Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for packaging film manufacturers.
A checklist built from how packaging film 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.
- Recipes and resin blends
- Resin and masterbatch lots
- Extrusion run records
- Gauge and treatment readings
- Slitting plans and roll tags
- Regrind and trim accounting
- Customer specifications and certificates
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For owners
- For production planners
- For line operators
- For quality staff
- For slitter crews and dispatch
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Jumbo rolls by line, recipe and reading status
- Resin and masterbatch used against film produced
- Scrap and regrind share by line and recipe
- Gauge variation by roll over a run
- Held rolls awaiting a decision
- Slitting trim by width plan
- Converter balances, oldest due first
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Gauge scanner file import
- Weighing scale input
- Roll label printing
- WhatsApp or other messaging
- Accounting software export
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Can a roll complaint be matched to the run that made it?
- Where does regrind get recorded?
- Can narrow rolls be traced to the jumbo roll?
- Does it read the line scanner directly?
- Can different converters have different limits?
- How is resin cover calculated?
- Can we bring over our recipe sheets?
- What happens to our records if we leave?
- What drives the price?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Recipes live with the operator
- Gauge readings stay on the line
- Regrind is blended by feel
- Jumbo rolls lose their parentage
- Specifications are rewritten per order
Prefer to talk it through? See the packaging film manufacturers page.