Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for school furniture manufacturers.
A checklist built from how school furniture 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.
- Supply order and size schedule
- Frame cutting and welding
- Powder coating batches
- Top and seat fitting
- Delivery lots by school
- Short supply and replacement notes
- Bills against acceptance
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For owners
- For planners
- For the welding and coating teams
- For dispatch
- For accounts
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Orders by item, size and delivery date
- Tube and board issued against expected use per lot
- Frames welded, rejected and reworked by size
- Oven loads by colour with frame counts
- Delivery notes signed and pending by school
- Short supply notes open and closed
- Bills raised, held and received by buyer
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- SMS
- Label printer
- Accounting export
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- How does a lot stay balanced across forty schools?
- Can sample approval be kept with the order?
- Does it plan the welding shop?
- Can we trace a peeling frame to a coating load?
- How are shortages at a school handled?
- Can bills follow the buyer’s acceptance terms?
- Do clerks at schools need a login?
- What does the demo cover?
- What leaves the system if we stop?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Sizes are mixed up across a lot
- Powder coating batches are not traced
- Tube and sheet use is unknown
- Deliveries to many schools get confused
- Acceptance and payment stay apart
Prefer to talk it through? See the school furniture manufacturers page.