Industrial & Plumbing Supply Chain Management
Connecting the industrial and plumbing supply chain
Industrial and plumbing businesses operate with complex supply networks, multi-site ordering, and diverse product ranges. Efficiently managing procurement, supply, and accounts is critical to controlling costs, meeting deadlines, and keeping projects on track. Organisations need solutions that streamline transactions, improve visibility, and simplify processes across their entire industrial & plumbing supply chain.
Industrial & Plumbing Challenges
Challenge 01
Product Diversity
From small components to large machinery, piping, and bulk materials, product diversity make storage, movement, and distribution more complex with some goods shipped directly from suppliers to end customers. Bulk orders may generate multiple shipments and associated documents.
Challenge 02
Product Complexity
Industrial and plumbing products are often highly technical and vast in their range, with extensive regulations governing their use and installation. The coexistence of imperial and metric systems across markets adds further complexity, making product management challenging and prone to errors in ordering, stocking, and distribution.
Challenge 03
Order & Delivery Lead Times
Many products are made to order or tailored for specific jobs, sites, or applications, resulting in variable delivery times. Organisations often rely on back-ordering systems, requiring careful management to track incomplete orders. A single purchase order may take weeks or even months to fulfil, increasing the need for visibility and coordination across the industrial & plumbing supply chain.
Challenge 04
Goods Receipts & Backorders
Direct-to-site shipments create complexity when goods aren’t physically received by the buyer. Booking, invoicing, and paying for unreceived items can be challenging, increasing visibility gaps and complicating the paper trail.
What Good Looks Like On The Ground
Orders move smoothly from request to delivery, even when products are made to order, shipped directly to site, or fulfilled over multiple deliveries.
Suppliers, warehouses, and project teams stay aligned on quantities, delivery timing, and documentation throughout the lifecycle of an order.
Invoices, goods receipts, and backorders remain visible and consistent, reducing confusion across branches, job sites, and finance teams.
Teams are not chasing missing deliveries, reconciling partial shipments, or manually tracking backorders across suppliers. They are focused on keeping projects moving, maintaining stock availability, and delivering reliable service to customers.
- Orders and deliveries remain coordinated across sites and suppliers.
- Goods, invoices, and receipts stay connected throughout the process.
- The business can manage complex projects without losing operational control.
Supply Chain Connections
Solutions For The Industrial & Plumbing Industry
EDI
Resolve complex ordering, document format differences, and manual processing with electronic trading between buyers and suppliers while eliminating paper-based inefficiencies.
Kreditorenbuchhaltung Automatisierung
Improve first-time match rates, prevent lost invoices, and ensure suppliers are paid accurately and on time while staying in control of your documents.
E-invoicing
Digitise supplier and customer invoicing with a fully automated e-invoicing solution where accounts payable and accounts receivable workflows target efficiency and proper resolution.
How It Works
Helping Your Industrial And Plumbing Supply Chain Thrive
Real-time Tracking
Get real-time visibility for better trading and responsiveness while improving your electronic network with managed onboarding and automated exception workflows.
Smart Workflow
Resolve discrepancies before system updates, improve accuracy, and ensure smoother collaboration between buyers and suppliers with configurable workflows that manage queries, approvals, and document validation.
Automate with Experts
Automate your industrial & plumbing supply chain to simplify transactions while expanding your network with buyers and suppliers, and get the support you need from an experienced supply chain solutions provider.
Visibility & Control
Increase visibility across your complex supply chain and empower internal teams as well as external partners with self-service access so that you can reduce third-party management.