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CAPS Research 2017 Investment Recovery Performance Benchmarking Report Release Date: July 7, 2017 © 2017, Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University. 1 A. For the entire company: Less than $500 million 3% $500 million - $1 billion 3% $1 billiion - $5 billion 20% $5 billion - $10 billion 25% $10 billion - $25 billion 30% $25 billion - $50 billion 3% $50 billion - $100 billion 12% Greater than $100 billion 3% For the business units to which IR services were provided: Less than $500 million 15% $500 million - $1 billion 5% $1 billiion - $5 billion 22% $5 billion - $10 billion 20% $10 billion - $25 billion 23% $25 billion - $50 billion 7% $50 billion - $100 billion 5% Greater than $100 billion 3% B. Entire company: 84% Multiple locations or business units: 13% A single location or business unit: 3% Percent of participants that reported the following revenue ranges Percent of companies reporting at the following level: Entire company: Multiple locations or business units: A single location or business unit:

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A.

For the entire company:Less than $500 million 3% $500 million - $1 billion 3%$1 billiion - $5 billion 20% $5 billion - $10 billion 25%$10 billion - $25 billion 30% $25 billion - $50 billion 3%$50 billion - $100 billion 12% Greater than $100 billion 3%

For the business units to which IR services were provided:Less than $500 million 15% $500 million - $1 billion 5%$1 billiion - $5 billion 22% $5 billion - $10 billion 20%$10 billion - $25 billion 23% $25 billion - $50 billion 7%$50 billion - $100 billion 5% Greater than $100 billion 3%

B.

Entire company: 84%

Multiple locations or business units: 13%

A single location or business unit: 3%

Percent of participants that reported the following revenue ranges

Percent of companies reporting at the following level:

Entire company: Multiple locations or business units:

A single location or business unit:

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C. Percent of companies that use the following organizational structure to perform the Investment Recovery function:

IR Program ManagementCentralized 83%Decentralized 17%

IR Operations/ServicesCentralized 61%Decentralized 39%

D. Geographic areas to which Investment Recovery services are provided:

North America (NAFTA) 74%Global 30%

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

IR Program Management IR Operations Services

Global

North America (NAFTA)

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

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E. Investment Recovery directly reports to:

CEO/President 0%Executive V.P. 3%Vice President 21%Director 23%Manager 44%Supervisor 5%Other 3%

Deputy Commissioner; Managing Director

F. Functional area Investment Recovery directly reports to:

Supply/Purchasing/Sourcing/ Materials Management 80%Finance/Controller 3%Maintenance 2%Operations 13%Environmental 0%Other 2%

Inventory Control Management

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

OtherSupervisor

ManagerDirector

Vice PresidentExecutive V.P.CEO/President

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Other

Environmental

Operations

Maintenance

Finance/Controller

Supply/Purchasing/Sourcing/Materials…

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Aerospace & Defense 7%Automotive & Transport 2%Chemical 7%Consumer Products 2%Electronics 3%Food 2%Government 8%Industrial Manufacturing 2%Metals & Mining 3%Oil & Gas 15%Pharmaceuticals 2%Telecommunications 3%Utilities 39%Other 7%

Financial Services; Healthcare

H.

Type of Industry that best describes each company:

On average, the IR function serviced 675 company locations or facilities with a median of 60. When the largest data point is removed, the average is 118.

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0% 40.0%

OtherUtilities

TelecommunicationsPharmaceuticals

Oil & GasMetals & Mining

Industrial ManufacturingGovernment

FoodElectronics

Consumer ProductsChemical

Automotive & TransportAerospace & Defense

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I. The most effective tools used for the disposition of assets: (A rating of 1 = least effective and a rating of 5 = most effective)

Tool Average RatingIncrease Decrease No Change

Auctions 4.1 29.5% 4.5% 65.9%eAuctions 4.0 38.6% 2.3% 59.1%3rd-Party Sellers or Brokers 4.0 38.3% 0.0% 61.7%Email 3.7 20.5% 6.8% 72.7%Intranet 3.6 26.1% 6.5% 67.4%Internet posting 3.5 31.8% 4.5% 63.6%Social media 2.7 25.6% 2.3% 72.1%Special Apps 2.3 14.3% 2.4% 83.3%Catalogs 2.2 9.3% 9.3% 81.4%Commercial Ads 2.2 7.1% 4.8% 88.1%Telemarketing 1.8 9.8% 0.0% 90.2%Flyers/Mailers 1.5 2.4% 7.1% 90.5%Fax 1.1 0.0% 9.8% 90.2%Other 3.0 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Expected Change in Use

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J. Investment Recovery services provided:

Primary Service Provided

Service Occasionally Provided

Service Not Provided

Sales (material & equipment) 79.7% 13.6% 6.8%Recycling 68.3% 20.0% 11.7%Redeployment 51.7% 34.5% 13.8%Inventory reclamation 43.3% 38.3% 18.3%Non-hazardous waste stream management 33.9% 28.8% 37.3%

Used equipment searches 28.1% 33.3% 38.6%Donations 25.9% 43.1% 31.0%Dismantling/Demolition 24.6% 35.1% 40.4%Appraisals 22.4% 48.3% 29.3%Hazardous waste stream management 20.7% 31.0% 48.3%Other 21.2% 3.0% 75.8%

Of companies that said Hazardous waste stream management is a Primary Service Provided, 50% have employees dedicated exclusively to this activity.Of companies that said Non-hazardous waste stream management is a Primary Service Provided, 65% have employees dedicated exclusively to this activity.

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1 Total cost benefit: $7,413,572 $4,395,966 $23,500 $32,982,000 48 $11,865,559

2 Total cost benefit dollars to operating expense dollars:This ratio should reflect XX:1 21 11 0 90 38 49

3 Total cost benefit dollars per transaction: $18,399 $8,289 $0 $160,000 36 $22,756

4 Total cost benefit provided by each investment recovery employee: $1,987,847 $1,125,000 $7,833 $11,383,982 47 $3,870,713

5 Total cost benefit provided by each exempt investment recovery employee: $3,471,934 $2,060,483 $7,833 $15,980,000 42 $5,856,106

6 Investment recovery third-party sales as a percent of total cost benefit: 25.7% 19.7% 0.0% 77.8% 34 23.9%

7 Net third-party sales as a percent of total cost benefit: 17.8% 8.8% 0.0% 66.7% 36 22.7%

8 Gross sales dollars as a percent of total cost benefit: 83.8% 98.2% 0.0% 100.0% 48 74.3%

Internal transfers/redeployments as a percent of total cost benefit: 11.9% 0.8% 0.0% 92.3% 48 20.4%

Other cost avoidance as a percent of total cost benefit: 4.4% 0.0% 0.0% 57.4% 48 5.3%

9 Operating expense per investment recovery employee including outsourcing expenses: $121,363 $102,500 $19,077 $302,500 37 $117,448

Operating expense per investment recovery employee excluding outsourcing expenses: $118,003 $106,250 $19,077 $250,000 36 $104,110

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10Company IR employees operating expense for salaries and payroll-related expenses as a percent of total operating expense:

80.9% 94.2% 0.0% 100.0% 38 83.9%

Non-allocated expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 36.7% 38 1.9%

IT (Infrastructure and desktop support) expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 8.7% 38 2.8%

Business systems expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 55.6% 38 0.3%

Allocated expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 54.5% 38 1.6%

In-house IR contractors/consultants operating expense as a percent of total operating expense: 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 39.2% 38 1.8%

Direct cost of outsourced IR services as a percent of total operating expense: 7.1% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 38 3.6%

Other costs as a percent of total operating expense: 2.4% 1.2% 0.0% 14.6% 38 4.1%

11 Operating expense per transaction: $1,811 $804 $4 $8,857 30 $1,415

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12 Percent of organizations that outsource some IR activities or services: 76.7% 60 75.0%

Percent of organizations that chose the following as one of the top five activities/services outsourced in 2016: 46

Auctions 65.2% 72.4%

Recycling/Scrap 63.0% 75.9%

Dismantling/Demolition 54.3% 44.8%

eAuction sales 34.8% 41.4%

Appraisals 34.8% 27.6%

Bid or negotiated sales 34.8% 27.6%

Environmental services 26.1% 24.1%

Equipment refurbishment 15.2% 17.2%

Surplus identification/characterization 13.0% 24.1%

Offsite surplus storage/management 10.9% 13.8%

Internal surplus redeployment 10.9% 6.9%

Used equipment searches 8.7% 10.3%

Internal staff augmentation 4.3% 13.8%

Other 8.7% 3.4%

13 Average number of transactions per IR employee: 1,108 141 6 30,004 35 321

Broker sales; Economic development; IT hardware equipment and IT salvage sales; Website creation

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14 Internal transfers/redeployments as a percent of total transactions: 17.1% 3.3% 0.0% 100.0% 40 23.9%

Third-party sales transactions as a percent of total transactions: 82.9% 96.7% 0.0% 100.0% 40 76.1%

15 Percent of organizations that require the use of Investment Recovery for disposal of surplus assets: 61.0% 59 67.6%

Percent of organizations that encourage the use of Investment Recovery for disposal of surplus assets: 28.8% 59 24.3%

Percent of organizations that have no policy regarding the use of Investment Recovery: 10.2% 59 8.1%

16 Percent of IR groups active in efforts to support sustainability requirements (e.g., landfill avoidance) 77.2% 57 87.8%

