# Africa ERP Implementation Readiness Assessment > Source: https://netray.co/tools/africa-erp-implementation-readiness-assessment > Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems. > Section: Free Tools ## Short answer Ten questions that score data quality, infrastructure, tax compliance, skills and sponsorship before you commit to an ERP project. ## Category erp-migration ## Region Africa ## Audience - CIO - Managing director - ERP project manager ## Tool **Kind:** assessment **Questions:** #### How clean is your item, customer and supplier master data? **Options:** ##### Duplicates and gaps everywhere **Score:** 0 ##### Known problems, no owner **Score:** 1 ##### Mostly clean with an owner **Score:** 2 ##### Clean, governed and documented **Score:** 3 #### How reliable is power at your main site? **Help:** Consider servers, network gear and shop floor terminals. **Options:** ##### Frequent unprotected outages **Score:** 0 ##### UPS for a few minutes only **Score:** 1 ##### UPS and generator for key systems **Score:** 2 ##### Tested backup for servers, network and floor **Score:** 3 #### How good is connectivity between sites and to the cloud? **Options:** ##### Single unreliable link **Score:** 0 ##### One link, occasional drops **Score:** 1 ##### Two links, manual failover **Score:** 2 ##### Redundant links with monitored failover **Score:** 3 #### Do you know your tax and e-invoicing obligations in each country? **Options:** ##### Not reviewed **Score:** 0 ##### Handled by the accountant, not documented **Score:** 1 ##### Documented for the main country **Score:** 2 ##### Documented for every country and tested **Score:** 3 #### Is there an executive sponsor with time for the project? **Options:** ##### No sponsor **Score:** 0 ##### Sponsor with little time **Score:** 1 ##### Sponsor attends monthly **Score:** 2 ##### Sponsor attends weekly and removes blockers **Score:** 3 #### Do you have key users who can be released from daily work? **Options:** ##### None **Score:** 0 ##### Part-time only, with no backfill **Score:** 1 ##### Named key users with some backfill **Score:** 2 ##### Dedicated key users with backfill **Score:** 3 #### How well documented are your current processes? **Options:** ##### In people's heads **Score:** 0 ##### Partly written **Score:** 1 ##### Documented for main flows **Score:** 2 ##### Documented and reviewed with owners **Score:** 3 #### How many currencies and entities will the system need to handle? **Options:** ##### Many, with no treasury rules **Score:** 0 ##### Several, rules unclear **Score:** 1 ##### Several, rules agreed **Score:** 2 ##### Few, or rules agreed and tested **Score:** 3 #### Is local implementation and support capacity available for your chosen product? **Options:** ##### No partner identified **Score:** 0 ##### One partner, not evaluated **Score:** 1 ##### Partner evaluated with references **Score:** 2 ##### Partner plus internal super user and a support plan **Score:** 3 #### Have you agreed how data will be migrated and validated? **Options:** ##### No plan **Score:** 0 ##### Plan to export and import **Score:** 1 ##### Mapped fields and a trial load **Score:** 2 ##### Mapped, trial loaded and reconciled with sign-off **Score:** 3 **Bands:** #### Not ready yet **Min:** 0 **Max:** 39 **Verdict:** Starting now would put cost and schedule at high risk. **Recommendations:** - Fix master data and name an owner first - Secure an executive sponsor and key users - Stabilise power and connectivity before choosing a hosting model #### Partly ready **Min:** 40 **Max:** 64 **Verdict:** You can begin selection, but close the gaps in parallel. **Recommendations:** - Document core processes before configuration workshops - Define tax and e-invoicing requirements per country - Plan a trial data migration early #### Mostly ready **Min:** 65 **Max:** 84 **Verdict:** Good foundations, with a few targeted risks to manage. **Recommendations:** - Confirm partner capacity and a support plan - Rehearse data migration with reconciliation - Test backup power and failover for go-live #### Ready to proceed **Min:** 85 **Max:** 100 **Verdict:** Your organisation is well prepared for an ERP project. **Recommendations:** - Lock scope and a change control process - Plan training and cutover in detail - Define success measures for the first 90 days ## Content **Intro:** Many ERP projects in African manufacturing struggle because of power, connectivity, data and people, not because of the software. This assessment scores those foundations before you sign. **Sections:** #### How to use the assessment **Body:** Answer each question honestly with the option closest to today's reality, not the plan. The tool totals your points, converts them to a percentage and shows a band with next steps. Share the results with your leadership team and use the lowest-scoring areas as the first workstreams in your project plan. #### What the questions test **Body:** The ten questions cover the factors that most often decide whether a project succeeds: data quality, infrastructure, tax compliance, sponsorship, key user availability, process documentation, multi-currency handling, partner support and data migration. Each is scored from zero to three. **Bullets:** - Data and process maturity - Power and connectivity - Tax and e-invoicing - People and sponsorship - Partner and migration planning #### Reading the bands **Body:** A low score does not mean you should avoid an ERP, only that some groundwork should come first. A middle score usually means you can begin vendor selection while fixing data and process gaps. A high score means you can focus on scope control and training. #### Common mistakes **Body:** Teams often score themselves on intentions, ignore infrastructure, or let the vendor do the migration without business sign-off. Revisit the assessment after each major milestone to see whether risks are shrinking. **Cta:** If your score points to data and process gaps, Netray can help profile your existing data and plan a private, read-only AI layer around the new ERP. **Faq:** #### Is this specific to one ERP product? **Answer:** No. The questions apply to any ERP, whether SYSPRO, Sage, Odoo, SAP or another product. They test your organisation's readiness rather than the software, so use them at the start of selection or before a major upgrade. #### What score should I aim for? **Answer:** Aim for at least the mostly ready band before go-live planning is locked. You can start selection at a lower score, but treat each low-scoring answer as a risk on the project register with an owner and date. #### Who should answer the questions? **Answer:** Have the finance, operations and IT leads answer separately, then compare. Differences in answers often show where people are unaware of risks, which is useful in itself before the project starts. #### Can small businesses use it? **Answer:** Yes. Small manufacturers often score well on simplicity but poorly on documentation and key user time. The same questions apply, but scope and migration will be smaller. ## Search terms erp readiness assessment, erp implementation readiness africa, erp selection south africa manufacturer, erp project risk checklist, sage pastel replacement readiness, erp go live readiness score --- Talk to an engineer: https://netray.co/contact?intent=erp_ai | Machine catalog: https://netray.co/agent/catalog.json