Suppliers and requests

On the Suppliers page you keep the suppliers you buy boards, edge bands and hardware from. From a locked specification you send them a request for quote and compare the answers in one place.

Paid plans

Suppliers are part of the Craftsman and Workshop Plus plans. See Plans and limits.

New supplier

1. Suppliers → New supplier.
2. Identity: Name.
3. Contact: Contact person, E-mail (separate several with commas), Phone, Address, Website.
4. Terms: Country, Currency, Language of e-mails.
5. Services — what the supplier does besides selling material: cutting, edge banding (edge bands, Max. edge band thickness (mm)), Drills on a CNC machine; Only on material bought there or Surcharge on your own material (%).
6. Click Create supplier.

A request needs at least one e-mail address.

Supplier page

• Assortment — the manufacturers, decors and materials the supplier carries, without prices. Add to assortment.
• Items — the price list: Name on the price list, Supplier code, Price, Unit. Link an item to a material or hardware (Linked to) — its price then shows when you pick that material. The star marks the preferred supplier for that material. Service prices go in as items of the type Service.
• Cut list — the format the supplier gets the cut list in: File type, Separator, Decimal mark, the order of Dimensions, how Grain direction and Edge bands are marked, Columns. Download sample shows what the file looks like; Use the standard format goes back to the standard (CSV + PDF).

Request for quote

A request takes its lines from the locked specification.

1. In the specification click Request quotes.
2. Material and processing — per material, pick which supplier sells the boards, cuts, edge-bands and drills them. Suppliers that cut get the cut list of that material.
3. Edge bands and hardware — switch on the suppliers for each line. The preferred supplier is already on; a line without a supplier isn’t sent.
4. Optionally a Message to suppliers (delivery address, deadline for the answer).
5. Create request → Send.

Each supplier gets an e-mail with a link — they need no account. The supplier fills in prices, availability and lead time, can offer a substitute article, or upload their own offer as a PDF or photo.

Comparing offers

The request shows the answers in one table: Price / unit, Total, Availability, Lead time. The best price is marked Lowest.

• Accept price (or Accept all prices) saves the price to that supplier’s items.
• Close request — suppliers can no longer change their answers.