Of those IR groups, percent that are active in the following areas: 44

Landfill avoidance/Recycling 93.2% 100.0%

Employee education 65.9% 52.9%

Seek new diversions of waste streams 61.4% 61.8%

Hazmat handling/processing 61.4% 44.1%

Cradle-to-grave waste stream management 47.7% 52.9%

Sustainable metrics as top company goals 47.7% 41.2%

Water conservation 29.5% 29.4%

Composting/biofuel 25.0% 23.5%

Other 2.3% 0.0%

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17 On a scale of 1 - 5, average rating of the following statements (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree):

Senior executives understand the value of Investment Recovery 3.7 60 3.7

Operations managers understand the value of Investment Recovery 3.8 60 3.9

18 Percent of organization's identified surplus assets managed: 73.0% 92.5% 0.0% 100.0% 58 76.8%

19Average number of days surplus assets are typically held or considered for redeployment before being marketed for external sale:

163 60 0 3600 52 160

When supported by policy, average number of days assets are held prior to being marketed for external sale: 76 60 0 365 21 136

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20 Percent of organizations that reported implementation of the following Investment Recovery Association best practices:

72.9% 18.6% 5.1% 3.4% 59

Strong Visible Management Support 67.8% 6.8% 20.3% 5.1% 59

59.3% 10.2% 27.1% 3.4% 59

External Networking 57.6% 13.6% 23.7% 5.1% 59

56.9% 15.5% 22.4% 5.2% 58

Supplier/Contractor Diversity Program 50.9% 7.0% 24.6% 17.5% 57

40.7% 25.4% 28.8% 5.1% 59

39.0% 16.9% 23.7% 20.3% 59

39.0% 6.8% 42.4% 11.9% 59

37.9% 17.2% 32.8% 12.1% 58

30.5% 20.3% 40.7% 8.5% 59

Utilization of the Triple Bottom Line (people, planet, profit) 26.8% 8.9% 37.5% 26.8% 56

Capture of Carbon Credits 20.0% 10.9% 21.8% 47.3% 55

21 Other IR processes considered by organizations as good/best practices: See Addendum A

Internet/intranet Utilization for Sales/Redeployment

Surplus Prevention and Return-to-Supplier processes

Value Chain (Decision Hierarchy) Approach to Surplus Asset Disposition

Surplus Asset Management Processes (identification, valuation, data base visibility, surplus matched with demand, etc.)

Regular Reporting of Metrics and Successes

Surplus and Refurbished Assets Considered before Buying New

Early Involvement with Other Corporate Activities (capital projects, real estate sales, upgrades, demolition, divestitures, plant shut-downs, etc.)

Supplier Integration and Support (IR service provider contracts in place, equipment refurbishment programs, integrated processes, etc.)

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22 Percent of total sales that resulted from the use of the Internet/intranet:

External sales via Internet Posting (excluding eAuctions): 18.3% 5.0% 0.0% 100.0% 45 15.6%

External sales via eAuctions: 20.9% 1.0% 0.0% 100.0% 46 9.3%

External sales via 3rd-party sellers or brokers (excluding eAuctions): 45.5% 40.0% 0.0% 100.0% 48 31.4%

23 Redeployment via intranet - percent of total transfers: 24.8% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 55 21.6%

24Percent of organizations in which the IR function is responsible for locating and purchasing used machinery and equipment:

11.7% 60 20.5%

25 Percent of organizations that use the following types of information systems for internal redeployment and surplus sales: 56

Combined company-wide redeployment and surplus sales system, web-based 28.6% 10.3%

Separate company-wide redeployment and surplus sales systems, both web-based 7.1% 10.3%

Separate company-wide redeployment and surplus sales systems, only surplus sales system web-based 5.4% 7.7%

One internal deployment system, plus multiple surplus sales systems, some web-based 8.9% 10.3%

No web-based information systems - use posted spreadsheets, lists, faxes, and/or email only 37.5% 46.2%

Other 12.5% 15.4%

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26 Percent of organizations that use the following web-based technologies to promote surplus sales: 55

Maintain own company surplus sales website 34.5% 26.3%Actively submit company surplus sales website(s) to search engines for indexing 7.3% 13.2%

Maintain and use database or email list of prospective buyers 43.6% 55.3%

Rely solely on outside contract sales and auction firms 38.2% 39.5%

Rely on third-party websites for marketing of surplus 40.0% 34.2%

Investment Recovery Staffing

27 Investment recovery employees as a percent of total organization employees: 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 2.7% 55 0.1%

Exempt investment recovery employees as a percent of total IR employees: 63.3% 60.0% 0.0% 100.0% 51 66.3%

Non-exempt investment recovery employees as a percent of total IR employees: 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 51 25.6%

In-house contractors as a percent of total IR employees: 11.7% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 51 8.1%

28 Percent of FTE IR employees that have:

Bachelor's degree 54.7% 50.0% 0.0% 100.0% 51 43.3%

Master's degree 24.6% 10.0% 0.0% 100.0% 39 15.5%

CMIR Certification 22.7% 10.0% 0.0% 100.0% 36 23.9%

Professional certification 20.2% 11.0% 0.0% 100.0% 35 15.5%

Less than 5 years of IR experience 38.9% 31.5% 0.0% 100.0% 58 31.9%

Between 5 and 15 years of IR experience 39.8% 33.0% 0.0% 100.0% 58 45.4%

More than 15 years of IR experience 21.2% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 58 20.1%

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29 Percent of organizations in which the IR function has been in place for: 61

0 - 5 years 19.7%

6 - 10 years 11.5%

More than 10 years 68.9%

30 Average spend for training per investment recovery employee: $650 $388 $0 $3,000 48 $817

31 Percent of organizations that attend the Investment Recovery Association's annual conference: 67.8% 59 75.0%

32a Investment Recovery Salaries:

Level I (Top Position) - Function Head, Investment Recovery

Title See Addendum B

Reports to (Title) See Addendum B

Salary Range

Minimum $98,133 $90,000 $50,000 $180,000 21 $93,196

Maximum $130,808 $120,000 $10,000 $250,000 21 $130,861

Average salary $125,948 $116,000 $93,000 $210,000 22 $105,421

Number of employees supervised

Direct 7 5 0 25 31 9

Indirect 15 5 0 100 24 23

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32b Level II - Sr. Investment Recovery Representative

Title See Addendum C

Salary Range

Minimum $70,098 $72,750 $33,000 $90,000 23 $70,930

Maximum $100,317 $98,000 $50,000 $140,000 23 $99,885

Number of employees in position 2 1 0 6 29 2

Average salary $86,806 $86,000 $42,000 $125,000 24 $81,708

32c Level III - Investment Recovery Representative

Title See Addendum D

Salary Range

Minimum $55,900 $60,850 $30,000 $68,000 10 $52,392

Maximum $85,480 $85,000 $72,000 $100,000 10 $78,019

Number of employees in position 1 1 0 4 13 3

Average salary $72,652 $74,000 $60,000 $80,000 11 $59,635

32d Level IV - Associate Investment Recovery Representative (Clerical, Support Staff)

Title See Addendum E

Salary Range

Minimum $43,225 $41,000 $35,000 $55,500 8 $40,598

Maximum $63,300 $60,000 $55,000 $80,100 8 $59,298

Number of employees in position 2 2 1 4 10 5

Average salary $61,364 $57,455 $50,000 $85,000 8 $56,121

Average number of union workers 1 1 0 3 9 3

Average number of contract/temporary workers 0 0 0 0 6

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33 Company Benefits:

Professional Support:

Professional License Fees 78.3% 17.4% 4.3% 46

Professional Society Dues 84.8% 15.2% 0.0% 46

Professional Publications 85.4% 12.5% 2.1% 48

Continuing Education 79.6% 12.2% 8.2% 49Attendance at Investment Recovery Association Conference 83.3% 16.7% 0.0% 48

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Addendum A

Benchmark 21: Other Investment Recovery Best Practices

A fully integrated, dedicated Investment Recovery Program with supportive policies and procedures, metrics, annual goals and membership and involvement in the Investment Recovery Association.Automated transmittal of surplus assets from property management system directly to redeployment system.Buyer database sharing with other utilities.Catalyst life-cycle management.Clear policy how to price IR assets for sale.Collection and accountability of scrap sales.[Company] has an extensive recycling program that is primarily managed and reported for the entire Corporation by Investment Recovery. Not aware of another recycling program that is this extensive in the industry. Continuing to reduce our footprint to the environment.Contracts from competitive bidding work best.Defined progression plan for Investment Recovery Specialist.Donation of wood poles and reels to individuals for personal projects. Donations.Having vendors pay via ACH.Identification and elimination of single point vulnerability as it pertains to Investment Recovery Specialists skill sets. In the field, some Operations groups are taking a very active role in identifying surplus items, relocating and storing these items where appropriate, and promoting them across the company. Manage web based auction store front.Primary supply chain processes are tracking surplus materials and equipment and utilizing these for new purchasing requirements where possible, or using third party brokers where redeployment is unlikely.Recycling ink and toner cartridges.Reverse Supply Chain.Scrap paid monthly for all pickups vs per load.Selling to employees through intranet sales.Sustainable reuse with local community.Using workshop to brainstorm opportunities and assign stream leaders for various stream of waste.We adhere to guidelines set by our Capital Accounting Department and FERC to process the proceeds recovered for surplus and salvage assets.Working with a 3rd party to market our surplus machinery.

