Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for agricultural pump manufacturers.
A checklist built from how agricultural pump 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.
- Casting lot receipt
- Motor winding line
- Assembly and serial numbering
- Bench test curve
- Dealer orders and season plan
- Warranty claim register
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For plant heads
- For planners
- For test bench engineers
- For stores staff
- For the service desk
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Pass and retest counts at the bench, by model
- Casting lots received, held and rejected
- Winding resistance and insulation results by motor lot
- Dealer orders open against sets in stock
- Warranty claims by cause, seal lot and winding lot
- Spare parts issued to assembly against sets built
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- SMS
- Bench test instrument export
- Accounting export
- Barcode and label printers
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Does it keep a separate build list for every pump model?
- Can the bench test be recorded for each serial?
- Can a returned pump be traced to its casting lot?
- How are motors handled when we wind our own?
- Can it plan for the sowing season?
- Do outside machining and painting vendors fit in?
- How are dealer warranties handled?
- Is a price published?
- Can we pull our data out later?
- Who supports it after go-live?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Casting lots are lost on the floor
- Bench readings sit on loose sheets
- Motor winding stock is guessed
- Warranty claims arrive without history
- Seasonal demand overruns the plan
Prefer to talk it through? See the agricultural pump manufacturers page.