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Digital readiness assessment
Know your baseline before you spend an Enterprise Ireland grant. A short, practical read on the five dimensions a Digital Discovery consultant will probe on day one.
The five dimensions of digital readiness for an Irish SME
How we think about readiness at Vendors.ie, aligned to the Enterprise Ireland Digital Discovery scope.
Data maturity
Do you have clean, structured data on customers, orders, employees, and finance? Or is it scattered across spreadsheets and email?
Weak data maturity is the single biggest blocker to AI adoption. Your consultant will spend their hours fixing this first if you are not ready.
Digital process coverage
Which core business processes (sales, invoicing, payroll, stock, project delivery) already live in software, and which still rely on manual steps?
Most Irish SMEs have 2-3 strong processes and 3-5 weak ones. The gaps define your roadmap.
Irish compliance posture
PAYE Modernisation, VAT3 filing via ROS, GDPR data residency, Revenue integrations, SEPA banking - all either in place or missing.
Compliance gaps tend to show up in an audit or investor diligence before they show up in day-to-day work. Easier to fix them now.
AI appetite and use cases
Have you tried tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, or Google Gemini inside the business? What specifically do you want AI to do?
Generic AI curiosity wastes grant hours. One concrete use case unlocks progress.
Internal ownership
Is there a named internal owner for the engagement, with 2-4 hours a week reserved to work with the consultant and drive follow-up?
No internal owner equals no execution. Even the best consultant cannot compensate.
Run the free AI Readiness Check
A Vendors.ie tool that scores your AI readiness on a 1-10 scale and returns three prioritised opportunities tailored to your sector and size. Grant-eligible note included.
The AI Readiness Check is free and takes two minutes. It asks about your company size, sector, current software, data storage, AI experience, biggest operational challenge, and AI budget. It returns a score, a list of practical opportunities, and the data gaps you should address before bringing in a consultant.
Start the AI Readiness CheckGet the readiness checklist as a PDF
Send us your email and we will return a 1-page checklist version of the five dimensions, ready to bring to your consultant.
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