Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for conveyor belt manufacturers.
A checklist built from how conveyor belt 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.
- Fabric and cord lot register
- Belt specification and estimating
- Calender and cover thickness log
- Press section record
- Adhesion and tensile samples
- Reel, tag and splice kit dispatch
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For owners
- For estimators and sales
- For planners
- For the calender and press crew
- For the lab and dispatch
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Enquiries converted or lost, split by customer and belt type
- Belts in build by stage and promised date
- Fabric and cord lots issued against belts
- Press sections logged with any missing sections
- Cover thickness readings by belt
- Adhesion and tensile results with failed samples
- Offcuts and short belts held by width and grade
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Barcode and label printers
- Messaging for customer updates
- Accounting export
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Can quotations include different cover grades top and bottom?
- How does it track fabric to a belt?
- What does the press section record hold?
- Are adhesion results kept with the belt?
- Can short belts and offcuts be sold?
- Does it cover endless and jointed belts?
- Can customers see their own belt history?
- What drives the cost of a belt system?
- Can our data be taken out?
- Does it replace the press controller?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Fabric rolls are issued without lot numbers
- Press sections are not logged
- Cover thickness drifts
- Offcuts of wide belt are lost
- Splice kits go missing
Prefer to talk it through? See the conveyor belt manufacturers page.