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The e-Ready Checklist

Is your company ready to embark on e-business? This checklist will evaluate your readiness in seven dimensions:

  • Customer and Supplier Demand
  • Email Usage
  • Web Site Usage
  • Internal IT Systems Capacity
  • Internal IT Systems Status
  • Internal IT Support
  • Competitor eBusiness Status

The checklist will help to identify your company strengths as well as any hurdles you may need to overcome.

Simply rate your company on each of the measures in the checklist by selecting the statements that most accurately apply.

Basic Readiness
1. Customer and Supplier Demand
Your customer or suppliers -
Never ask for electronic communication
Ask for simple electronic communication
Ask for Internet access to your information
Ask for data exchange via Internet and/or EDI
2. Email Usage
Your email system -
Is non-existent
Exists but does not include all internal staff
Is used internally plus connects some external users
Includes all internal and external users
3. Web Site Usage
Your web site -
Is non existent
Has only brochure style pages
Has limited interactive functions
Allows customers and/or suppliers to make orders and/or complete transactions online
IT Readiness
4. Internal IT Systems Capacity
Your internal IT systems -
Fulfil basic business functions for selected users
Fulfil basic business functions for most staff
Provide integrated information (ERP) across all business functions to managers
Provide ERP functions to most staff
5. Internal IT Systems Status
Your main IT systems -
Are off-the-shelf from a supplier
Are modified packages from a supplier
Are developed in-house but are more than 3 years old
Are developed in-house but are less than 3 years old
6. Internal IT Support
Your internal IT support -
Is non existent or depends on users
Is established but not represented in management meetings
Is established and represented at management meetings
Is established and represented at board level
Need to Compete
7. Competitor eBusiness Status
Your key competitors -
Do not have a web site
Have a simple brochure site
Communicate electronically with customers and suppliers
Allow electronic transactions with customers or suppliers