Otis for timber merchants
From a cutting list or a photo of a plan, Otis works out boards, lengths and sheet quantities, prices them for the account and takes the order.
Sell timber the way your customers buy it
Timber sales live and die on accurate quantities. Otis reads a cutting list, a sketch or a spec, calculates boards and lengths with sensible waste, matches them to your catalogue and prices them per account. It handles the maths your counter team would, in seconds, at any hour.
What Otis does for timber
Board take offs
Lengths, boards and sheet counts from a list or a plan.
Cutting lists
Priced cutting lists mapped to your stock profiles.
Live stock
Only quotes what you can supply from your system.
Trade pricing
Account specific rates applied automatically.
Out of hours
Captures self builders and trade after the branch closes.
Order and deliver
Clean orders ready for logistics and delivery.
What timber buyers actually ask
Timber enquiries are rarely a simple part number. A customer wants carcassing in a specific grade and treatment, sheet materials by the pack, or a run of lengths that has to arrive on the right vehicle for a tight site. They ask about C16 versus C24, treated versus untreated, moisture content, and whether you can deliver long lengths without damage. Each of those questions has an answer sitting in your system, and each one that waits until morning is a job that may go to the next merchant on the list.
Otis handles exactly this. It reads your live timber range, grades, pack sizes and stock, and answers the detailed questions a builder asks in the evening, so the enquiry is captured and moving before your counter even opens.
Built for the timber counter
Grades and treatment
Answers on C16 and C24, treated and untreated, and kiln dried, straight from your live range.
Packs and lengths
Handles pack quantities, lengths and sheet sizes the way timber is actually bought and priced.
Delivery of long lengths
Fields the delivery and vehicle questions that decide whether a timber order is placed at all.
Common questions
Does it handle waste factors?
Yes. Otis applies sensible allowances so quotes are realistic.
Can it read a hand drawn plan?
Otis works from photos, sketches, PDFs and typed lists.
Will trade pricing be right?
Yes, it prices against the customer account.
Does it work at the counter?
Yes, on the website and the in branch kiosk.
See what Otis would capture for you
Book a strategic call and we will model it against your own numbers.