Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for wind turbine component manufacturers.
A checklist built from how wind turbine component 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.
- Call-offs and drawing revisions
- Material certificates and heat linking
- Machining routes for large parts
- Welding procedure and joint records
- Non-destructive test and hold points
- Coating and dispatch dossier
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For planners
- For machining leads
- For welding engineers
- For quality inspectors
- For dispatch staff
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Call-off lines open by customer and due date
- Parts at hold point or waiting for a witness
- Heat numbers received against heats linked to serials
- Weld joints completed and repaired by tower section
- Dossiers complete and incomplete by order
- Large machine hours booked by week
- Coating readings outside the stated range
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Accounting export
- SMS
- Barcode and label printing
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- How does a heat number stay with a part after machining?
- Can we hold different drawing revisions in one batch?
- Does it handle tower sections made of many cans?
- Can a customer’s witness visit be scheduled?
- Can we record subcontracted heat treatment?
- Are certificates and standards built in?
- What does the dossier contain?
- What does it cost?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Heat numbers drift away from finished parts
- Weld records sit in separate files
- Witnessed tests hold up the whole yard
- Drawing revisions change in the middle of a batch
- Coating thickness readings are kept apart from the part
Prefer to talk it through? See the wind turbine component manufacturers page.