it shares the general 'request/approval process' category. It appears to be a conversational-style static form rather than a bottleneck-diagnostic instrument.
What it does well
- Conversational, chat-like survey UI for better completion rates
- Positioned within a broader employee-experience survey suite
- Supports multi-channel distribution
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI interview or voice AI option for deeper probing
- Not tailored to procurement stages, delays, or approval-cycle diagnostics
- No transparent scoring methodology or automated report generation evident
Typeform
Employee Time Off Request Form TemplateA polished conversational form for time-off requests, again an HR use case rather than procurement approval-cycle diagnostics. It's a fielding-ready request form, not a process-assessment survey with cycle-time or delay-cause analysis.
What it does well
- Clean, on-brand conversational question flow
- Simple one-question-at-a-time UX known to reduce drop-off
- Easy embedding into existing employee portals
Where it falls short
- Static question set with no adaptive follow-up probing into individual pain points
- No procurement-specific bottleneck, delay-stage, or ranking questions
- No built-in automated quality scoring or AI-generated diagnostic report
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