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Tools & Assessments
Six diagnostic tools designed to give manufacturers a clear, honest picture of where they stand — before committing to any investment. Each takes under 10 minutes. Each gives you something actionable immediately.
Manufacturing Data Maturity Assessment
A 25-question diagnostic built on the SDS Data Intelligence Framework. Get an immediate score across all five framework dimensions, and a plain-spoken report on your highest-priority gaps.
Hidden Cost Calculator
Estimate the recoverable value sitting in your current data infrastructure: rework, scrap, unplanned downtime, and slow decision cycles.
AI Readiness Diagnostic
A focused assessment of whether your current data infrastructure is ready for AI — and what it would take to get there.
Tribal Knowledge Risk Audit
Quantify the institutional knowledge risk in your operation: how much of your critical knowledge exists only in people's heads, and what a departure would cost.
ERP Utilization Self-Audit
Assess how much of your ERP's capability you're actually using — and where the gaps between what it can do and what you're doing are costing you.
KPI Translator
Convert operational metrics (cycle time, OEE, yield, scrap) into financial language for CFO and board conversations.
Why we built these.
Most manufacturers don't engage a data consultant because they already know they have a data problem. They engage one after a crisis — a missed forecast, a quality escape that cost a key customer, an ERP implementation that didn't deliver what was promised.
These tools exist to give you the picture before the crisis. Not because we want to sell you something, but because a manufacturer who understands their data posture makes better decisions about where to invest next.
If the results surprise you, or if you want to talk through what they mean for your operation specifically, that's what the 20-minute conversation is for.