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Benchmark 31: Level I Title Level I Reports to:

Asset Recovery Manager Asset ManagerDirector Category DirectorDirector, Surplus Division Chief Operation Officer (2 responses)Exess Programs Manager Deputy Commissioner OperationsFacilities Director Director (3 responses)Facilities Engineering Sr Mgr Director - Supply ChainFossil Materials management manager Director of OperationsGlobal Facilities Director Director Supply Chain ManagementGlobal MRO Service Lead Director, Trans & Materials Mgmt., Supply Chain ManagementInventory Manager EVP of Supply ChainInvestment Recovery Coordinator Executive VPInvestment Recovery Director Global MRO category managerIR Supervisor (2 responses) Global Operations and Inventory Management ManagerManager (2 responses) Indirect DirectorManager Non-Operation Material Manager (2 responses)Manager of Asset Control and Recovery Manager Material ServicesManager, Asset Accountability Manager of Supply Chain ManagementManager, Inventory Optimization, Asset Recovery & Recycling Manager Procurement OperationsManager, Investment Recovery (3 responses) Manager, Asset ManagementManager, Materials Management Managing DirectorProcurement Manager Managing Director, Supply Chain Strategy and SupportProgram Manager Procurement DirectorProperty Disposal Officer Program Management Director, Finance & Business OperationsSenior Manager Property Programs ManagerSenior Manager Program Decision Support Senior DirectorSenior Manager Senior ManagerSourcing Manager Supervisor, General Supply Chain SpecialistSupervisor, Investment Recovery & Material Master Data Supply Chain ManagerSupervisor, Materials Management SVP OperationsSupply Chain Supervisor Investment Recovery Vice President Business Operations and Technical SupportVice President, Corporate ProcurementVP of Engineering

Addendum B

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Benchmark 31: Level II Titles (Sr. Investment Recovery Representative)

Asset Recovery AdministratorAsset Recovery Principle SpecialistBusiness AnalystDirector, Corporate ProcurementInv Recovery CoordinatorInventory Control SpecialistInvestment Recovery Analyst (3 responses)Investment Recovery CoordinatorInvestment Recovery ManagerInvestment Recovery Specialist (2 responses)Investment Recovery Specialist lInvestment Recovery Specialist, SrIR ConsultantMaterials AnalystProgram ManagerProject ManagerProperty Disposal SpecialistProperty ManagerSenior Asset Recovery CoordinatorSenior Investment Recovery SpecialistSenior IR PlannerSenior Supply Business AnalystSourcing Specialist IIISpecialistSr Materials ManagementSr Sourcing AnalystSr. Analyst, Inventory SystemsSupply Person Leader

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Addendum D

Asset Disposition Analyst Investment Recovery Specialist llAsset Recovery Associate Specialist IR PlannerAsset Recovery Coordinator MDC SupervisorBusiness Information Technician Property and Receipt Control SpecialistDivision Surplus Equipment Administrator Purchasing Coordinator IInventory Control Specialist Site Procurement OperationsInvestment Recovery Specialist (2 responses) Supply Person

Addendum E

Administrator (2 responses) Material SpecialistBusiness Support Rep Reclamation ProcessorInventory Control Specialist Senior Support SpecialistInvestment Recovery Technician and Admin Supply Chain ClerkMaterial Processor Supply Tech

Benchmark 31: Level III (Investment Recovery Representative) Titles

Benchmark 31: Level IV (Associate Investment Recovery Representative) Titles

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1 Total cost benefit: $8,270,154 $5,531,000 $537,283 $32,982,000 32 $11,865,559

2 Total cost benefit dollars to operating expense dollars:This ratio should reflect XX:1 21 13 2 90 26 49

3 Total cost benefit dollars per transaction: $19,782 $8,704 $0 $160,000 25 $22,756

4 Total cost benefit provided by each investment recovery employee: $2,341,480 $1,395,000 $58,750 $11,383,982 32 $3,870,713

5 Total cost benefit provided by each exempt investment recovery employee: $4,290,813 $2,773,833 $268,642 $15,980,000 30 $5,856,106

6 Investment recovery third-party sales as a percent of total cost benefit: 30.5% 23.0% 0.0% 71.4% 23 23.9%

7 Net third-party sales as a percent of total cost benefit: 22.4% 15.9% 0.0% 60.3% 24 22.7%

8 Gross sales dollars as a percent of total cost benefit: 84.8% 98.2% 0.0% 100.0% 32 74.3%

Internal transfers/redeployments as a percent of total cost benefit: 9.9% 0.8% 0.0% 90.5% 32 20.4%

Other cost avoidance as a percent of total cost benefit: 5.2% 0.0% 0.0% 57.4% 32 5.3%

9 Operating expense per investment recovery employee including outsourcing expenses: $135,533 $124,749 $41,250 $302,500 26 $117,448

Operating expense per investment recovery employee excluding outsourcing expenses: $128,136 $124,749 $41,250 $250,000 26 $104,110

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10Company IR employees operating expense for salaries and payroll-related expenses as a percent of total operating expense:

85.3% 94.2% 39.7% 100.0% 26 83.9%

Non-allocated expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 36.7% 26 1.9%

IT (Infrastructure and desktop support) expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 8.7% 26 2.8%

Business systems expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 4.7% 26 0.3%

Allocated expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 2.9% 0.0% 0.0% 54.5% 26 1.6%

In-house IR contractors/consultants operating expense as a percent of total operating expense: 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 39.2% 26 1.8%

Direct cost of outsourced IR services as a percent of total operating expense: 3.1% 0.0% 0.0% 49.6% 26 3.6%

Other costs as a percent of total operating expense: 2.7% 2.0% 0.0% 9.6% 26 4.1%

11 Operating expense per transaction: $1,224 $639 $4 $6,313 20 $1,415

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12 Percent of organizations that outsource some IR activities or services: 73.7% 38 75.0%

Percent of organizations that chose the following as one of the top five activities/services outsourced in 2016: 28

Auctions 78.6% 72.4%

Recycling/Scrap 46.4% 75.9%

Dismantling/Demolition 46.4% 44.8%

eAuction sales 42.9% 41.4%

Appraisals 28.6% 27.6%

Bid or negotiated sales 39.3% 27.6%

Environmental services 21.4% 24.1%

Equipment refurbishment 7.1% 17.2%

Surplus identification/characterization 10.7% 24.1%

Offsite surplus storage/management 3.6% 13.8%

Internal surplus redeployment 0.0% 6.9%

Used equipment searches 7.1% 10.3%

Internal staff augmentation 0.0% 13.8%

Other 3.6% 3.4%

13 Average number of transactions per IR employee: 1,560 173 6 30,004 24 321

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14 Internal transfers/redeployments as a percent of total transactions: 13.2% 2.2% 0.0% 100.0% 25 23.9%

Third-party sales transactions as a percent of total transactions: 86.8% 97.8% 0.0% 100.0% 25 76.1%

15 Percent of organizations that require the use of Investment Recovery for disposal of surplus assets: 64.9% 37 67.6%

Percent of organizations that encourage the use of Investment Recovery for disposal of surplus assets: 29.7% 37 24.3%

Percent of organizations that have no policy regarding the use of Investment Recovery: 5.4% 37 8.1%

16 Percent of IR groups active in efforts to support sustainability requirements (e.g., landfill avoidance) 86.1% 36 87.8%

Of those IR groups, percent that are active in the following areas: 31

Landfill avoidance/Recycling 100.0% 100.0%

Employee education 67.7% 52.9%

Seek new diversions of waste streams 71.0% 61.8%

Hazmat handling/processing 54.8% 44.1%

Cradle-to-grave waste stream management 54.8% 52.9%

Sustainable metrics as top company goals 54.8% 41.2%

Water conservation 32.3% 29.4%

Composting/biofuel 29.0% 23.5%

Other 0.0% 0.0%

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Senior executives understand the value of Investment Recovery 3.7 38 3.7

Operations managers understand the value of Investment Recovery 3.9 38 3.9

18 Percent of organization's identified surplus assets managed: 80.4% 100.0% 1.0% 100.0% 38 76.8%

19Average number of days surplus assets are typically held or considered for redeployment before being marketed for external sale:

80 30 0 1000 35 160

When supported by policy, average number of days assets are held prior to being marketed for external sale: 47 30 0 180 13 136

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20 Percent of organizations that reported implementation of the following Investment Recovery Association best practices:

83.8% 16.2% 0.0% 0.0% 37

Strong Visible Management Support 73.0% 5.4% 21.6% 0.0% 37

70.3% 16.2% 13.5% 0.0% 37

External Networking 78.4% 5.4% 13.5% 2.7% 37

70.3% 13.5% 16.2% 0.0% 37

Supplier/Contractor Diversity Program 66.7% 2.8% 22.2% 8.3% 36

45.9% 32.4% 21.6% 0.0% 37

54.1% 16.2% 21.6% 8.1% 37

35.1% 8.1% 43.2% 13.5% 37

47.2% 16.7% 27.8% 8.3% 36

37.8% 21.6% 32.4% 8.1% 37

Utilization of the Triple Bottom Line (people, planet, profit) 38.9% 8.3% 30.6% 22.2% 36

Capture of Carbon Credits 27.8% 11.1% 16.7% 44.4% 36

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Internet/intranet Utilization for Sales/Redeployment

Surplus Prevention and Return-to-Supplier processes

Value Chain (Decision Hierarchy) Approach to Surplus Asset Disposition

Surplus Asset Management Processes (identification, valuation, data base visibility, surplus matched with demand, etc.)

Regular Reporting of Metrics and Successes

Surplus and Refurbished Assets Considered before Buying New

Early Involvement with Other Corporate Activities (capital projects, real estate sales, upgrades, demolition, divestitures, plant shut-downs, etc.)

