Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for roll forming companies.
A checklist built from how roll forming companies 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.
- Coil receipt and stock
- Profile and roll set library
- Cut list and order planning
- Line run log
- Bundle labelling and dispatch
- Scrap and yield
- Quality checks
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For owners
- For planners
- For line setters
- For stores
- For dispatch
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Coil in stock by gauge, width and coating class
- Yield per coil and per profile
- Roll sets with metres run and regrind due
- Changeovers per day against the plan
- Rejected bundles by cause, coil lot and setup
- Orders open and late, by customer
- Offcut and coil end weight by profile and by month
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- SMS
- Spreadsheet import
- Accounting export
- Barcode labels
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- How does it cut down roll changes?
- Does a bundle point back to a coil?
- What does the setter record at first-off?
- Can we keep roll wear history?
- Does it work with a slitting line?
- How are customers’ cut lists handled?
- Can we sell pre-painted coil offcuts?
- How does scrap reporting work?
- What shapes the price?
- Is the data ours?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Changeovers eat the shift
- Coil is traced by a paper tag
- Cut lists are re-keyed
- Scrap is not reconciled
- Roll sets have no history
Prefer to talk it through? See the roll forming companies page.