Quoting software for plumbing distributors
The fixture schedule has forty tags.
Quote every one of them.
Plumbing quoting software reads a contractor's request and matches each line to the distributor's catalog. ChannelFlex reads the fixture schedule off the plans, the photo of the counter list, and the email with half a part number. It matches every tag to your catalog, flags what is not in it, and hands your rep a quote to check and send.
Quoting today
Spec books, counter lists, and a tee with four names.
A commercial plumbing quote starts with a spec book, not a part number. Someone on your desk reads every tag, translates the trade names, and chases the items you have never stocked. That someone is your most experienced person, and the counter line is still six deep.
Spec books, not part numbers
The job arrives as a fixture schedule: WC-1, L-2, HB-1, each tag with a note and a manufacturer number. The contractor wants it priced by fixture group. Your quoting desk reads the whole spec book before it can price a single line.
The same tee has four names
TY, tap tee, Boston, sanitary tee. One fitting, four names, and which one a plumber uses depends on where they learned the trade. Today that translation lives in the heads of your longest-tenured people.
Non-stock is a big share of the business
Spec items you have never carried show up on most schedules. The rep sets a placeholder, emails a vendor, and the quote waits on the reply. Multiply that by forty tags and the afternoon is gone.
How ChannelFlex handles it
How ChannelFlex handles a fixture schedule
From the plans to a tagged, priced quote your rep can trust. A person approves every line before anything goes out.
Capture the request
Forward the email, the counter list photo, or the fixture schedule off the plans. ChannelFlex reads every tag, quantity, and note.
“WC-1 wall hung w/ carrier x14, L-2 lav w/ faucet x18, HB-1 x6, plus the 3 in Boston tees from the counter list”
Triage stock vs non-stock
Each tag is matched to your catalog with a confidence score. Catalog items price out. Non-stock and ambiguous lines are flagged for the rep.
Source the non-stock
Non-stock lines are routed to vendor options and grouped per supplier. Your rep sends one request, not a dozen, and decides what to quote.
Rep checkpoint
Your rep reviews the draft, picks the right tee, settles spec items, and applies the contractor pricing they know. A person approves every quote.
Quote goes out
A clean, priced quote in your format, every line tied to a confirmed part number. How it is grouped is your rep's call.
Hand off to the ERP
When the contractor says yes, the quote becomes a sales order in your ERP without retyping a single tag.
Representative example. Companies, people, part numbers, and prices shown are fictional.
Works alongside the ERP you already run
EclipseProphet 21
CloudSuite Distribution
Business Central
Running DDI Inform or another plumbing system? Mention it on the demo call.
Results
What Plumbing Supply distributors see once ChannelFlex is on the desk.
References available on the demo call.
What it takes to start
Live in weeks, not months
Real requests flowing within two to four weeks of starting. Reps forward requests the way they do today and approve the draft in ChannelFlex; the one new screen is the review checkpoint.
A pilot first, with fair and transparent pricing
Start with a pilot on your own requests and prove it on your desk before you commit. Straightforward terms, explained before you start.
Questions
What Plumbing teams ask before they book.
Yes. Forward the schedule as a PDF or a photo. ChannelFlex reads each tag, the quantity, and the note next to it, then matches every line to your catalog. Tags it cannot match with confidence are flagged for your rep instead of guessed. Counter lists work the same way: photograph the list and forward it.
Your rep controls the format of every quote before it goes out, and the tags from the schedule (WC-1, L-2, HB-1) stay with the request so nothing gets lost in translation. On the demo call we walk through a representative fixture schedule, so you can see exactly how tags come through before you bring your own in a pilot.
It is flagged for the rep instead of guessed. A 3 inch Boston tee, a TY, a tap tee, and a sanitary tee can all point at one item in your catalog, or at several. ChannelFlex shows what it found and your rep picks. No match is better than a wrong match.
They are flagged as non-stock and kept together. Vendor options are routed to your rep and grouped per supplier, so one request goes out per vendor. Your rep decides what to quote on each one. ChannelFlex does not pick a substitute on its own, and a person approves the quote every time.
ChannelFlex connects alongside your ERP rather than replacing it. The demo call walks through exactly what IT provides for your system. Most teams are quoting real requests within two to four weeks of starting.
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A 30-minute demo built around representative Plumbing Supply requests. Have a real one? Send it before the call and we will run it live instead.