Supplier Integration and Support (IR service provider contracts in place, equipment refurbishment programs, integrated processes, etc.)

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22 Percent of total sales that resulted from the use of the Internet/intranet:

External sales via Internet Posting (excluding eAuctions): 18.5% 10.0% 0.0% 100.0% 30 15.6%

External sales via eAuctions: 24.9% 5.5% 0.0% 95.0% 30 9.3%

External sales via 3rd-party sellers or brokers (excluding eAuctions): 41.7% 24.0% 0.0% 100.0% 32 31.4%

23 Redeployment via intranet - percent of total transfers: 28.0% 3.5% 0.0% 100.0% 34 21.6%

24Percent of organizations in which the IR function is responsible for locating and purchasing used machinery and equipment:

5.3% 38 20.5%

25 Percent of organizations that use the following types of information systems for internal redeployment and surplus sales: 36

Combined company-wide redeployment and surplus sales system, web-based 33.3% 10.3%

Separate company-wide redeployment and surplus sales systems, both web-based 8.3% 10.3%

Separate company-wide redeployment and surplus sales systems, only surplus sales system web-based 8.3% 7.7%

One internal deployment system, plus multiple surplus sales systems, some web-based 8.3% 10.3%

No web-based information systems - use posted spreadsheets, lists, faxes, and/or email only 27.8% 46.2%

Other 13.9% 15.4%

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26 Percent of organizations that use the following web-based technologies to promote surplus sales: 36

Maintain own company surplus sales website 36.1% 26.3%Actively submit company surplus sales website(s) to search engines for indexing 8.3% 13.2%

Maintain and use database or email list of prospective buyers 52.8% 55.3%

Rely solely on outside contract sales and auction firms 38.9% 39.5%

Rely on third-party websites for marketing of surplus 41.7% 34.2%

Investment Recovery Staffing

27 Investment recovery employees as a percent of total organization employees: 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 2.7% 35 0.1%

Exempt investment recovery employees as a percent of total IR employees: 61.8% 60.0% 12.5% 100.0% 33 66.3%

Non-exempt investment recovery employees as a percent of total IR employees: 28.5% 29.6% 0.0% 83.3% 33 25.6%

In-house contractors as a percent of total IR employees: 9.6% 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 33 8.1%

28 Percent of FTE IR employees that have:

Bachelor's degree 61.0% 55.0% 0.0% 100.0% 34 43.3%

Master's degree 27.6% 17.0% 0.0% 100.0% 25 15.5%

CMIR Certification 30.7% 20.0% 0.0% 100.0% 24 23.9%

Professional certification 23.5% 13.0% 0.0% 100.0% 23 15.5%

Less than 5 years of IR experience 33.9% 25.0% 0.0% 100.0% 38 31.9%

Between 5 and 15 years of IR experience 41.4% 33.5% 0.0% 100.0% 38 45.4%

More than 15 years of IR experience 24.6% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 38 20.1%

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29 Percent of organizations in which the IR function has been in place for: 38

0 - 5 years 13.2%

6 - 10 years 5.3%

More than 10 years 81.6%

30 Average spend for training per investment recovery employee: $957 $833 $0 $3,000 29 $817

31 Percent of organizations that attend the Investment Recovery Association's annual conference: 94.7% 38 75.0%

32a Investment Recovery Salaries:

Level I (Top Position) - Function Head, Investment Recovery

Title See Addendum B

Reports to (Title) See Addendum B

Salary Range

Minimum $96,433 $90,000 $50,000 $180,000 18 $93,196

Maximum $129,276 $120,000 $10,000 $250,000 18 $130,861

Average salary $126,467 $115,000 $93,000 $210,000 19 $105,421

Number of employees supervised

Direct 6 4 0 23 23 9

Indirect 11 5 0 75 17 23

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32b Level II - Sr. Investment Recovery Representative

Title See Addendum C

Salary Range

Minimum $70,793 $72,750 $33,000 $90,000 21 $70,930

Maximum $100,824 $98,000 $50,000 $140,000 21 $99,885

Number of employees in position 2 1 0 6 24 2

Average salary $88,291 $87,000 $42,000 $125,000 21 $81,708

32c Level III - Investment Recovery Representative

Title See Addendum D

Salary Range

Minimum $58,778 $62,000 $40,000 $68,000 9 $52,392

Maximum $83,867 $85,000 $72,000 $96,800 9 $78,019

Number of employees in position 1 1 0 2 12 3

Average salary $72,652 $74,000 $60,000 $80,000 11 $59,635

32d Level IV - Associate Investment Recovery Representative (Clerical, Support Staff)

Title See Addendum E

Salary Range

Minimum $43,225 $41,000 $35,000 $55,500 8 $40,598

Maximum $63,300 $60,000 $55,000 $80,100 8 $59,298

Number of employees in position 2 2 1 4 10 5

Average salary $61,364 $57,455 $50,000 $85,000 8 $56,121

Average number of union workers 1 1 0 2 8 3

Average number of contract/temporary workers 0 0 0 0 5

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Professional License Fees 93.3% 3.3% 3.3% 30

Professional Society Dues 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 32

Professional Publications 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 33

Continuing Education 87.5% 6.3% 6.3% 32Attendance at Investment Recovery Association Conference 97.3% 2.7% 0.0% 37

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1 Total cost benefit: $10,129,833 $5,881,000 $35,000 $32,982,000 6 $11,865,559

3 Total cost benefit dollars per transaction: $46,354 $24,000 $5,000 $160,000 5 $22,756

4 Total cost benefit provided by each investment recovery employee: $1,375,993 $1,285,286 $10,769 $3,000,000 6 $3,870,713

5 Total cost benefit provided by each exempt investment recovery employee: $3,406,350 $4,000,000 $28,000 $6,000,000 5 $5,856,106

6 Investment recovery third-party sales as a percent of total cost benefit: 28.7% 4 23.9%

7 Net third-party sales as a percent of total cost benefit: 25.8% 4 22.7%

8 Gross sales dollars as a percent of total cost benefit: 77.1% 86.2% 37.5% 100.0% 6 74.3%

Internal transfers/redeployments as a percent of total cost benefit: 20.1% 5.2% 0.0% 62.5% 6 20.4%

Other cost avoidance as a percent of total cost benefit: 2.9% 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 6 5.3%

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12 Percent of organizations that outsource some IR activities or services: 66.7% 9 75.0%

Percent of organizations that chose the following as one of the top five activities/services outsourced in 2016: 6

Auctions 33.3% 72.4%

Recycling/Scrap 100.0% 75.9%

Dismantling/Demolition 50.0% 44.8%

eAuction sales 66.7% 41.4%

Appraisals 66.7% 27.6%

Bid or negotiated sales 50.0% 27.6%

Environmental services 16.7% 24.1%

Equipment refurbishment 16.7% 17.2%

Surplus identification/characterization 33.3% 24.1%

Offsite surplus storage/management 16.7% 13.8%

Internal surplus redeployment 0.0% 6.9%

Used equipment searches 0.0% 10.3%

Internal staff augmentation 0.0% 13.8%

Other 16.7% 3.4%

13 Average number of transactions per IR employee: 80 4 321

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14 Internal transfers/redeployments as a percent of total transactions: 28.4% 11.3% 0.0% 90.6% 6 23.9%

Third-party sales transactions as a percent of total transactions: 71.6% 88.7% 9.4% 100.0% 6 76.1%

15 Percent of organizations that require the use of Investment Recovery for disposal of surplus assets: 44.4% 9 67.6%

Percent of organizations that encourage the use of Investment Recovery for disposal of surplus assets: 33.3% 9 24.3%

Percent of organizations that have no policy regarding the use of Investment Recovery: 22.2% 9 8.1%

16 Percent of IR groups active in efforts to support sustainability requirements (e.g., landfill avoidance) 75.0% 8 87.8%

Of those IR groups, percent that are active in the following areas: 6

Landfill avoidance/Recycling 83.3% 100.0%

Employee education 50.0% 52.9%

Seek new diversions of waste streams 33.3% 61.8%

Hazmat handling/processing 66.7% 44.1%

Cradle-to-grave waste stream management 66.7% 52.9%

Sustainable metrics as top company goals 16.7% 41.2%

Water conservation 16.7% 29.4%

Composting/biofuel 0.0% 23.5%

Other 16.7% 0.0%

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17 On a scale of 1 - 5, average rating of the following statements (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree):

Senior executives understand the value of Investment Recovery 4.2 9 3.7

Operations managers understand the value of Investment Recovery 3.8 9 3.9

18 Percent of organization's identified surplus assets managed: 64.3% 70.0% 10.0% 100.0% 7 76.8%

19Average number of days surplus assets are typically held or considered for redeployment before being marketed for external sale:

561 60 30 3600 7 160

When supported by policy, average number of days assets are held prior to being marketed for external sale: 60 4 136

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33.3% 44.4% 11.1% 11.1% 9

Strong Visible Management Support 66.7% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 9

55.6% 11.1% 33.3% 0.0% 9

External Networking 55.6% 22.2% 11.1% 11.1% 9

25.0% 50.0% 25.0% 0.0% 8

Supplier/Contractor Diversity Program 25.0% 0.0% 37.5% 37.5% 8

55.6% 22.2% 0.0% 22.2% 9

33.3% 22.2% 11.1% 33.3% 9

22.2% 11.1% 55.6% 11.1% 9

11.1% 22.2% 44.4% 22.2% 9

33.3% 22.2% 44.4% 0.0% 9

Utilization of the Triple Bottom Line (people, planet, profit) 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 50.0% 8

Capture of Carbon Credits 0.0% 14.3% 14.3% 71.4% 7

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Surplus Prevention and Return-to-Supplier processes

Value Chain (Decision Hierarchy) Approach to Surplus Asset Disposition

Surplus Asset Management Processes (identification, valuation, data base visibility, surplus matched with demand, etc.)

