Manufacturing Self - Assessment

How well is your organization leveraging technology to drive efficiency, productivity, and profitability?  Take this brief self-assessment to get an immediate analysis of your organization's strengths and weaknesses in several areas.  Your results will be accompanied by improvement suggestions likely to drive the largest returns. 

What you’ll get: Simply indicate how your organization meets the following statements by selecting a response for each question from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree. When you are done, click the "calculate results" button to receive your results and recommendations.

Statement Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
Machine costs by operation or work center are understood for each job
Material returns to stock are well defined and traceable
We use lot and/or serial number tracking effectively and know where our inventory is at all times
We effectively combine orders where possible to save on shipping costs
Shipped orders consistently include the correct product and quantity
We have good information on scrap volumes and costs by work station and job
Month-end financial close is a simple and straight-forward process
Our warehouse storage and retreival is efficient
Our on-time delivery results are where we want them
Work center assignments and scheduling work effectively across my operation
Our machine assignments and scheduling processes work well
Material issues to jobs are consistently accurate
Completion counts by workstation and job are consistently tracked and accurate
The cost of any job is clear and variances are easily identified and quantified
Order fill rates are at satisfactory levels
Direct labor costs by operation or work center are tracked accurately and timely
Key performance indicators for my operation are readily available
Our team can quickly adapt information systems to changing business processes
Information Systems are stable and provide low risk to my operation
Material costs by operation or work center are easily identifiable for each job
I have the tools to easily find the status of any production job
Information flows seamlessly without manipulation from order through shipping and AR
Information Systems are easy and low-cost to operate and maintain
Lead times meet our customers' needs
Our perpetual inventory counts are consistently accurate
Direct and indirect labor is accurately tracked and easy for staff to administer
Our physical inventory is at an optimal level