# Building Products & Construction Supply > ERP for manufacturers and suppliers of building products - configured items, site deliveries, call-offs and long-running projects. **URL:** https://cubeerp.co.uk/industries/building-products Orders that are placed once and delivered over eight months, to sites that move. Supplying construction is not the same as supplying a warehouse. Orders are placed as contracts, called off in phases, delivered to sites with access restrictions and delivery windows, and frequently changed after the fact. CubeERP handles the contract as a single commercial record with call-offs against it, keeps configured and made-to-size items straightforward to quote and build, and treats site delivery as a scheduling problem rather than a despatch afterthought. ## Figures - **Per contract** Value, phasing and exposure - **Configured** Made-to-size quoted in minutes - **Per site** Windows, access and offload ## Common problems in this sector - **Contracts managed as many small orders:** A project placed as one commitment gets entered as a series of unrelated orders, so nobody can see remaining value, phasing or exposure on the contract as a whole. - **Made-to-size quoted by hand:** Dimensions, finishes and options are configured in a spreadsheet by an experienced estimator. It works, slowly, and it stops working when they are on holiday. - **Site deliveries planned optimistically:** Delivery windows, access, offloading and site contacts are known informally. A failed delivery costs a vehicle, a driver and a day. - **Programme changes absorbed silently:** Site slips and the manufacturer holds finished stock, re-plans production and absorbs the cost, usually without any commercial conversation. - **Retentions and applications:** Payment terms in construction are not the same as trade terms. Applications, retentions and stage payments handled outside the system make cash forecasting guesswork. ## What CubeERP does about it - **Contracts with call-offs:** One commercial agreement with agreed prices and quantities, called off in phases, with remaining value and phasing visible at all times. - **Configured and made-to-size:** Dimensions, finishes and options generate the price, bill of materials and routing automatically, so a bespoke item is quoted in minutes rather than hours. - **Site delivery scheduling:** Delivery windows, access notes, offload requirements and site contacts held on the delivery, with vehicle loading planned against them. - **Production against programme:** Works orders scheduled to call-off dates, with the effect of a programme change visible immediately rather than at the end of the month. - **Applications and retentions:** Stage applications, retentions and payment terms specific to construction handled in the system so cash forecasting reflects reality. - **Certification and compliance:** Declarations of performance, test certificates and CE/UKCA documentation held against the batch and issued with the delivery. ## Use cases ### A contract with no visible total **Scenario:** A manufacturer supplied a large project as a stream of individual orders. Nobody could state the remaining contract value or how much had already been called off. **Outcome:** The contract is a single record with call-offs against it. Remaining value, phasing and exposure are reportable, and the commercial conversation happens before the overrun. ### Deliveries turned away at the gate **Scenario:** Site delivery windows and access restrictions were held in emails. Several deliveries a month were refused, each costing a vehicle and a driver for the day. **Outcome:** Site requirements are held against the delivery address and checked when loading is planned. Refused deliveries became rare. ## Implementation 1. **Discovery:** A structured session mapping how you work now - the systems, the spreadsheets and the bits held together by one person’s memory. We come back with what the platform covers as standard, what needs configuration, and what needs building. 2. **Configuration:** Your sites, warehouses, price lists, approval limits, document templates, workflows and permissions set up to match the business - not a demo tenant with your logo dropped on it. 3. **Data migration:** Customers, suppliers, parts, bills of materials, price lists, open orders and stock balances brought across and reconciled. We migrate, you check the numbers against the old system, and only then do we cut over. 4. **Training & rollout:** Role-based training so the order desk learns the order desk and the warehouse learns the warehouse, with a pilot group first where it makes sense. Documentation and short screen recordings left behind for new starters. 5. **Ongoing support:** UK support from the people who built the platform, with a named contact, agreed response times, and a product roadmap you can influence. ## Frequently asked questions **Can it quote made-to-measure products?** Yes. A configurator turns dimensions and options into a price, a bill of materials and a routing, so estimating does not depend on one experienced person and a spreadsheet. **How are call-off orders handled?** The contract holds agreed prices and quantities; call-offs draw against it with their own delivery dates. Remaining commitment is always visible to both sides. **Do you support delivery scheduling and vehicle loading?** Yes - loads are planned against delivery windows, weight and vehicle capacity, with proof of delivery captured on a driver’s phone. **What about UKCA and DoP documentation?** Certification is held against the product and batch and issued automatically with the delivery paperwork rather than retrieved manually on request. **Does it work for merchants as well as manufacturers?** Yes. Distribution, trade counter and contract supply are all covered, and businesses that both make and factor products run on one system rather than two. ## Relevant solution pages - **Order Management Software** - Take, allocate, fulfil and invoice orders from one screen - with live stock, part-shipments, back orders and contract pricing handled automatically. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/order-management-software - **Quoting & Estimating Software** - Build quotes from live material costs, labour rates and real availability - then convert the winners to orders without retyping them. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/quoting-software - **Manufacturing Software** - Bills of materials, works orders, routings, shop-floor booking and real job costing - for businesses that make things to order. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/manufacturing-software - **Wholesale & Distribution Software** - Trade pricing, multi-warehouse stock, fast order entry, pick-pack-despatch and carrier integration for wholesalers and distributors. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/wholesale-distribution-software ## Related industries - **Engineering & Fabrication** - ERP for subcontract machinists, fabricators and engineering firms working to drawing, to order and to a promised date. https://cubeerp.co.uk/industries/engineering-fabrication - **Wholesale & Distribution** - ERP for wholesalers, importers and distributors - trade pricing, multi-warehouse stock, fast order entry and integrated despatch. https://cubeerp.co.uk/industries/wholesale-distribution - **Field Service & Installation** - ERP for installers, service companies and maintenance providers - scheduling, van stock, contracts and same-day invoicing. https://cubeerp.co.uk/industries/field-service-installation ## Contact - **Product:** CubeERP - **Trading name of:** Cube Systems Limited (company number 17220899, ICO registration number ZC216972) - **Email:** hello@cubeerp.co.uk - **Sales:** sales@cubeerp.co.uk - **Support:** support@cubeerp.co.uk - **Telephone:** 01234 672 617 (+441234672617) - **Address:** Unit 11, Olney Business Park, Osier Way, Olney, Buckinghamshire, MK46 5FP - **Opening hours:** Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm - **Part of:** Crushed Ice Group (https://crushedicegroup.co.uk)