Materials Procurement & Timber Ordering

Keep timber and materials flowing to site without chasing suppliers or retyping order details by hand.

34 hrs
Time saved/month
6
Companies have mapped
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About This Automation

Materials procurement for carpentry and joinery jobs involves checking stock, requesting supplier quotes, and raising purchase orders before work can start. Doing this by hand across spreadsheets and email creates delays and increases the risk of ordering errors and mismatched invoices.

An automated version checks stock against the cut list, requests quotes, creates the purchase order, and syncs the resulting invoice for payment. This shortens turnaround time and improves order accuracy.

Key features
Compares stock levels against the finalized cut list to calculate exact shortfall quantities
Requests and compares supplier quotes automatically
Generates purchase orders with agreed pricing and sends them to suppliers
Confirms delivery dates and updates the job schedule
Matches delivered materials against purchase orders for accuracy
Syncs supplier invoices to accounting for payment

How The Automation Works

The full workflow, from trigger to completion.

1. Cut List Finalizedtrigger

Workflow starts the moment the job cut list and BOM are finalized.

2. Stock & Shortfall Checks Inventory

Compares the cut list against live stock and calculates exact shortfall quantities.

3. Procurement Requests Quotes

Emails preferred timber suppliers with the shortfall list and gathers pricing and lead time replies.

4. Manual Approval For Large Orders

Procurement coordinator gets a alert to approve any order that exceeds the spend threshold before it proceeds.

5. Create PO And Set Delivery Date

Creates the purchase order with the approved supplier and expected delivery date.

6. Send PO To Supplier

Emails the finalized PO to the supplier directly.

7. Sync Invoice On Delivery

Once the supplier invoice arrives, it is matched to the PO and synced for payment.

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Estimated Time Saving
34hrs/month
Process pain:8.1/10
Mapped by:6 Companies

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