Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for aluminium die casting companies.
A checklist built from how aluminium die casting companies 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.
- Alloy lot and melt record
- Die register and shot counts
- Shot and cell log
- Trim and remelt yield
- Porosity, X-ray and leak test
- Route cards to machining and dispatch
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For owners
- For planners
- For the furnace crew
- For die setters and the toolroom
- For quality and dispatch
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Call-offs against shipments by part and week
- Melts with chemistry results and castings made
- Shots and rejects by die
- Metal yield by part and by melt
- Porosity and leak test findings by lot
- Machining route quantities in and out
- Dies due for cleaning or repair
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Barcode and label printers
- Spreadsheet import for customer call-offs
- Accounting export
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Can a casting be linked to its melt?
- How are die shots counted?
- Does it handle scrap and remelt?
- Can porosity results be stored?
- Does it cover machining?
- Can customer call-offs be imported?
- How does it treat parts sent outside?
- Is a machine connection needed?
- How is cost decided?
- Can data be exported?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Alloy lots mix in the furnace
- Die life is counted on a tag
- Porosity is found late
- Remelt returns are not weighed
- Route cards are paper
Prefer to talk it through? See the aluminium die casting companies page.