Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for wiring harness manufacturers.
A checklist built from how wiring harness 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.
- Variant and drawing control
- Wire reel and terminal lots
- Cutting and crimping orders
- Crimp and pull force checks
- Assembly lines and formboards
- Electrical test results
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For plant managers
- For planners
- For crimp operators
- For test and repair staff
- For dispatch
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Harnesses built by family and variant
- Crimp check results by applicator and terminal lot
- Test failures by circuit and line
- First-pass yield by variant
- Reel and terminal lot usage
- Pulls against despatch by customer
- Field faults by serial
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Tester file import
- Accounting export
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- How are many variants managed?
- Can a harness be traced to its wire reel?
- Does it enforce crimp checks?
- How are test failures logged?
- Can it import tester results?
- What happens when a drawing is revised?
- How is the cost set?
- Who owns the harness records?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Variant lists are copied between files
- Wire reels and terminal lots are not traced
- Crimp checks are recorded on paper
- Tester results do not carry a harness number
- Cut length shortages stall assembly lines
Prefer to talk it through? See the wiring harness manufacturers page.