Regular Reporting of Metrics and Successes

Surplus and Refurbished Assets Considered before Buying New

Early Involvement with Other Corporate Activities (capital projects, real estate sales, upgrades, demolition, divestitures, plant shut-downs, etc.)

Supplier Integration and Support (IR service provider contracts in place, equipment refurbishment programs, integrated processes, etc.)

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22 Percent of total sales that resulted from the use of the Internet/intranet:

External sales via Internet Posting (excluding eAuctions): 9.7% 10.0% 0.0% 28.0% 7 15.6%

External sales via eAuctions: 46.4% 47.5% 0.0% 95.0% 8 9.3%

External sales via 3rd-party sellers or brokers (excluding eAuctions): 37.3% 5.0% 0.0% 100.0% 7 31.4%

23 Redeployment via intranet - percent of total transfers: 17.5% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 8 21.6%

24Percent of organizations in which the IR function is responsible for locating and purchasing used machinery and equipment:

11.1% 9 20.5%

25 Percent of organizations that use the following types of information systems for internal redeployment and surplus sales: 9

Combined company-wide redeployment and surplus sales system, web-based 22.2% 10.3%

Separate company-wide redeployment and surplus sales systems, both web-based 11.1% 10.3%

Separate company-wide redeployment and surplus sales systems, only surplus sales system web-based 11.1% 7.7%

One internal deployment system, plus multiple surplus sales systems, some web-based 11.1% 10.3%

No web-based information systems - use posted spreadsheets, lists, faxes, and/or email only 44.4% 46.2%

Other 0.0% 15.4%

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Maintain own company surplus sales website 37.5% 26.3%Actively submit company surplus sales website(s) to search engines for indexing 25.0% 13.2%

Maintain and use database or email list of prospective buyers 37.5% 55.3%

Rely solely on outside contract sales and auction firms 50.0% 39.5%

Rely on third-party websites for marketing of surplus 37.5% 34.2%

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27 Investment recovery employees as a percent of total organization employees: 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 2.7% 7 0.1%

Exempt investment recovery employees as a percent of total IR employees: 27.8% 33.3% 0.0% 50.0% 7 66.3%

Non-exempt investment recovery employees as a percent of total IR employees: 27.1% 0.0% 0.0% 90.0% 7 25.6%

In-house contractors as a percent of total IR employees: 45.0% 61.5% 0.0% 100.0% 7 8.1%

28 Percent of FTE IR employees that have:

Bachelor's degree 64.2% 55.0% 50.0% 100.0% 6 43.3%

Professional certification 24.0% 25.0% 10.0% 50.0% 5 15.5%

Less than 5 years of IR experience 50.4% 50.0% 0.0% 100.0% 7 31.9%

Between 5 and 15 years of IR experience 42.9% 33.0% 0.0% 100.0% 7 45.4%

More than 15 years of IR experience 6.7% 0.0% 0.0% 30.0% 7 20.1%

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29 Percent of organizations in which the IR function has been in place for: 9

0 - 5 years 44.4%

6 - 10 years 11.1%

More than 10 years 44.4%

30 Average spend for training per investment recovery employee: $716 $500 $0 $1,429 5 $817

31 Percent of organizations that attend the Investment Recovery Association's annual conference: 50.0% 8 75.0%

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Professional License Fees 77.8% 22.2% 0.0% 9

Professional Society Dues 77.8% 22.2% 0.0% 9

Professional Publications 66.7% 22.2% 11.1% 9

Continuing Education 88.9% 11.1% 0.0% 9Attendance at Investment Recovery Association Conference 85.7% 14.3% 0.0% 7

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1 Total cost benefit: $8,724,840 $6,352,500 $500,000 $29,000,000 22 $11,865,559

2 Total cost benefit dollars to operating expense dollars:This ratio should reflect XX:1 24 15 2 90 20 49

3 Total cost benefit dollars per transaction: $21,613 $14,471 $552 $94,444 15 $22,756

4 Total cost benefit provided by each investment recovery employee: $3,005,404 $1,506,163 $58,750 $11,383,982 22 $3,870,713

5 Total cost benefit provided by each exempt investment recovery employee: $4,956,400 $2,666,667 $313,333 $15,980,000 19 $5,856,106

6 Investment recovery third-party sales as a percent of total cost benefit: 20.1% 9.8% 0.0% 65.6% 16 23.9%

7 Net third-party sales as a percent of total cost benefit: 14.9% 8.5% 0.0% 60.3% 18 22.7%

8 Gross sales dollars as a percent of total cost benefit: 93.8% 100.0% 42.6% 100.0% 22 74.3%

Internal transfers/redeployments as a percent of total cost benefit: 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 14.2% 22 20.4%

Other cost avoidance as a percent of total cost benefit: 4.5% 0.0% 0.0% 57.4% 22 5.3%

9 Operating expense per investment recovery employee including outsourcing expenses: $126,444 $107,352 $41,250 $302,500 20 $117,448

Operating expense per investment recovery employee excluding outsourcing expenses: $117,233 $107,352 $41,250 $209,000 20 $104,110

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10Company IR employees operating expense for salaries and payroll-related expenses as a percent of total operating expense:

86.9% 95.7% 41.4% 100.0% 18 83.9%

Non-allocated expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 6.1% 18 1.9%

IT (Infrastructure and desktop support) expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 8.7% 18 2.8%

Business systems expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 2.6% 18 0.3%

Allocated expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 3.3% 0.0% 0.0% 54.5% 18 1.6%

In-house IR contractors/consultants operating expense as a percent of total operating expense: 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 21.2% 18 1.8%

Direct cost of outsourced IR services as a percent of total operating expense: 4.2% 0.0% 0.0% 49.6% 18 3.6%

Other costs as a percent of total operating expense: 2.7% 2.0% 0.0% 9.6% 18 4.1%

11 Operating expense per transaction: $1,454 $725 $77 $6,313 14 $1,415

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12 Percent of organizations that outsource some IR activities or services: 70.8% 24 75.0%

Percent of organizations that chose the following as one of the top five activities/services outsourced in 2016: 17

Auctions 88.2% 72.4%

Recycling/Scrap 47.1% 75.9%

Dismantling/Demolition 76.5% 44.8%

eAuction sales 29.4% 41.4%

Appraisals 29.4% 27.6%

Bid or negotiated sales 23.5% 27.6%

Environmental services 41.2% 24.1%

Equipment refurbishment 11.8% 17.2%

Surplus identification/characterization 0.0% 24.1%

Offsite surplus storage/management 5.9% 13.8%

Internal surplus redeployment 0.0% 6.9%

Used equipment searches 0.0% 10.3%

Internal staff augmentation 0.0% 13.8%

Other 0.0% 3.4%

13 Average number of transactions per IR employee: 335 141 16 1,640 15 321

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14 Internal transfers/redeployments as a percent of total transactions: 14.4% 1.6% 0.0% 100.0% 15 23.9%

Third-party sales transactions as a percent of total transactions: 85.6% 98.4% 0.0% 100.0% 15 76.1%

15 Percent of organizations that require the use of Investment Recovery for disposal of surplus assets: 75.0% 24 67.6%

Percent of organizations that encourage the use of Investment Recovery for disposal of surplus assets: 16.7% 24 24.3%

Percent of organizations that have no policy regarding the use of Investment Recovery: 8.3% 24 8.1%

16 Percent of IR groups active in efforts to support sustainability requirements (e.g., landfill avoidance) 91.7% 24 87.8%

Of those IR groups, percent that are active in the following areas: 22

Landfill avoidance/Recycling 95.5% 100.0%

Employee education 68.2% 52.9%

Seek new diversions of waste streams 77.3% 61.8%

Hazmat handling/processing 45.5% 44.1%

Cradle-to-grave waste stream management 45.5% 52.9%

Sustainable metrics as top company goals 59.1% 41.2%

Water conservation 22.7% 29.4%

Composting/biofuel 31.8% 23.5%

Other 0.0% 0.0%

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Senior executives understand the value of Investment Recovery 3.5 24 3.7

Operations managers understand the value of Investment Recovery 3.8 24 3.9

18 Percent of organization's identified surplus assets managed: 90.3% 100.0% 10.0% 100.0% 24 76.8%

19Average number of days surplus assets are typically held or considered for redeployment before being marketed for external sale:

105 50 0 1000 21 160

When supported by policy, average number of days assets are held prior to being marketed for external sale: 58 15 0 180 5 136

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20 Percent of organizations that reported implementation of the following Investment Recovery Association best practices:

87.5% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 24

Strong Visible Management Support 70.8% 8.3% 20.8% 0.0% 24

66.7% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 24

External Networking 75.0% 8.3% 16.7% 0.0% 24

75.0% 12.5% 12.5% 0.0% 24

Supplier/Contractor Diversity Program 78.3% 4.3% 13.0% 4.3% 23

37.5% 33.3% 29.2% 0.0% 24

41.7% 16.7% 25.0% 16.7% 24

25.0% 4.2% 50.0% 20.8% 24

47.8% 17.4% 30.4% 4.3% 23

25.0% 20.8% 50.0% 4.2% 24

Utilization of the Triple Bottom Line (people, planet, profit) 45.5% 9.1% 31.8% 13.6% 22

Capture of Carbon Credits 27.3% 4.5% 22.7% 45.5% 22

21 Other IR processes considered by organizations as good/best practices: See Addendum A

Internet/intranet Utilization for Sales/Redeployment

Surplus Prevention and Return-to-Supplier processes

Value Chain (Decision Hierarchy) Approach to Surplus Asset Disposition

Surplus Asset Management Processes (identification, valuation, data base visibility, surplus matched with demand, etc.)

