# NetSuite Manufacturing Process Maturity Assessment > Source: https://netray.co/tools/netsuite-manufacturing-readiness-assessment > Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems. > Section: Free Tools ## Short answer Answer ten questions about BOM accuracy, shop floor posting, costing and reporting to see where your NetSuite manufacturing setup is strong or weak. ## Category netsuite ## Erp NetSuite ## Industry Discrete Manufacturing ## Audience - NetSuite administrator - Operations manager - Controller ## Tool **Kind:** assessment **Questions:** #### How accurate are your BOMs compared with what the floor actually uses? **Options:** ##### Audited regularly, errors are rare **Score:** 3 ##### Mostly right, fixed when someone notices **Score:** 2 ##### Known differences, workarounds on the floor **Score:** 1 ##### We do not know **Score:** 0 #### How are component issues and completions posted? **Options:** ##### At the point of work, by the people doing it **Score:** 3 ##### At end of shift by a supervisor **Score:** 2 ##### Backflushed with periodic corrections **Score:** 1 ##### Entered days later from paper **Score:** 0 #### How do you cost production? **Options:** ##### Rates reviewed at least yearly and variances analysed **Score:** 3 ##### Rates exist but variances are rarely analysed **Score:** 2 ##### Rates are outdated **Score:** 1 ##### No routing or labor costing in the system **Score:** 0 #### How do planners see component shortages? **Options:** ##### Saved search or dashboard reviewed daily **Score:** 3 ##### Manual export to Excel each week **Score:** 2 ##### They find out when the floor complains **Score:** 1 ##### No shortage view exists **Score:** 0 #### How is inventory accuracy managed? **Options:** ##### Cycle counts with root cause review **Score:** 3 ##### Cycle counts without follow up **Score:** 2 ##### Annual physical count only **Score:** 1 ##### Large unexplained adjustments **Score:** 0 #### How are custom scripts and workflows governed? **Options:** ##### Documented, tested in sandbox, with owners **Score:** 3 ##### Documented partly, tested informally **Score:** 2 ##### Few people understand them **Score:** 1 ##### Unknown number of scripts, no owner **Score:** 0 #### How controlled are roles and permissions for production users? **Options:** ##### Role per job with periodic review **Score:** 3 ##### Roles exist but have grown over time **Score:** 2 ##### Many users share a broad role **Score:** 1 ##### Shared logins **Score:** 0 #### How do you handle engineering changes in BOMs? **Options:** ##### Revisions with effective dates and approval **Score:** 3 ##### Revisions used but approvals are informal **Score:** 2 ##### BOMs edited in place **Score:** 1 ##### Changes communicated verbally **Score:** 0 #### How does month end close treat manufacturing? **Options:** ##### Open work orders reviewed and WIP reconciled each month **Score:** 3 ##### WIP reviewed quarterly **Score:** 2 ##### WIP reviewed only when auditors ask **Score:** 1 ##### WIP is a known problem area **Score:** 0 #### How easily can managers get answers about production from NetSuite? **Options:** ##### Self-service dashboards and searches they trust **Score:** 3 ##### Some reports, with analyst help for the rest **Score:** 2 ##### Mostly spreadsheets built by hand **Score:** 1 ##### Questions wait days for an answer **Score:** 0 **Bands:** #### Foundations need work **Min:** 0 **Max:** 39 **Verdict:** Data quality and discipline gaps are likely causing costing errors and firefighting. **Recommendations:** - Audit BOMs and routings for your top ten assemblies first - Agree a single owner for work order posting rules - Reconcile WIP and inventory before changing anything else - Review roles so production users have only what they need #### Working but fragile **Min:** 40 **Max:** 69 **Verdict:** The process runs, but relies on individuals and manual workarounds. **Recommendations:** - Build a daily shortage and late work order saved search - Document custom scripts and assign owners - Move posting closer to the point of work - Review costing rates and start tracking variances #### Solid with gaps **Min:** 70 **Max:** 89 **Verdict:** Most controls exist. The remaining gains are in speed of insight and edge cases. **Recommendations:** - Automate recurring exports and exception reports - Review governance usage on heavy scripts - Add cycle count root cause tracking - Make dashboards self-service for managers #### Well run **Min:** 90 **Max:** 100 **Verdict:** Your setup is disciplined. Focus on keeping it that way as the business changes. **Recommendations:** - Re-run this review after any acquisition or major release - Test new releases in sandbox against your key flows - Keep documentation and role reviews on a calendar ## Content **Intro:** NetSuite Manufacturing can be configured correctly and still produce unreliable numbers if the daily practices around it are weak. This assessment looks at ten habits that decide whether your work orders, costs and reports can be trusted. **Sections:** #### How to use the assessment **Body:** Answer each question for how things actually work today, not how they should work. Involve a planner, a shop floor lead and someone from finance if possible, since each sees a different part of the picture. The score is a percentage of the maximum, and the band tells you where to focus first. #### What the questions measure **Body:** The questions cover master data accuracy, posting discipline, costing, visibility, inventory control, change control, permissions, close and reporting. These are the areas where NetSuite manufacturing problems usually originate. A low score in one area often explains symptoms in another, for example late postings causing both wrong WIP and false shortages. **Bullets:** - Data: BOM accuracy and engineering change control - Execution: posting at the point of work - Finance: costing rates, variances and WIP at close - Control: roles, scripts and inventory accuracy #### Reading your band **Body:** Low scores point to fundamentals, and the recommendation list starts with data audits. Middle scores usually mean the system is working but depends on a few people, so documentation and visibility give the best return. High scores mean you should protect what you have through reviews and sandbox testing rather than adding more customization. #### Common mistakes **Body:** Teams sometimes score themselves on intent rather than practice, or answer from the viewpoint of a single department. Another trap is jumping to new tools before fixing posting discipline. Better dashboards on late or inaccurate data only make the wrong numbers easier to see. **Cta:** If you want a candid view of your NetSuite manufacturing setup, we can run a short review with your admin and finance lead and share findings you can act on. **Faq:** #### Is this an official NetSuite assessment? **Answer:** No. It is an independent self check based on common manufacturing practices. It does not measure licensing or compliance, and it is not produced or endorsed by the software vendor. #### Who should complete it? **Answer:** Ideally a small group: the NetSuite administrator, a production planner and a finance representative. Different roles often answer the same question differently, and the disagreement is itself useful information. #### What score should I aim for? **Answer:** There is no ideal number. A score in the 70 to 89 band is a reasonable target for most plants. Use the individual answers more than the total, because a single zero on posting discipline can outweigh good scores elsewhere. #### Does the tool store my answers? **Answer:** The score is calculated in your browser. You can export the result for your own records. Nothing is required to be sent to us to use the assessment. ## Search terms netsuite manufacturing assessment, netsuite maturity assessment, netsuite work order accuracy, erp manufacturing health check, netsuite bom accuracy audit, netsuite shop floor data collection, netsuite manufacturing optimization, netsuite process review --- Talk to an engineer: https://netray.co/contact?intent=erp_ai | Machine catalog: https://netray.co/agent/catalog.json