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Manufacturing readiness checklist

4 pages · Manufacturing · A4 794 x 1123
01Checklist
VP.
For manufacturers, 10 to 500 people

Are you ready
to build?

Sixteen checks. Tick honestly. The score at the end tells you whether to build now, fix the process first, or leave it alone.

VishnupriyaBuildXLR8
Manufacturing · 4 pages
Manufacturing readiness checklistThe floor
Section one

Stock and production

Stock levels are known without walking the floor
Work orders reach people in writing, not verbally
What was assigned and what was completed are both recorded
The production schedule is visible to everyone who needs it
Quality is captured at the station, not at dispatch
Section two

Orders and customers

Every order arrives in one place
Order status is visible without asking a person
Nobody re enters the same order into a second system
A customer question can be answered from a screen
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Manufacturing readiness checklistThe risk
Section three

People and process

The process is written down somewhere other than a person's head
A new hire could follow it without being taught verbally
One named person owns each process
Any single person could take two weeks off
Section four

Systems

Accounting and operations are not reconciled by hand
No spreadsheet has a rule about who may edit it
Nothing important lives only in a chat thread
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Manufacturing readiness checklistYour score
Count your ticks

What the number means

13 to 16 ticks
Do not buy
7 to 12 ticks
A Reset fits
3 to 6 ticks
Fix process first
0 to 2 ticks
Write it down first
What each answer means

Read this before you act

Thirteen or more means your operation already works. Spend the money elsewhere.
Seven to twelve is the shape a 30-Day Operations Reset was built for.
Three to six means software will make an undefined process faster, not better.
Two or fewer means the first job is writing the process down, and nobody needs to be paid for that.
One ask

Send me your number

That is the whole opening. If it is thirteen or higher I will tell you not to buy anything.

Vishnupriya · Business Development Lead · BuildXLR8

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