Aggregates, paving, sleepers, topsoil, decorative stone and bagged goods move in volume, and the quantity maths eats counter time. How many tonnes, how many bulk bags, what coverage, how many packs of paving: OptiFlow works it out and turns the answer into an order, straight from your live system.
Where the time goes
Landscaping and aggregate customers ask the same questions all day long. How much Type 1 for a driveway, how many bulk bags make a tonne, how many slabs for a patio, how much sub base to a given depth. Every answer means a member of staff stops what they are doing, does the sum, checks stock and the right price, and reads it back, often more than once for the same job. In volume that is hours of skilled time spent on repeatable maths, and any slip means a short load, an over order, or a half empty wagon going out.
What OptiFlow does for you
OptiFlow does the volume to weight and coverage maths for you and builds the order from your live catalogue, stock and pricing. It answers the routine quantity and availability questions instantly, applies the correct density and pack sizes, and drafts the order for a person to confirm before it goes out.
- Instant, accurate quantity answers using your own product data and typical yard densities.
- Automated order entry and stock and price enquiries.
- Fewer short loads and over orders, because the maths is right first time.
- Free tools your customers can use and embed too, like our aggregates calculator and concrete calculator.
Turning tools into orders
Landscaping is one of the trades where a good calculator does real work. Our free aggregate and concrete calculators help a customer size a job, and OptiFlow carries that through to a live, priced order in your system rather than leaving them to ring round. The same maths that helps the customer plan the job books the delivery.
Works with your systems, no rip and replace
OptiFlow is an AI layer that sits on top of the platform you already run, whether that is Kerridge, Intact, Ibcos or another trade system, and acts on the data it already holds. There is no migration, no long project and nothing new for your team to learn, and most merchants are live in weeks rather than months. See the fuller picture on our AI for builders merchants page.
See OptiFlow work on your real orders and enquiries. Get a quote.
Related reading: delivery scheduling and our free trade calculators.
Frequently asked questions
Can it do the tonnage and bulk bag maths?
Yes. OptiFlow works out volume to weight and coverage using typical densities and your own product data, then builds the order for a person to confirm.
Does it use my real stock and prices?
Yes. Every answer and order comes from your live system, so nothing is quoted that you cannot fulfil and the price is right for that customer.
Will it cut short loads and over ordering?
That is one of the main benefits. Getting the quantity right first time means fewer short loads, fewer over orders and fuller, more efficient wagons.
Can customers use the calculators on our own site?
Yes. Our aggregate and concrete calculators are free to embed, so you can put them on your site as a self service tool that also feeds enquiries to you.
Do I have to change my ERP?
No. OptiFlow layers on top of what you already run, with no migration.