Regular Reporting of Metrics and Successes

Surplus and Refurbished Assets Considered before Buying New

Early Involvement with Other Corporate Activities (capital projects, real estate sales, upgrades, demolition, divestitures, plant shut-downs, etc.)

Supplier Integration and Support (IR service provider contracts in place, equipment refurbishment programs, integrated processes, etc.)

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22 Percent of total sales that resulted from the use of the Internet/intranet:

External sales via Internet Posting (excluding eAuctions): 14.2% 5.0% 0.0% 100.0% 19 15.6%

External sales via eAuctions: 15.1% 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 19 9.3%

External sales via 3rd-party sellers or brokers (excluding eAuctions): 34.5% 20.0% 0.0% 100.0% 20 31.4%

23 Redeployment via intranet - percent of total transfers: 14.2% 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 22 21.6%

24Percent of organizations in which the IR function is responsible for locating and purchasing used machinery and equipment:

4.2% 24 20.5%

25 Percent of organizations that use the following types of information systems for internal redeployment and surplus sales: 21

Combined company-wide redeployment and surplus sales system, web-based 19.0% 10.3%

Separate company-wide redeployment and surplus sales systems, both web-based 4.8% 10.3%

Separate company-wide redeployment and surplus sales systems, only surplus sales system web-based 4.8% 7.7%

One internal deployment system, plus multiple surplus sales systems, some web-based 9.5% 10.3%

No web-based information systems - use posted spreadsheets, lists, faxes, and/or email only 42.9% 46.2%

Other 19.0% 15.4%

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26 Percent of organizations that use the following web-based technologies to promote surplus sales: 22

Maintain own company surplus sales website 27.3% 26.3%Actively submit company surplus sales website(s) to search engines for indexing 9.1% 13.2%

Maintain and use database or email list of prospective buyers 72.7% 55.3%

Rely solely on outside contract sales and auction firms 36.4% 39.5%

Rely on third-party websites for marketing of surplus 45.5% 34.2%

Investment Recovery Staffing

27 Investment recovery employees as a percent of total organization employees: 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7% 24 0.1%

Exempt investment recovery employees as a percent of total IR employees: 71.3% 100.0% 13.3% 100.0% 20 66.3%

Non-exempt investment recovery employees as a percent of total IR employees: 24.2% 0.0% 0.0% 83.3% 20 25.6%

In-house contractors as a percent of total IR employees: 4.5% 0.0% 0.0% 46.7% 20 8.1%

28 Percent of FTE IR employees that have:

Bachelor's degree 47.9% 50.0% 0.0% 100.0% 21 43.3%

Master's degree 29.9% 16.5% 0.0% 100.0% 18 15.5%

CMIR Certification 29.3% 20.0% 0.0% 100.0% 15 23.9%

Professional certification 21.0% 13.0% 0.0% 100.0% 15 15.5%

Less than 5 years of IR experience 32.3% 25.5% 0.0% 100.0% 24 31.9%

Between 5 and 15 years of IR experience 46.4% 42.5% 0.0% 100.0% 24 45.4%

More than 15 years of IR experience 21.2% 2.5% 0.0% 100.0% 24 20.1%

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29 Percent of organizations in which the IR function has been in place for: 24

0 - 5 years 8.3%

6 - 10 years 4.2%

More than 10 years 87.5%

30 Average spend for training per investment recovery employee: $841 $533 $0 $3,000 19 $817

31 Percent of organizations that attend the Investment Recovery Association's annual conference: 91.7% 24 75.0%

32a Investment Recovery Salaries:

Level I (Top Position) - Function Head, Investment Recovery

Title See Addendum B

Reports to (Title) See Addendum B

Salary Range

Minimum $98,400 $90,000 $60,000 $180,000 12 $93,196

Maximum $133,748 $122,500 $10,000 $250,000 12 $130,861

Average salary $128,989 $115,000 $98,000 $210,000 12 $105,421

Number of employees supervised

Direct 7 5 0 23 15 9

Indirect 16 1 0 75 10 23

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32b Level II - Sr. Investment Recovery Representative

Title See Addendum C

Salary Range

Minimum $70,116 $71,375 $50,000 $90,000 16 $70,930

Maximum $102,100 $97,500 $76,000 $140,000 16 $99,885

Number of employees in position 1 1 0 3 18 2

Average salary $88,707 $82,500 $70,000 $125,000 16 $81,708

32c Level III - Investment Recovery Representative

Title See Addendum D

Salary Range

Minimum $57,329 $62,000 $40,000 $65,000 7 $52,392

Maximum $83,000 $85,000 $72,000 $92,000 7 $78,019

Number of employees in position 1 1 0 2 10 3

Average salary $71,830 $72,000 $60,000 $80,000 9 $59,635

32d Level IV - Associate Investment Recovery Representative (Clerical, Support Staff)

Title See Addendum E

Salary Range

Minimum $42,357 $40,000 $35,000 $55,500 7 $40,598

Maximum $60,900 $60,000 $55,000 $69,300 7 $59,298

Number of employees in position 2 1 1 4 9 5

Average salary $60,601 $54,910 $50,000 $85,000 7 $56,121

Average number of union workers 1 1 0 2 7 3

Average number of contract/temporary workers 0 0 0 0 4

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Professional License Fees 94.4% 0.0% 5.6% 18

Professional Society Dues 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 18

Professional Publications 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20

Continuing Education 90.0% 5.0% 5.0% 20Attendance at Investment Recovery Association Conference 95.7% 4.3% 0.0% 23

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1 Total cost benefit: $12,255,680 $11,875,000 $1,500,000 $29,000,000 14 $11,865,559

2 Total cost benefit dollars to operating expense dollars:This ratio should reflect XX:1 34 29 4 90 13 49

3 Total cost benefit dollars per transaction: $26,361 $20,132 $2,306 $94,444 10 $22,756

4 Total cost benefit provided by each investment recovery employee: $4,408,406 $3,458,333 $286,129 $11,383,982 14 $3,870,713

5 Total cost benefit provided by each exempt investment recovery employee: $6,779,406 $6,726,258 $1,635,504 $15,980,000 13 $5,856,106

6 Investment recovery third-party sales as a percent of total cost benefit: 26.1% 23.0% 0.0% 65.6% 11 23.9%

7 Net third-party sales as a percent of total cost benefit: 19.1% 10.9% 0.0% 60.3% 12 22.7%

8 Gross sales dollars as a percent of total cost benefit: 93.0% 100.0% 42.6% 100.0% 14 74.3%

Internal transfers/redeployments as a percent of total cost benefit: 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 14.2% 14 20.4%

Other cost avoidance as a percent of total cost benefit: 4.6% 0.0% 0.0% 57.4% 14 5.3%

9 Operating expense per investment recovery employee including outsourcing expenses: $124,559 $101,000 $74,033 $211,898 13 $117,448

Operating expense per investment recovery employee excluding outsourcing expenses: $121,969 $101,000 $69,366 $209,000 13 $104,110

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10Company IR employees operating expense for salaries and payroll-related expenses as a percent of total operating expense:

85.7% 95.0% 41.4% 99.0% 12 83.9%

Non-allocated expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 6.1% 12 1.9%

IT (Infrastructure and desktop support) expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 8.7% 12 2.8%

Business systems expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 2.6% 12 0.3%

Allocated expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 4.9% 0.0% 0.0% 54.5% 12 1.6%

In-house IR contractors/consultants operating expense as a percent of total operating expense: 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 21.2% 12 1.8%

Direct cost of outsourced IR services as a percent of total operating expense: 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 16.2% 12 3.6%

Other costs as a percent of total operating expense: 3.4% 2.7% 1.0% 9.6% 12 4.1%

11 Operating expense per transaction: $1,260 $604 $77 $6,313 9 $1,415

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12 Percent of organizations that outsource some IR activities or services: 66.7% 15 75.0%

Percent of organizations that chose the following as one of the top five activities/services outsourced in 2016: 10

Auctions 100.0% 72.4%

Recycling/Scrap 40.0% 75.9%

Dismantling/Demolition 80.0% 44.8%

eAuction sales 20.0% 41.4%

Appraisals 30.0% 27.6%

Bid or negotiated sales 20.0% 27.6%

Environmental services 30.0% 24.1%

Equipment refurbishment 10.0% 17.2%

Surplus identification/characterization 0.0% 24.1%

Offsite surplus storage/management 0.0% 13.8%

Internal surplus redeployment 0.0% 6.9%

Used equipment searches 0.0% 10.3%

Internal staff augmentation 0.0% 13.8%

Other 0.0% 3.4%

13 Average number of transactions per IR employee: 407 217 16 1,640 10 321

Broker sales; Economic development; IT hardware equipment and IT salvage sales; Website creation

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14 Internal transfers/redeployments as a percent of total transactions: 10.3% 1.0% 0.0% 82.4% 10 23.9%

Third-party sales transactions as a percent of total transactions: 89.7% 99.0% 17.6% 100.0% 10 76.1%

15 Percent of organizations that require the use of Investment Recovery for disposal of surplus assets: 73.3% 15 67.6%

Percent of organizations that encourage the use of Investment Recovery for disposal of surplus assets: 20.0% 15 24.3%

