Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for agricultural implement manufacturers.
A checklist built from how agricultural implement manufacturers work, to print or save as a PDF and bring to any supplier meeting.
What the software should cover
Tick each one that matters to your business.
- Dealer orders and season booking
- Frame and parts bills
- Cutting and fabrication orders
- Wear part batches and heat treatment
- Finishing and fitting
- Spares and dealer dispatch
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For planners
- For fabrication supervisors
- For heat-treatment operators
- For assembly staff
- For spares and dealer sales
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Dealer bookings against units built by model
- Frames at each welding, blasting and paint stage
- Quench lots, temper settings and hardness readings
- Spares stock against reorder level
- Offcuts returned to stock by thickness
- Season sales by dealer and width
- Units in the yard unsold, by model and width
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Accounting export
- SMS
- Barcode and label printing
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- What goes into a season plan?
- Can a cutting list change with the quantity?
- Can a weak quench lot be found after sale?
- Can machines and spares share one dispatch?
- Does it track offcuts?
- Can we reserve a unit for a dealer?
- What about outside hardfacing?
- How is it priced?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Dealer bookings are kept in several places
- Heat-treated wear parts are not traced by batch
- Cutting lists are made from memory
- Spares and machines share one store
- Season stock is built without a plan
Prefer to talk it through? See the agricultural implement manufacturers page.