ERP Readiness Scorecard - diagnose before you evaluate.
ERP readiness is whether your processes, data, and team can support a system before you buy one. Most failed projects skipped this step. Score your readiness across the key dimensions and see the gaps.
55-75% of ERP implementations fail. The #1 cause is organizational unpreparedness, not software. This 20-question scorecard surfaces your gaps so you can close them BEFORE evaluating vendors.
20 questions across 5 dimensions. McKinsey + Panorama Consulting research: 55-75% of ERP implementations fail. The #1 cause is organizational unpreparedness, not software. Diagnose before you evaluate.
SimpleGrid asks readiness questions during the founder call - not after the contract.
We turn down 30%+ of inquiries because the timing isnt right. The cost of not being ready is higher than the cost of waiting.
Book a demoWhy ERP implementations fail
Panorama Consulting tracks this every year. 55-75% of ERP implementations are "challenged" - over budget, over schedule, or under-delivering. The reasons in order: (1) organizational unpreparedness, (2) poor data quality, (3) under-resourced internal team, (4) scope creep, (5) wrong vendor for the situation. Only #5 is a vendor problem. The rest is preparation.
Read the dimensions honestly
Process maturity, data readiness, organizational readiness, technical infrastructure, change capacity. Any dimension below 60% is a gap that will hurt your implementation. Below 40% is a gap that will likely cause failure. Fix these BEFORE you talk to vendors - the gap-closure cost is 10x lower than the failed-implementation cost.