Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for electric motor manufacturers.
A checklist built from how electric motor 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.
- Motor catalogue and variants
- Stator and rotor production
- Wire, lamination and bearing stock
- Test bench records
- Nameplates and serials
- Finished stock and dispatch
- Warranty and rewind returns
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For sales and order desk
- For the winding shop supervisor
- For the rotor line
- For bench test staff
- For stores
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Motors by frame, rating and stage
- Enamelled wire used by batch and order
- Bench failures by reason and frame
- Finished stock by frame and voltage
- Rotor batches with balancing rejections
- Returns by serial and lot
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Accounting export
- Label printer
- Barcode scanner
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Can it handle both catalogue and special motors?
- How does a wrong wire gauge get caught?
- Is the rotor casting batch recorded on the motor?
- What does the bench test store?
- Can stock be seen by frame and voltage?
- How are plates printed?
- Can a returned motor be traced to its batch?
- How is varnish and baking cycle recorded?
- Can earlier serial numbers be brought into the system?
- What does a trial look like?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Frame sizes multiply the variants
- Winding wire and varnish are booked loosely
- Rotor castings and balancing have no lot trace
- No-load and load readings stay on the test bench
- Distributors wait for a date
Prefer to talk it through? See the electric motor manufacturers page.