Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for compressor manufacturers.
A checklist built from how compressor 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.
- Air delivery quotations
- Airend, motor and receiver records
- Assembly and base frame build
- Delivery and pressure tests
- Installed base and running hours
- Service kits and spares
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For sales engineers
- For assembly and test leads
- For quality engineers
- For service coordinators
- For spares counter staff
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Packages in build, by stage and model
- Airends and motors received against used
- Bench tests done, passed and awaiting
- Open, won and lost quotations, by pressure class
- Compressors due service by hours and date
- Service kits issued by model
- Spares sold by compressor age
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- SMS
- Accounting export
- Payment gateway
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Can options such as a dryer be quoted with the compressor?
- How are the airend and motor tied to the serial?
- Can customers send running hours?
- Can we manage portable compressors on trailers?
- How do service kits work?
- Does it help with warranty claims?
- Can we load our existing installed base?
- What will it cost?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Airend and motor serials are not tied to the package
- Receiver tank certificates are filed separately
- Delivery tests are not comparable
- Service kits go out by guess
- Running hours stay on the customer’s meter
Prefer to talk it through? See the compressor manufacturers page.