ERP & Operational Assessments for Manufacturers
Know exactly what is broken — and what it will take to fix it — before you commit money to a system, a consultant, or a recovery effort.
Operational Assessment
Who It Is For : For manufacturers whose operations, data, or decision-making are slowing down growth.
What You Get :
- A written report of findings
- A risk ranking of the issues found
- A step-by-step roadmap of what to fix first
Price : Starting at $3,750
ERP Health Check
Who It Is For : For manufacturers who already have an ERP system, but it is not working the way it should.
What You Get :
- A written report of findings
- A risk ranking of the issues found
- A step-by-step roadmap of what to fix first
Price : Starting at $5,000
ERP Recovery Assessment
Who It Is For : For manufacturers whose ERP implementation went wrong, and need to know what happened and what to do next.
What You Get :
- A written report of findings
- A risk ranking of the issues found
- A step-by-step roadmap of what to fix first
Price : Starting at $7,500
ERP Advisory Retainer
Who It Is For : For manufacturers who know what is broken and need someone independent holding the fix on course. Typically begins after an assessment — yours or an equivalent diagnosis you already hold.
What You Get :
- A fixed cadence of working sessions each month
- Independent review of decisions before they are committed
- A written checkpoint each month, with risks re-ranked
- Direct access between sessions when a decision cannot wait
Why Three Months : Improvement efforts do not show their true result in thirty days. Month one exposes what is actually wrong. Month two is when corrections are made and resistance appears. Month three is when you learn whether the fix is holding. Leaving earlier means paying for the diagnosis and walking away from the cure.
Price : Starting at $5,000 per month, depending on cadence and scope. Three-month minimum, then month to month.
Scope depends on the condition of your systems and how much of the work your team can carry.
Lee Stout spent 25 years running MRP and ERP on the manufacturing floor — in supply chain, engineering, and operations — and has been implementing and architecting it from the IT side since 2014. He is vendor-neutral. He does not sell software.
Not Sure You Are Ready for ERP at All?
Start with our ERP Readiness Assessment — a lower-cost first step to find out if your business is ready for ERP before you spend money on a system
Independent Business & Systems Advisory.