Quoting software for PVF distributors
Five specs per line.
Forty lines per RFQ.
PVF quoting software reads the spec on every line of a pipe, valve, and fitting request and turns it into a quote your rep can check. ChannelFlex pulls size, schedule, material, pressure class, and ends off the RFQ or ISO takeoff. It matches each line to your catalog and flags what it cannot settle. Your rep reviews the quote before anything reaches the customer.
Quoting today
Every line is a spec sheet. Every spec is a chance to get it wrong.
PVF quoting is slow because it is precise. A 2" 150# flanged gate valve in carbon steel is not the same item as the one in stainless, and no match is better than a wrong match. Your customer expects you to know that without being told.
Specs arrive in every order and format
A106 B pipe, A234 WPB fittings, A105 flanges, all on one wall schedule. One customer writes 2" SCH 40 A234 WPB BW 90 LR. The next writes 2 in sched 40 LR ell, butt weld, carbon. Same part. Your rep translates every line before they can price it.
Non-stock sourcing eats the day
On a big takeoff a good share of the lines are items you do not carry. Each one means a vendor email, a wait, and a follow-up before the quote can go out.
A wrong class or material is a returned shipment
Ship 150# when the job needed 300#, or carbon when the spec said stainless, and the whole order comes back. The project is late, the customer is angry, and the margin on the order is gone.
How ChannelFlex handles it
How ChannelFlex handles a PVF RFQ
Read the specs, match the stock, flag what needs a person, line up the sourcing. Your reps make the calls.
Capture the request
Forward the RFQ, the spreadsheet, or the PDF off the ISO takeoff. ChannelFlex reads every line for size, schedule, material, pressure class, and ends.
“2" SCH 40 A234 WPB BW 90 LR x24; 2" 150# RF WN flange A105 x12; 2" gate valve x6”
Triage stock vs non-stock
Each spec is matched to your catalog with a confidence score. Stock prices out. Lines that could fit several items are flagged, not guessed.
Source the non-stock
Non-stock lines are routed to your vendor options and grouped per supplier, so your rep sends one request instead of a dozen.
Rep checkpoint
Your rep reviews every match, confirms the valve class, and sets the price. Nothing goes to the customer until a person approves it.
Quote goes out
Every line is tied to a real part number, material spec, and class. Your rep's answers are on paper, not in a follow-up call.
Hand off to the ERP
On acceptance the quote becomes a sales order in your ERP. No retyping, no transposed schedules, no class that changed between quote and order.
Representative example. Companies, people, part numbers, and prices shown are fictional.
Works alongside the ERP you already run
Prophet 21Eclipse
CloudSuite Distribution
Business CentralRunning SYSPRO or a legacy system? Mention it on the demo call.
Results
What Pipe, Valves & Fittings 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 PVF teams ask before they book.
Yes. Forward the PDF or the spreadsheet. ChannelFlex reads every line and pulls out size, schedule, material, pressure class, and ends, then matches each one to your catalog. Lines it cannot settle with confidence are flagged for your rep instead of guessed.
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, and a person approves the quote every time.
It is flagged for your rep with the closest catalog items shown. A 2" gate valve with no class given is the classic case: your rep confirms the class before it is priced. No match is better than a wrong match.
A person, every time. Your rep reviews every matched line, settles every flag, and sets the price. Nothing reaches the customer until your rep approves it.
ChannelFlex connects alongside your ERP. It does not replace it or sit inside it. The demo call walks through what IT provides and in what order. Plan on two to four weeks from starting to quoting real requests.
From our founderNo Match Is Better Than a Wrong MatchWhy a flagged line beats a confident wrong match on a PVF takeoff.See ChannelFlex turn an RFQ into a quote, live.
A 30-minute demo built around representative Pipe, Valves & Fittings requests. Have a real one? Send it before the call and we will run it live instead.