Percent of organizations that have no policy regarding the use of Investment Recovery: 6.7% 15 8.1%

16 Percent of IR groups active in efforts to support sustainability requirements (e.g., landfill avoidance) 93.3% 15 87.8%

Of those IR groups, percent that are active in the following areas: 14

Landfill avoidance/Recycling 100.0% 100.0%

Employee education 64.3% 52.9%

Seek new diversions of waste streams 71.4% 61.8%

Hazmat handling/processing 21.4% 44.1%

Cradle-to-grave waste stream management 35.7% 52.9%

Sustainable metrics as top company goals 57.1% 41.2%

Water conservation 21.4% 29.4%

Composting/biofuel 28.6% 23.5%

Other 0.0% 0.0%

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Senior executives understand the value of Investment Recovery 3.4 15 3.7

Operations managers understand the value of Investment Recovery 3.7 15 3.9

18 Percent of organization's identified surplus assets managed: 89.2% 100.0% 10.0% 100.0% 15 76.8%

19Average number of days surplus assets are typically held or considered for redeployment before being marketed for external sale:

143 90 0 1000 13 160

When supported by policy, average number of days assets are held prior to being marketed for external sale: i.d. 136

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20 Percent of organizations that reported implementation of the following Investment Recovery Association best practices:

86.7% 13.3% 0.0% 0.0% 15

Strong Visible Management Support 66.7% 13.3% 20.0% 0.0% 15

66.7% 20.0% 13.3% 0.0% 15

External Networking 86.7% 0.0% 13.3% 0.0% 15

80.0% 6.7% 13.3% 0.0% 15

Supplier/Contractor Diversity Program 86.7% 0.0% 13.3% 0.0% 15

26.7% 33.3% 40.0% 0.0% 15

33.3% 26.7% 26.7% 13.3% 15

20.0% 0.0% 60.0% 20.0% 15

53.3% 20.0% 20.0% 6.7% 15

20.0% 33.3% 40.0% 6.7% 15

Utilization of the Triple Bottom Line (people, planet, profit) 50.0% 14.3% 21.4% 14.3% 14

Capture of Carbon Credits 35.7% 7.1% 21.4% 35.7% 14

21 Other IR processes considered by organizations as good/best practices: See Addendum A

Internet/intranet Utilization for Sales/Redeployment

Surplus Prevention and Return-to-Supplier processes

Value Chain (Decision Hierarchy) Approach to Surplus Asset Disposition

Surplus Asset Management Processes (identification, valuation, data base visibility, surplus matched with demand, etc.)

Regular Reporting of Metrics and Successes

Surplus and Refurbished Assets Considered before Buying New

Early Involvement with Other Corporate Activities (capital projects, real estate sales, upgrades, demolition, divestitures, plant shut-downs, etc.)

Supplier Integration and Support (IR service provider contracts in place, equipment refurbishment programs, integrated processes, etc.)

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22 Percent of total sales that resulted from the use of the Internet/intranet:

External sales via Internet Posting (excluding eAuctions): 14.6% 5.0% 0.0% 100.0% 12 15.6%

External sales via eAuctions: 11.8% 0.0% 0.0% 55.0% 12 9.3%

External sales via 3rd-party sellers or brokers (excluding eAuctions): 31.1% 20.0% 0.0% 100.0% 13 31.4%

23 Redeployment via intranet - percent of total transfers: 9.4% 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 13 21.6%

24Percent of organizations in which the IR function is responsible for locating and purchasing used machinery and equipment:

6.7% 15 20.5%

25 Percent of organizations that use the following types of information systems for internal redeployment and surplus sales: 13

Combined company-wide redeployment and surplus sales system, web-based 7.7% 10.3%

Separate company-wide redeployment and surplus sales systems, both web-based 7.7% 10.3%

Separate company-wide redeployment and surplus sales systems, only surplus sales system web-based 0.0% 7.7%

One internal deployment system, plus multiple surplus sales systems, some web-based 7.7% 10.3%

No web-based information systems - use posted spreadsheets, lists, faxes, and/or email only 46.2% 46.2%

Other 30.8% 15.4%

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26 Percent of organizations that use the following web-based technologies to promote surplus sales: 14

Maintain own company surplus sales website 28.6% 26.3%Actively submit company surplus sales website(s) to search engines for indexing 7.1% 13.2%

Maintain and use database or email list of prospective buyers 85.7% 55.3%

Rely solely on outside contract sales and auction firms 28.6% 39.5%

Rely on third-party websites for marketing of surplus 28.6% 34.2%

Investment Recovery Staffing

27 Investment recovery employees as a percent of total organization employees: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 15 0.1%

Exempt investment recovery employees as a percent of total IR employees: 74.4% 100.0% 13.3% 100.0% 14 66.3%

Non-exempt investment recovery employees as a percent of total IR employees: 22.3% 0.0% 0.0% 83.3% 14 25.6%

In-house contractors as a percent of total IR employees: 3.3% 0.0% 0.0% 46.7% 14 8.1%

28 Percent of FTE IR employees that have:

Bachelor's degree 55.1% 55.0% 0.0% 100.0% 14 43.3%

Master's degree 26.2% 16.5% 0.0% 100.0% 10 15.5%

CMIR Certification 27.0% 8.5% 0.0% 100.0% 10 23.9%

Professional certification 14.6% 11.0% 0.0% 50.0% 9 15.5%

Less than 5 years of IR experience 35.9% 30.0% 0.0% 100.0% 15 31.9%

Between 5 and 15 years of IR experience 45.8% 34.0% 0.0% 100.0% 15 45.4%

More than 15 years of IR experience 18.2% 0.0% 0.0% 60.0% 15 20.1%

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29 Percent of organizations in which the IR function has been in place for: 15

0 - 5 years 6.7%

6 - 10 years 0.0%

More than 10 years 93.3%

30 Average spend for training per investment recovery employee: $920 $833 $0 $3,000 12 $817

31 Percent of organizations that attend the Investment Recovery Association's annual conference: 93.3% 15 75.0%

32a Investment Recovery Salaries:

Level I (Top Position) - Function Head, Investment Recovery

Title See Addendum B

Reports to (Title) See Addendum B

Salary Range

Minimum $95,200 $90,000 $60,000 $180,000 9 $93,196

Maximum $128,330 $120,000 $10,000 $250,000 9 $130,861

Average salary $133,318 $115,000 $100,000 $210,000 9 $105,421

Number of employees supervised

Direct 7 5 2 15 11 9

Indirect 19 4 0 75 6 23

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32b Level II - Sr. Investment Recovery Representative

Title See Addendum C

Salary Range

Minimum $71,373 $70,000 $50,000 $90,000 11 $70,930

Maximum $101,200 $98,000 $76,000 $140,000 11 $99,885

Number of employees in position 2 1 1 3 13 2

Average salary $87,780 $80,000 $75,000 $120,000 10 $81,708

32c Level III - Investment Recovery Representative

Title See Addendum D

Salary Range

Minimum $60,217 $62,000 $53,300 $65,000 6 $52,392

Maximum $84,333 $85,000 $72,000 $92,000 6 $78,019

Number of employees in position 1 1 1 2 8 3

Average salary $73,424 $75,971 $60,000 $80,000 7 $59,635

32d Level IV - Associate Investment Recovery Representative (Clerical, Support Staff)

Title See Addendum E

Salary Range

Minimum $41,750 $40,000 $35,000 $55,500 6 $40,598

Maximum $61,050 $60,000 $55,000 $69,300 6 $59,298

Number of employees in position 2 1 1 4 7 5

Average salary $55,842 $53,000 $50,000 $69,300 5 $56,121

Average number of union workers 1 1 0 2 5 3

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Professional License Fees 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10

Professional Society Dues 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10

Professional Publications 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12

Continuing Education 90.9% 0.0% 9.1% 11Attendance at Investment Recovery Association Conference 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 14

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1 Total cost benefit: $2,545,871 $1,393,485 $500,000 $6,705,000 8 $11,865,559

2 Total cost benefit dollars to operating expense dollars:This ratio should reflect XX:1 6 5 2 13 7 49

3 Total cost benefit dollars per transaction: $12,117 $9,434 $552 $30,642 5 $22,756

4 Total cost benefit provided by each investment recovery employee: $550,152 $521,875 $58,750 $1,260,000 8 $3,870,713

5 Total cost benefit provided by each exempt investment recovery employee: $1,006,553 $865,493 $313,333 $2,235,000 6 $5,856,106

6 Investment recovery third-party sales as a percent of total cost benefit: 6.9% 1.0% 0.0% 19.8% 5 23.9%

7 Net third-party sales as a percent of total cost benefit: 6.3% 5.3% 0.0% 15.5% 6 22.7%

8 Gross sales dollars as a percent of total cost benefit: 95.3% 99.6% 79.4% 100.0% 8 74.3%

Internal transfers/redeployments as a percent of total cost benefit: 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 8 20.4%

Other cost avoidance as a percent of total cost benefit: 4.4% 0.0% 0.0% 19.8% 8 5.3%

9 Operating expense per investment recovery employee including outsourcing expenses: $129,946 $123,197 $41,250 $302,500 7 $117,448

Operating expense per investment recovery employee excluding outsourcing expenses: $108,438 $123,197 $41,250 $172,727 7 $104,110

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10Company IR employees operating expense for salaries and payroll-related expenses as a percent of total operating expense:

89.2% 96.9% 49.6% 100.0% 6 83.9%

Non-allocated expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 3.8% 6 1.9%

