About this tool

This self assessment tool is designed to help and support all business in making informed decisions around technology and its relevance in solving specific issues within their distribution businesses.

The main purpose is, by using the experiences of all companies involved in its development, to help guide you through the current status of your business against 14 key areas and advise and inform, by benchmarking against current industry examples, where your operation sits in terms of technological development and what the next steps may be to move along the benchmarking scale within any of the 14 key areas.

The more honestly the questions are answered and the clearer your objective and goal, the more effectively this tool will be able to support your decision making.

How the tool works

		Download the Excel assessment tool here.

		Complete the short questionnaire on your company's current use of technology. Simply put a 'Y' in the most appropriate box and move onto the next question.

		Discover your current status and view a matrix summary of your results.

		View further details of exactly where your company is at on each stage.

		Find out what you need to do to improve your status, with links to sites offering supporting information.