Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for animal feed manufacturers.
A checklist built from how animal feed 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.
- Raw material intake and lab tests
- Formula and premix management
- Batching and mixer log
- Pelleting and bagging runs
- Finished feed testing and retained samples
- Dealer orders, dispatch and credit
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For mill owners
- For the laboratory
- For production planners
- For mixer and pellet operators
- For dispatch and dealer accounts
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Raw material lots accepted, repriced and rejected, by supplier
- Ingredient cost per tonne of finished feed, by formula
- Formula variances flagged at the mixer, with reasons
- Pellet runs with settings and fines returned
- Batches traced to a complaint, with bins and supplier lots
- Bag stock by product, pack size and batch
- Dealer balances past credit limit, oldest first
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Weighbridge ticket import
- Mixer controller file import
- Barcode and label printing
- WhatsApp or SMS
- Accounting export
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Does it calculate least-cost formulas?
- How does a bag lead back to raw material loads?
- Can an operator substitute an ingredient?
- How are medicated batches handled?
- Can we link the weighbridge and the mixer?
- Does it handle pet food and aqua feed as well?
- What about returned and expired bags?
- Can existing dealer balances be loaded?
- Can our records be exported later?
- What moves the quote for a feed mill?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Intake results are not attached to bins
- Formulas drift on the shop floor
- Premix and medicated feed need strict control
- Complaints cannot be traced
- Dealer credit grows beyond sight
Prefer to talk it through? See the animal feed manufacturers page.