Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for kitchenware manufacturers.
A checklist built from how kitchenware 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.
- Item and set master
- Sheet, circle and disc stock
- Press and spinning runs
- Die and tool register
- Polishing, coating and handles
- Outside process returns
- Set packing and dispatch
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For press shop supervisors
- For the polishing section
- For the tool room
- For packing and dispatch
- For owners
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Weight per piece against standard, by lot
- Rejection by stage, die and operator
- Die stroke counts with regrind due dates
- Circle and disc stock by grade and gauge
- Plating and coating loss by vendor
- Boxed sets held for a missing lid or handle kit
- Scrap weight against coil issued
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- SMS
- Weighing scales export
- Accounting export
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Can it track the weight of every piece?
- Does it handle deep-draw vessels with annealing?
- How does the die register work?
- Can a set be blocked until all components are present?
- What about work sent out for coating?
- Do we need barcodes?
- Can stainless and aluminium items share one register?
- Can we move open orders and stock?
- How is scrap treated?
- Who maintains it afterwards?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Weight per piece drifts without notice
- Rejection is counted at the end only
- Dies and tools are scattered
- Outside coating returns are loose
- Sets are packed from loose counts
Prefer to talk it through? See the kitchenware manufacturers page.