Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for wooden door manufacturers.
A checklist built from how wooden door 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.
- Door schedule and opening list
- Timber receipt and seasoning
- Frame and shutter production
- Press and glue batches
- Mortise and hardware register
- Finishing and polish stages
- Delivery and fixing by floor
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For owners
- For planners and estimators
- For shop supervisors
- For dispatch and fixers
- For accounts
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Openings by block, floor and production stage
- Timber received, dried and released with moisture readings
- Press loads with glue lot and rejects
- Doors cut before a schedule revision
- Mortise and hardware register by door type
- Doors delivered and fitted by floor
- Snags open and closed by fixer
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.
- What happens when a builder revises the schedule?
- Can we record moisture for each stack?
- How are press loads traced?
- Does it handle left-hand and right-hand doors?
- Can we price from timber and veneer rates?
- Do fixers need to sign in at each site?
- Can unpaid bills and schedules be loaded?
- What does a demo show?
- What can be exported if we leave?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- The schedule changes after cutting
- Moisture is only checked by feel
- Press and glue batches are lost
- Hardware cuts are repeated
- Doors reach the wrong flat
Prefer to talk it through? See the wooden door manufacturers page.