Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for irrigation equipment manufacturers.
A checklist built from how irrigation equipment 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.
- Field layouts and kit bills
- Extrusion runs and roll records
- Emitter flow testing
- Moulded fitting runs
- Kit packing and labelling
- Dealer orders and spares
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For the design desk
- For extrusion operators
- For the flow bench technician
- For packers
- For dealer sales
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Kit cartons packed and waiting, by dealer and plot
- Rolls wound against the stated length
- Runs held for emitter flow review
- Resin lots and the rolls and tees made from them
- Fitting rejects by mould, cavity and flash
- Spares ordered by emitter type and tube diameter
- Dealer balances at season-end settlement
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Accounting export
- Barcode and label printing
- SMS
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- How does a layout become a kit?
- Can flow readings be traced to a roll?
- What if a dealer revises the layout?
- Can short rolls be stopped before packing?
- Do you track moulding by cavity?
- How do we find spares for an older farm?
- Does it handle metric and imperial sizes?
- What decides the price?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Emitter flow results stay on the test bench
- Roll lengths are estimated
- Project kits are packed from memory
- Moulded parts carry no resin lot
- A revised filter never reaches the packer
Prefer to talk it through? See the irrigation equipment manufacturers page.