Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for concrete block manufacturers.
A checklist built from how concrete block 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.
- Mix design register
- Press run log
- Curing yard tracking
- Strength test records
- Delivery and breakage notes
- Contractor accounts and dues
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For owners
- For press operators
- For yard supervisors
- For dispatch and drivers
- For accounts
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Pallets pressed by machine, mould and shift, with rejects
- Cement and fly ash consumed against blocks pressed
- Stacks standing in each bay by days cured
- Cube crushing and dimension results by lot
- Deliveries by builder and size, with breakage reported
- Builder dues, oldest delivery first
- Pallet and mould movement, liner wear and repairs
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- SMS
- Weighbridge entry
- Accounting export
- Payment gateway
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Can the mix be changed without losing the old one?
- How does it know when a stack is ready to leave?
- Can we run more than one press?
- Where do strength test results go?
- Does it handle breakage claimed after delivery?
- Can we count the pallets that go out with customers?
- Is the weighbridge or a scale connected?
- What does it cost and how do we see it first?
- Who helps if the yard changes its product range?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Mix changes are not written down
- Curing days are guessed
- Pallet counts disagree with the delivery
- Test results sit on loose sheets
- Contractor accounts run on rough counts
Prefer to talk it through? See the concrete block manufacturers page.