Manufacturing Performance Assessment

Welcome to your Manufacturing Performance Assessment

This free 5-minute assessment will show you exactly where your operations stand today. Scored across five key areas of manufacturing this will give you a clear picture of where to focus next.

What you'll receive:

A personalised score out of 100 across 5 operational areas
A breakdown of where you're strong and where the gaps are
Tailored recommendations based on your results
A free resource matched to your score

Takes 3–5 minutes. Be honest, the more accurate your answers, the more useful your results.

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Section 1) Production Planning & Control

How do you currently plan and schedule production?

Manually using spreadsheets or paper

Basic scheduling tools with limited visibility

Integrated planning with real-time shop floor data

Automated scheduling with capacity and demand integration

How effectively do you track work orders and job progress?

Little to no formal tracking — relies on verbal updates

Basic tracking, but often out of date

Consistent tracking with some real-time visibility

Full real-time visibility across all jobs and stages

How do you manage production stoppages or delays?

React when problems arise, no early warning system

Some alerting but largely reactive

Alerts in place, with documented escalation process

Proactive identification and resolution before impact

How connected is your production data to the rest of the business (finance, purchasing, sales)?

Not connected — data is siloed

Partially connected with manual transfers

Mostly integrated with occasional manual steps

Fully integrated in real time

Can you accurately report on production costs (labour, materials, overheads) per job?

No — costing is estimated after the fact

Partial visibility, often delayed

Yes, with some manual input required

Yes — fully automated and real time

Section 2) Inventory & Materials Management

How do you manage raw material and component stock levels?

Manual counts and spreadsheets

Basic stock system, not integrated with production

Stock system integrated with production planning

Automated reorder points with full traceability

How often do you experience stockouts or excess stock?

Frequently — causes regular production delays

Occasionally — managed on an ad hoc basis

Rarely — processes are mostly reliable

Almost never — demand-driven replenishment in place

How do you handle supplier lead times and purchase orders?

Manually, with limited visibility of order status

Basic PO process but limited supplier data

Structured process with some supplier integration

Fully visible PO lifecycle with supplier performance tracking

Can you trace materials or components through the production process?

No traceability in place

Limited — some batch tracking only

Good traceability for most materials

Full end-to-end lot/serial traceability

How accurate is your stock count at any given time?

Often inaccurate — requires regular physical counts to verify

Somewhat accurate with periodic reconciliation

Mostly accurate with minor variances

Highly accurate in real time

Section 3) Finance & Cost Control

How quickly can you close your monthly accounts?

More than 3 weeks

2–3 weeks

1–2 weeks

Within 5 working days

How do you track actual vs. budgeted costs?

We don't formally track this

Manually in spreadsheets — infrequent reviews

Tracked regularly but requires manual compilation

Automated variance reporting in real time

How confident are you in your product/job margin data?

Not confident — margins are estimated

Somewhat confident with significant manual effort

Confident for most products/jobs

Very confident — fully automated and auditable

How are purchase invoices processed and approved?

Manually via email/paper with no workflow

Some structure but bottlenecks are common

Structured approval workflow in place

Automated three-way matching with ERP/PO system

How well does your finance function integrate with operations (production, purchasing, sales)?

Separate systems — data is re-keyed manually

Partial integration with some manual bridging

Mostly integrated

Fully integrated — one source of truth

Section 4) Reporting & Business Intelligence

How do you produce management reports?

Manually compiled from multiple spreadsheets

Partially automated, still requires manual consolidation

Mostly automated with some manual steps

Fully automated dashboards with live data

How quickly can you access KPIs?

Days — requires compiling from multiple sources

Hours — some manual work involved

Near real time with minor delays

Instantly — live dashboards

How confident are you in the accuracy of your reports?

Low confidence — data is often inconsistent

Some confidence but errors occur

Mostly reliable with minor exceptions

High confidence — single, validated data source

Can managers access the data they need without IT or finance involvement?

No — all reporting goes through IT or finance

Limited self-service capability

Most managers can access core reports

Full self-service with role-based dashboards

How well do you use data to drive decisions?

Mostly gut feel and experience

Mix of data and instinct

Primarily data-driven with some judgement

Fully data-driven decision culture

Section 5) Systems & Process Integration

How many disconnected systems does your business rely on day-to-day?

5 or more separate, largely unconnected systems

3–4 systems with some integration

2–3 systems, mostly integrated

One integrated platform or tightly connected suite

How much time is spent on manual data re-entry between systems?

Several hours per day across the team

A few hours per week

Occasional, mostly handled by exceptions

Minimal — data flows automatically

How scalable are your current systems to support growth?

We're already at capacity — growth would break processes

Some scalability but significant manual effort would be needed

Can scale with moderate investment

Systems are designed to scale with the business

How well do your systems support compliance (quality, traceability, audit trails)?

Poorly — compliance is largely manual

Partially — some automated controls

Mostly supported with minor gaps

Fully supported with automated audit trails

How would you rate the quality of your current software support and vendor relationship?

Poor — limited support, outdated system

Adequate but not proactive

Good — responsive and reasonably up to date

Excellent — strategic partner, continuous improvement

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