LumberFlow

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AI procurement agent for lumber distributors and dealers.

LumberFlow helps procurement managers give their buyers a more complete picture — without expanding the team. Supplier emails, delivered pricing, market context, and buyer approvals stay in one place, so every buy is backed by better information.

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1. Supplier emails arrive

LumberFlow reads incoming emails and PDFs, identifies quotes, and tags each with species, dimensions, freight terms, volume, and urgency.

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2. Supplier options surface

Supplier recommendations show who else is relevant for the product, lane, and timing so buyers are not limited to the contacts already in the thread.

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3. Delivered offers get compared

Price, freight, lead time, SKU match, and team benchmarks are pulled into one view so the comparison is apples-to-apples.

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4. You approve the next move

Review the recommended follow-up, counter, award, or purchase order. Nothing leaves the system until a buyer approves it.

Extract supplier quotes
LumberFlow reads supplier emails and PDFs, then pulls pricing, species, dimensions, freight terms, lead time, and notes into a reviewable quote record.
Recommend freight-relevant suppliers
Supplier recommendations help buyers find the right contacts by lane, product, and relationship fit instead of relying only on whoever last replied.
Compare delivered offers
Every quote is ranked across $/MBF, freight, lead time, SKU match, target price, and team benchmarks so buyers can make apples-to-apples calls.
See market context before every buy
Daily market sentiment and Monday forecasts sit beside active RFQs, so buyers weigh each call with current market context.
Procurement OS

Everything Your Team Needs to Buy With the Full Picture

No more switching between email, spreadsheets, and side conversations. LumberFlow keeps supplier signal, delivered pricing, market context, and buyer approvals in one place.

RFQ board
See every sourcing request at a glance—organized by stage, supplier status, and urgency. Your team always knows what needs attention next.
Quote comparison
Rank every offer by $/MBF, freight, lead time, and SKU match. Team benchmarks appear alongside each quote so buyers evaluate the full delivered deal.
Supplier recommendations
Find freight-relevant suppliers for each request using product fit, lane context, and supplier history instead of guessing who else to call.
Market context
Daily sentiment, Monday forecasts, and target-price signals give buyers current market context to weigh alongside each quote.
Automation Flow

How It Works: From Email to Buyer-Approved Decision

LumberFlow handles the repetitive work around quote intake, supplier outreach, and delivered price comparison so buyers can focus on judgment, negotiation, and awards.

Step 1

1. Supplier emails arrive

LumberFlow reads incoming emails and PDFs, identifies quotes, and tags each with species, dimensions, freight terms, volume, and urgency.

Step 2

2. Supplier options surface

Supplier recommendations show who else is relevant for the product, lane, and timing so buyers are not limited to the contacts already in the thread.

Step 3

3. Delivered offers get compared

Price, freight, lead time, SKU match, and team benchmarks are pulled into one view so the comparison is apples-to-apples.

Step 4

4. You approve the next move

Review the recommended follow-up, counter, award, or purchase order. Nothing leaves the system until a buyer approves it.

Feature Modules

Built for Lean Lumber Buying Teams

Every feature is aimed at the same problem: helping a small procurement team process more supplier signal and make better pricing decisions in a volatile market.

Quotes
Delivered quote comparison workspace
LumberFlow ranks every supplier bid across $/MBF, freight, lead time, and SKU match—no spreadsheet cleanup required.
Species, dimension, grade, treatment, and freight terms are labeled automatically.
Each bid sits beside market sentiment and a 7-day forecast, so buyers have current context as they weigh the offer.
Your team's recent benchmarks appear next to every quote so buyers can see if the delivered offer is competitive.
Automation
Supplier workflow
Supplier recommendations, RFQ drafts, follow-ups, and purchase orders stay reviewable—nothing sends until a buyer approves it.
RFQs, follow-ups, and counter-offers are drafted in bulk—buyers review and approve before anything sends.
Supplier recommendations help buyers find relevant contacts by product, lane, and supplier history.
Suppliers receive professional emails in their existing inbox. No portal login, no software changes on their end.
PO generation includes a full audit trail—every action recorded and reviewable.
Intelligence
Team market intelligence
Every quote any buyer receives feeds a shared view—so the whole team negotiates from the same information, not separate inboxes.
Aggregated benchmarks show what the whole team has been hearing from the market this week—visible on every quote comparison.
See which suppliers are competitive right now and which lanes need more attention.
Decision briefs for leadership: market sentiment, 7-day forecast, team benchmarks, and risk context before every major buy.
Enterprise Ready

Enterprise-Ready from Day One

Security, onboarding, and support that meets the standards your IT and leadership teams expect.

Secure by default
Enterprise-grade encryption, single sign-on, and audit trails on every action.
SSO + multi-factor authentication
Dedicated RFQ inbox domain
Data export and retention policies
Live in days, not months
Import your buyers, suppliers, and target prices in under 30 minutes with guided onboarding.
Done-with-you setup by lumber specialists
Live support from people who know the industry
Week-one success plan
Works with your email. Zero supplier changes.
Connects to Gmail and Outlook. Suppliers keep emailing as before—no portal login, no new software, no change on their end.
Gmail and Outlook integration
Daily market sentiment + 7-day ML price direction forecast
API access and ERP connectors on roadmap

Features explain what. Solutions show where the buying desk gets faster.

See how the agent supports each buying workflow

Every LumberFlow feature maps to a real buying problem: supplier signal buried in email, messy delivered-price comparison, and timing decisions made with stale context.

Lumber Procurement Software

How supplier email extraction, network recommendations, and delivered price comparison work together for distributors and wholesalers.

  • Reduce inbox work
  • Capture supplier signal
  • Compare delivered offers

Lumber AI Agent

The automation in depth: how LumberFlow reads emails, extracts $/MBF pricing, recommends suppliers, and flags spec mismatches.

  • Automated email parsing
  • Supplier recommendations
  • Human-in-the-loop validation

Market Intelligence

How daily market briefings and weekly forecasts help buyers decide when to cover and when to keep negotiating.

  • Leading-indicator price signals
  • Daily supply disruption alerts
  • Weekly SPF/SYP/DF outlook

RFQ Automation

How the RFQ generation and supplier tracking features eliminate manual outreach and ensure every sourcing request gets a competitive response.

  • One-click RFQ to multiple suppliers
  • Response deadline tracking
  • Side-by-side bid comparison

Lumber Market Forecast

The forecast feature in standalone context: Monday directional guidance for SPF, SYP, and Douglas Fir, free for all users.

  • 78% directional accuracy
  • Published every Monday
  • Free on all plans

Pricing

Compare what each plan includes and find the right tier for your team size, usage volume, and integration requirements.

  • Free tier available
  • Pro from $59/user/mo
  • Pro trial through checkout

Your AI procurement agent can be live this week.

Connect your RFQ inbox and invite your buyers. LumberFlow starts extracting supplier quotes, recommending relevant contacts, and comparing delivered offers from day one.

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