IT (Infrastructure and desktop support) expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.9% 6 2.8%

Business systems expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6 0.3%

Allocated expenses as a percent of total operating expense: 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8% 6 1.6%

In-house IR contractors/consultants operating expense as a percent of total operating expense: 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 6 1.8%

Direct cost of outsourced IR services as a percent of total operating expense: 8.4% 0.0% 0.0% 49.6% 6 3.6%

Other costs as a percent of total operating expense: 1.2% 0.6% 0.0% 4.3% 6 4.1%

11 Operating expense per transaction: $1,802 $917 $107 $5,867 5 $1,415

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12 Percent of organizations that outsource some IR activities or services: 77.8% 9 75.0%

Percent of organizations that chose the following as one of the top five activities/services outsourced in 2016: 7

Auctions 71.4% 72.4%

Recycling/Scrap 57.1% 75.9%

Dismantling/Demolition 71.4% 44.8%

eAuction sales 42.9% 41.4%

Appraisals 28.6% 27.6%

Bid or negotiated sales 28.6% 27.6%

Environmental services 57.1% 24.1%

Equipment refurbishment 14.3% 17.2%

Surplus identification/characterization 0.0% 24.1%

Offsite surplus storage/management 14.3% 13.8%

Internal surplus redeployment 0.0% 6.9%

Used equipment searches 0.0% 10.3%

Internal staff augmentation 0.0% 13.8%

Other 0.0% 3.4%

13 Average number of transactions per IR employee: 191 53 21 675 5 321

Broker sales; Economic development; IT hardware equipment and IT salvage sales; Website creation

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14 Internal transfers/redeployments as a percent of total transactions: 22.6% 5.7% 0.0% 100.0% 5 23.9%

Third-party sales transactions as a percent of total transactions: 77.4% 94.3% 0.0% 100.0% 5 76.1%

15 Percent of organizations that require the use of Investment Recovery for disposal of surplus assets: 77.8% 9 67.6%

Percent of organizations that encourage the use of Investment Recovery for disposal of surplus assets: 11.1% 9 24.3%

Percent of organizations that have no policy regarding the use of Investment Recovery: 11.1% 9 8.1%

16 Percent of IR groups active in efforts to support sustainability requirements (e.g., landfill avoidance) 88.9% 9 87.8%

Of those IR groups, percent that are active in the following areas: 8

Landfill avoidance/Recycling 87.5% 100.0%

Employee education 75.0% 52.9%

Seek new diversions of waste streams 87.5% 61.8%

Hazmat handling/processing 87.5% 44.1%

Cradle-to-grave waste stream management 62.5% 52.9%

Sustainable metrics as top company goals 62.5% 41.2%

Water conservation 25.0% 29.4%

Composting/biofuel 37.5% 23.5%

Other 0.0% 0.0%

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17 On a scale of 1 - 5, average rating of the following statements (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree):

Senior executives understand the value of Investment Recovery 3.7 9 3.7

Operations managers understand the value of Investment Recovery 3.9 9 3.9

18 Percent of organization's identified surplus assets managed: 92.2% 100.0% 75.0% 100.0% 9 76.8%

19Average number of days surplus assets are typically held or considered for redeployment before being marketed for external sale:

44 25 0 180 8 160

When supported by policy, average number of days assets are held prior to being marketed for external sale: i.d. 136

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20 Percent of organizations that reported implementation of the following Investment Recovery Association best practices:

88.9% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 9

Strong Visible Management Support 77.8% 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 9

66.7% 11.1% 22.2% 0.0% 9

External Networking 55.6% 22.2% 22.2% 0.0% 9

66.7% 22.2% 11.1% 0.0% 9

Supplier/Contractor Diversity Program 62.5% 12.5% 12.5% 12.5% 8

55.6% 33.3% 11.1% 0.0% 9

55.6% 0.0% 22.2% 22.2% 9

33.3% 11.1% 33.3% 22.2% 9

37.5% 12.5% 50.0% 0.0% 8

33.3% 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 9

Utilization of the Triple Bottom Line (people, planet, profit) 37.5% 0.0% 50.0% 12.5% 8

Capture of Carbon Credits 12.5% 0.0% 25.0% 62.5% 8

21 Other IR processes considered by organizations as good/best practices: See Addendum A

Internet/intranet Utilization for Sales/Redeployment

Surplus Prevention and Return-to-Supplier processes

Value Chain (Decision Hierarchy) Approach to Surplus Asset Disposition

Surplus Asset Management Processes (identification, valuation, data base visibility, surplus matched with demand, etc.)

Regular Reporting of Metrics and Successes

Surplus and Refurbished Assets Considered before Buying New

Early Involvement with Other Corporate Activities (capital projects, real estate sales, upgrades, demolition, divestitures, plant shut-downs, etc.)

Supplier Integration and Support (IR service provider contracts in place, equipment refurbishment programs, integrated processes, etc.)

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22 Percent of total sales that resulted from the use of the Internet/intranet:

External sales via Internet Posting (excluding eAuctions): 13.6% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 7 15.6%

External sales via eAuctions: 20.7% 5.0% 0.0% 80.0% 7 9.3%

External sales via 3rd-party sellers or brokers (excluding eAuctions): 40.7% 10.0% 0.0% 100.0% 7 31.4%

23 Redeployment via intranet - percent of total transfers: 21.1% 0.0% 0.0% 75.0% 9 21.6%

24Percent of organizations in which the IR function is responsible for locating and purchasing used machinery and equipment:

0.0% 9 20.5%

25 Percent of organizations that use the following types of information systems for internal redeployment and surplus sales: 8

Combined company-wide redeployment and surplus sales system, web-based 37.5% 10.3%

Separate company-wide redeployment and surplus sales systems, both web-based 0.0% 10.3%

Separate company-wide redeployment and surplus sales systems, only surplus sales system web-based 12.5% 7.7%

One internal deployment system, plus multiple surplus sales systems, some web-based 12.5% 10.3%

No web-based information systems - use posted spreadsheets, lists, faxes, and/or email only 37.5% 46.2%

Other 0.0% 15.4%

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26 Percent of organizations that use the following web-based technologies to promote surplus sales: 8

Maintain own company surplus sales website 25.0% 26.3%Actively submit company surplus sales website(s) to search engines for indexing 12.5% 13.2%

Maintain and use database or email list of prospective buyers 50.0% 55.3%

Rely solely on outside contract sales and auction firms 50.0% 39.5%

Rely on third-party websites for marketing of surplus 75.0% 34.2%

Investment Recovery Staffing

27 Investment recovery employees as a percent of total organization employees: 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.7% 9 0.1%

Exempt investment recovery employees as a percent of total IR employees: 64.2% 75.0% 16.7% 100.0% 6 66.3%

Non-exempt investment recovery employees as a percent of total IR employees: 28.7% 25.0% 0.0% 72.2% 6 25.6%

In-house contractors as a percent of total IR employees: 7.1% 0.0% 0.0% 31.3% 6 8.1%

28 Percent of FTE IR employees that have:

Bachelor's degree 33.4% 25.0% 0.0% 100.0% 7 43.3%

Master's degree 34.5% 13.0% 0.0% 100.0% 8 15.5%

CMIR Certification 34.0% 25.0% 0.0% 100.0% 5 23.9%

Professional certification 30.7% 16.5% 0.0% 100.0% 6 15.5%

Less than 5 years of IR experience 26.4% 13.0% 0.0% 100.0% 9 31.9%

Between 5 and 15 years of IR experience 47.4% 50.0% 0.0% 100.0% 9 45.4%

More than 15 years of IR experience 26.1% 10.0% 0.0% 100.0% 9 20.1%

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29 Percent of organizations in which the IR function has been in place for: 9

0 - 5 years 11.1%

6 - 10 years 11.1%

More than 10 years 77.8%

30 Average spend for training per investment recovery employee: $707 $0 $0 $2,500 7 $817

31 Percent of organizations that attend the Investment Recovery Association's annual conference: 88.9% 9 75.0%

32a Investment Recovery Salaries:

Level I (Top Position) - Function Head, Investment Recovery

Title See Addendum B

Reports to (Title) See Addendum B

Salary Range

Minimum i.d. $93,196

Maximum i.d. $130,861

Average salary i.d. $105,421

Number of employees supervised

Direct 9 4 9

Indirect 10 4 23

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32b Level II - Sr. Investment Recovery Representative

Title See Addendum C

Salary Range

Minimum $67,350 $72,750 $50,000 $85,000 5 $70,930

Maximum $104,080 $97,000 $90,000 $135,000 5 $99,885

Number of employees in position 1 1 0 2 5 2

Average salary $90,250 $88,750 $70,000 $125,000 6 $81,708

32c Level III - Investment Recovery Representative

Title See Addendum D

Salary Range

Minimum i.d. $52,392

Maximum i.d. $78,019

Number of employees in position i.d. 3

Average salary i.d. $59,635

32d Level IV - Associate Investment Recovery Representative (Clerical, Support Staff)

Title See Addendum E

Salary Range

Minimum i.d. $40,598

Maximum i.d. $59,298

Number of employees in position i.d. 5

Average salary i.d. $56,121

Average number of union workers i.d. 3

Average number of contract/temporary workers i.d.

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33 Company Benefits:

Professional Support:

Professional License Fees 87.5% 0.0% 12.5% 8

Professional Society Dues 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 8

Professional Publications 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 8

Continuing Education 88.9% 11.1% 0.0% 9Attendance at Investment Recovery Association Conference 88.9% 11.1% 0.0% 9

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