Workflow automation for hardware businesses
Hardware businesses quote, supply and deliver across a huge range of small items, and the margin on any single line is thin. The money is lost in stock inaccuracies, quotations built on stale prices and deliveries promised against items that are not in the yard.
- Quotations built from live stock and current prices
- Orders reserved against stock automatically
- Low-stock and reorder alerts without manual counting
- Customer account balances updated as orders are fulfilled
The problems automation addresses
Quotations use stale prices
A quote built from last month’s price list erodes margin or loses the sale.
Stock figures are wrong
Selling stock you do not have turns a sale into an apology and a refund.
Orders are not reserved
The same stock is promised to two customers at once.
Account balances drift
Customer balances and statements are assembled by hand and disagree.
The steps that can run without manual work
Live pricing
Quotations pull current prices so margin is protected.
Stock reservation
Confirmed orders reserve stock immediately.
Reorder alerts
Low-stock items raise themselves before they run out.
Delivery scheduling
Deliveries are planned against items actually available.
Account updates
Customer balances and statements update automatically.
Reporting
Stock, sales and margin reporting assembled without manual work.
Common questions
We already have a point of sale. Can this work with it?
Our range is enormous. Is automation realistic?
What about credit customers?
Where does your hardware business lose margin?
Tell us about stock accuracy, quoting and deliveries. We will tell you what automation would realistically fix.
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