LumberFlow

AI for lumber procurement

How AI is transforming lumber procurement for buyers, traders, and distributors

Lumber procurement still runs on email, spreadsheets, and gut instinct. LumberFlow's AI agent reads every supplier message, extracts quotes, delivers pricing intelligence, and automates follow-ups\u2014so your buying team spends time negotiating, not organizing.

Purpose-built for lumber teamsLive in days, not months$59/user/month
What lumber AI replaces

Copy prices from email to spreadsheet

AI extracts every quote automatically

Check 3 sources to know if a price is good

Market price shown next to every quote

Write 20 follow-up emails by hand

AI drafts and sends 50 in 5 minutes

The problem

Lumber buyers lose 12+ hours a week to email and spreadsheets

Your team is skilled at negotiating. But most of their day is spent on data entry, price lookups, and chasing supplier responses. AI handles the busywork so buyers can focus on the decisions that protect margin.

Quotes buried across 6 email threads
AI reads every supplier email and extracts pricing automatically
Hours spent copying prices into spreadsheets
Species, grade, dimensions, and MBF pricing pulled in seconds
No idea if a quote is good until you check 3 other sources
Every quote shown next to today’s market price and your target
Missed follow-ups cost you the best price
AI drafts and sends follow-ups in bulk, timed to market conditions

What is lumber AI?

Lumber AI is artificial intelligence purpose-built for the lumber and building materials industry. Unlike generic AI assistants or legacy procurement software, lumber AI understands species, grades, dimensions, MBF pricing, and the email-driven workflows that North American distributors rely on every day.

For small and mid-size lumber distributors, procurement still happens in email. Supplier quotes arrive as PDFs, price sheets, and plain-text messages. Buyers copy data into spreadsheets, manually check market prices, and write follow-ups one at a time. It works, but it doesn't scale—and it leaves margin on the table.

Lumber AI changes this by automating the repetitive work—reading supplier emails, extracting pricing data, delivering daily market intelligence, and drafting follow-ups—while keeping buyers in control of every purchasing decision. LumberFlow is the leading AI agent built for this workflow, used by lumber buying teams across North America.

How it works

From supplier email to purchase order in four steps

LumberFlow's AI agent handles the repetitive work. Your buyers handle the decisions.

1

Connect your RFQ inbox

LumberFlow connects to Gmail or Outlook. Suppliers keep emailing as usual—nothing changes on their end.

2

AI extracts every quote

The AI reads supplier emails and PDFs, pulls species, dimensions, grade, price per MBF, and freight terms automatically.

3

Compare with pricing intelligence

Every quote appears next to today’s market price, your target price, and a recommendation—so you spot good deals instantly.

4

Act fast, stay in control

Send follow-ups, counter-offers, and POs in bulk. Your team approves everything before it goes out. Full audit trail on every action.

Built for your team

AI for every role on your lumber buying team

Whether you're a buyer managing quotes, a trader timing markets, or a distributor balancing inventory\u2014LumberFlow's AI agent is built for how you actually work.

Lumber Buyers

Stop copying quotes. Start comparing them.

Your inbox is full of supplier price sheets. LumberFlow’s AI reads every email and PDF, extracts line items with species, grade, dimensions, and MBF pricing—then organizes quotes side-by-side so you can compare in seconds instead of hours.

See quote extraction in action

What AI handles for lumber buyers

AI-extracted quotes from emails and PDFs
Side-by-side comparison with landed cost
Target price alerts when bids beat your plan
Bulk follow-ups that reference prior conversations
Lumber Traders

Time your buys with market intelligence, not gut feel.

Volatile markets reward speed and information. LumberFlow delivers daily lumber market analysis and weekly price forecasts alongside your RFQ workflow—so you can time RFQ waves, set target prices, and lock in deals when conditions favor you.

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What AI handles for lumber traders

Daily market analysis from industry sources
Weekly 7-day price forecasts for SPF, SYP, Douglas Fir
Target price guardrails that keep buying disciplined
AI-drafted counter-offers timed to market moves
Lumber Distributors

Know which suppliers deliver—and when to buy more.

Managing inventory timing across multiple species and suppliers is complex. LumberFlow tracks every supplier conversation, quote, and PO in one timeline—with pricing intelligence that helps you decide when to stock up and when to wait.

See how it works

What AI handles for lumber distributors

Full supplier history with performance tracking
Price trend data by species and mill
AI-powered purchase timing recommendations
Decision briefs with market context for leadership

What changes when AI handles the busywork

12 hours

saved per buyer per week

$2,400 /mo

better pricing per buyer

75%

less time managing email

40x

ROI on subscription

Why LumberFlow

How LumberFlow compares to what you're using today

Most lumber buying teams rely on spreadsheets, generic AI tools, or heavyweight ERPs. Here's what changes with purpose-built AI for lumber procurement.

vs. Spreadsheets

The old way

×Manual data entry from every email
×No market price context
×Version chaos across buyers
×Zero automation for follow-ups

With LumberFlow

AI extracts quotes from email automatically
Market price and target price on every line
One shared workspace for the whole team
Bulk follow-ups drafted and sent in minutes
vs. Generic AI tools

The old way

×Don’t understand MBF pricing or species/grade
×No lumber market data built in
×Can’t parse lumber supplier price sheets
×No procurement workflow—just a chatbot

With LumberFlow

Built for MBF, board feet, and species/grade/dimension
Daily lumber market analysis and weekly forecasts
Purpose-trained on lumber supplier email formats
Full RFQ-to-PO workflow with human approval
vs. Legacy ERPs

The old way

×Months-long implementation
×Not built for email-driven procurement
×No AI quote extraction
×Expensive per-seat licensing

With LumberFlow

Live in days, not months
Works with your existing email
AI reads and organizes supplier quotes
$59/user/month with 14-day free trial
“LumberFlow’s agent now handles 80% of the inbox. What used to be a three-hour quote review takes 25 minutes, and we rarely miss a supplier follow-up.”

Erin Paloma

Procurement Director, Cascadia Engineered Wood

FAQ

Questions about lumber AI

Straight answers from a team that's been in lumber procurement for over a decade.

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See what AI can do for your lumber buying team

Start your 14-day free trial. LumberFlow's AI agent begins reading supplier emails and organizing quotes from day one. No IT project. No supplier disruption.

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