# Nearshoring ERP and Trade Compliance Readiness Assessment > Source: https://netray.co/tools/nearshoring-erp-trade-compliance-readiness-assessment > Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems. > Section: Free Tools ## Short answer Score how ready your ERP, master data and compliance processes are for running a plant or supplier base in Mexico or Latin America. ## Category erp-migration ## Erp Any ERP ## Industry Manufacturing ## Region Mexico ## Audience - CIO - Operations director - Supply chain director ## Tool **Kind:** assessment **Questions:** #### How does your ERP handle Mexican electronic invoicing (CFDI)? **Help:** Consider both sales invoices and payment or transfer documents. **Options:** ##### Not assessed yet **Score:** 0 ##### Localization exists but is untested **Score:** 1 ##### Tested in sandbox with a PAC **Score:** 2 ##### In production at an existing Mexican entity **Score:** 3 #### Can you track customs documents (pedimentos) against inventory? **Options:** ##### No, handled on spreadsheets by the broker **Score:** 0 ##### Pedimento number stored on receipts only **Score:** 1 ##### Linked to receipts and shipments by line **Score:** 2 ##### Linked by line with discharge and deadline reporting **Score:** 3 #### How is origin data for USMCA and other agreements managed? **Options:** ##### Not tracked per part **Score:** 0 ##### Tracked in spreadsheets by trade team **Score:** 1 ##### Origin fields on item master, manual certificates **Score:** 2 ##### Origin data on master with supplier declarations and certificate generation **Score:** 3 #### How current is your bill of materials and routing accuracy? **Help:** Customs discharge, costing and yield all depend on it. **Options:** ##### Known to be unreliable **Score:** 0 ##### Accurate for top products only **Score:** 1 ##### Accurate, audited yearly **Score:** 2 ##### Accurate with change control and yield tracking **Score:** 3 #### Do you have multi-currency and intercompany processes for peso and dollar flows? **Options:** ##### Single currency only **Score:** 0 ##### Multi-currency with manual intercompany **Score:** 1 ##### Automated intercompany with FX revaluation **Score:** 2 ##### Automated, with transfer pricing support and hedging reports **Score:** 3 #### How are Mexican payroll, labor and social security obligations handled? **Options:** ##### Not planned yet **Score:** 0 ##### Outsourced to a shelter or provider without data feed **Score:** 1 ##### Provider with a monthly cost feed to the ERP **Score:** 2 ##### Integrated payroll cost and headcount data in the ERP **Score:** 3 #### Are your supplier and customer master data cleaned and standardised? **Options:** ##### Duplicates and missing fields are common **Score:** 0 ##### Basic cleanup done once **Score:** 1 ##### Ownership and validation rules exist **Score:** 2 ##### Governed with tax ID validation and approval workflow **Score:** 3 #### Can your ERP and shop floor systems support Spanish-language users and local calendars? **Options:** ##### English only **Score:** 0 ##### Spanish for some screens **Score:** 1 ##### Spanish UI and documents available **Score:** 2 ##### Spanish UI, local holidays and shifts configured **Score:** 3 #### How is cross-border logistics data (carrier, bill of lading, customs status) visible in the ERP? **Options:** ##### Emails and phone calls **Score:** 0 ##### Spreadsheet tracker **Score:** 1 ##### Status fields updated manually **Score:** 2 ##### Integrated carrier and broker feeds **Score:** 3 #### Do you have an owner and process for regulatory change in Mexico or the target country? **Options:** ##### No owner **Score:** 0 ##### Relies on the broker or advisor ad hoc **Score:** 1 ##### Named owner with periodic review **Score:** 2 ##### Owner with a change log and ERP test cycle for each change **Score:** 3 **Bands:** #### Early stage **Min:** 0 **Max:** 35 **Verdict:** Your systems and data are not yet ready to run a Mexican operation with confidence. **Recommendations:** - Fix item, BOM and routing accuracy before any customs or costing work - Select the localization path (ERP module, add-on or local system) with the Mexican advisor - Define who owns customs, tax and labor data #### Foundations in progress **Min:** 35 **Max:** 60 **Verdict:** Some building blocks exist but gaps in customs traceability or master data could block a go-live. **Recommendations:** - Link pedimento lines to receipts and shipments - Run a sandbox test of CFDI with realistic orders - Clean supplier and customer data, including tax IDs #### Mostly ready **Min:** 60 **Max:** 85 **Verdict:** You can run a controlled pilot, with remaining risk in a few specific processes. **Recommendations:** - Close the gaps on discharge reporting and origin evidence - Document the regulatory change process - Plan hypercare for the first month-end close #### Ready to scale **Min:** 85 **Max:** 100 **Verdict:** Your ERP and processes look prepared for further plants or countries. **Recommendations:** - Reuse the localization pattern for the next country - Automate monitoring of overdue imports and missing documents - Review resilience, including contingency for authority downtime ## Content **Intro:** Moving production to Mexico or Latin America is often justified by a landed cost model, but the project succeeds or fails on data and compliance. This short assessment scores the ERP side of readiness in ten areas. **Sections:** #### How to use the assessment **Body:** Answer based on what is in production today, not what is planned. If two people disagree, pick the lower score and write down the reason; the disagreement is itself a finding. Run it with the ERP lead, the controller, a supply chain manager and the trade compliance owner. Export the result and use the lowest-scoring questions as the first items in your project plan. #### What the questions test **Body:** The first questions cover legal compliance: CFDI, customs traceability and origin evidence. The middle questions cover master data foundations: BOM accuracy, supplier data and multi-currency flows. The final ones cover operations: payroll feeds, language, logistics visibility and change management. A company can score high on tax tooling and still fail because the BOM is wrong, so look at the profile and not only the total. **Bullets:** - Compliance tooling without clean data produces wrong filings - Customs discharge depends on BOM and yield accuracy - Labor cost visibility needs a payroll feed, not a yearly estimate - Regulatory change needs an owner and a test cycle #### Common mistakes **Body:** The most common error is treating localization as a software purchase when it is a process and data project. Another is starting the plant before the first month-end close process has been rehearsed in the ERP. Teams also underestimate the time to get e-signature certificates, tax registrations and PAC contracts in place. Build these into the schedule with a buffer, and rehearse a close before the first real one. **Cta:** If you want a second opinion on your readiness profile, we can walk through your answers and show where a read-only data check would find the problems fastest. **Faq:** #### Is this assessment specific to one ERP? **Answer:** No. The questions apply to any ERP, including SAP, Oracle, Infor, Epicor, Microsoft Dynamics and NetSuite. The answers will differ in how each system supports localization, but the readiness areas are the same. #### Does a high score guarantee compliance? **Answer:** No. The score reflects capability and process maturity, not legal compliance. Compliance depends on correct filings and current rules, which your Mexican advisor and customs broker must confirm. #### Can I use it for countries other than Mexico? **Answer:** Most questions carry over to other Latin American countries, since e-invoicing, customs traceability, labor data and master data matter everywhere. Replace the Mexico-specific documents with the equivalents of the target country. #### Who should answer the questions? **Answer:** Ideally the ERP lead, the controller, a supply chain owner and whoever handles customs and trade. Answers from a single role tend to be optimistic about areas outside their daily work. ## Search terms nearshoring erp readiness, mexico plant erp checklist, nearshoring assessment manufacturing, erp for mexico plant, maquiladora erp requirements, latin america erp rollout readiness, nearshoring trade compliance, mexico expansion erp assessment --- Talk to an engineer: https://netray.co/contact?intent=erp_ai | Machine catalog: https://netray.co/agent/catalog.json