Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for hydraulic component manufacturers.
A checklist built from how hydraulic component 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.
- Cylinder and block drawing register
- Tube, rod and bar lots
- Honing, lapping and bore records
- Seal kit selection
- Assembly and test bench
- Outside plating and painting
- Spares and repair history
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For the owner
- For planners
- For machinists and honers
- For assemblers and test bench staff
- For service staff
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Units by stage and serial
- Tube and rod lots with units built
- Bore and finish readings by serial
- Pressure and cleanliness results by day
- Plating loads sent and returned
- Seal kits issued by type
- Repairs open by serial
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Test bench data import
- Accounting export
- Label printers
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- How is a cylinder tied to its tube and rod?
- What is saved at the test bench?
- Can repairs reuse the original record?
- How are rods sent for chrome plating handled?
- Can we store spool and bore clearances?
- Does it work for custom, one-off blocks?
- What decides the quotation?
- Can older serial records be loaded?
- Who changes the test sheet layout?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Bore and rod sizes are not paired
- Plating leaves the shop unrecorded
- Seal kits are chosen by guess
- Cleanliness results are not stored
- Repairs come back without history
Prefer to talk it through? See the hydraulic component manufacturers page.