Inventory Management for Construction
Bouwflow is construction inventory management software that tracks your articles, stock and material requests per site, from purchase order to delivery on site.
What is inventory management in construction?
Inventory management in construction is tracking your materials from order to use on site: what you have in stock, what is reserved for a project, what is on order and what is already used. Without that overview you order twice, returns get forgotten, and you only learn at post-calculation what a site really cost in materials.
That is why contractors use construction inventory management software: a system where your articles, stock locations, material requests and purchase orders come together, so the warehouse, the site and the office work from the same numbers.
What is Bouwflow?
Bouwflow is the all-in-one platform for contractors. In one environment you combine inventory management, quotes, time tracking and purchasing, while your teams work on site with the OnSitePro mobile app. You replace scattered spreadsheets and tools with a single system where all your project data comes together. More than a thousand construction professionals already use Bouwflow to run their projects faster and with more oversight.
Features
A glimpse of what's inside inventory & warehouse
Articles
Articles
Every article has a price, a unit, suppliers and a barcode. That same record is what you use in your calculations, work orders and purchase orders.
Categories
Build a tree of categories and subcategories. Your post-calculation groups along it.
Units
Alongside the standard units like m², m³ and each, you create your own.
Bundles
Group articles and labour into a bundle and use it as a single line.
Equipment
Track vehicles and machines from purchase to decommissioning, with their cost and their rate.
Import & bulk editing
Load your articles in through CSV, then edit them in bulk in an editor that works like a spreadsheet.
Stock
Stock locations
See per location what's in stock, what's reserved, what's on order and what's already been used.
Barcodes
Print barcodes and scan them in Pickflow.
Stock movements
Every move in Pickflow becomes a stock movement in Bouwflow. That's what your post-calculation rests on.
Direct issue
If material goes straight from the warehouse to the site, you book it without a picking list.
Webshop prices
Products you import from your supplier's webshop carry your own margin.
Warehouse & site
Material requests
Start a request from a bill of quantities or a quote, or let your foreman raise it in OnSitePro. He gets a notification on every status change.
Splitting requests
Split a request by phase, by supplier or by delivery date.
Picking lists
The warehouse gets a picking list and scans the articles in Pickflow, with pick locations and virtual pallets.
Receiving deliveries
Log your delivery, update your stock and compare ordered, delivered and invoiced.
Return notes
Material that comes back gets booked in through Bouwflow, OnSitePro or Pickflow.
How does inventory management work in Bouwflow?
Your articles, stock and orders sit in one inventory, linked to your projects and calculations. From material request to delivery, you follow everything without a separate warehouse package.
- Manage your articles with prices, suppliers, barcodes and photos, and use them straight away in your calculations, purchase orders and invoices.
- Track your stock per location and see per article what is in stock, reserved, on order or already used.
- Create a material request from a bill of quantities or a quote, and split it by phase, supplier or delivery date.
- Let your site teams request material through the OnSitePro app and your warehouse pick and scan through Pickflow.
- Create purchase orders with the right supplier, receive the delivery and compare ordered, delivered and invoiced at a glance.
- Every stock movement lands on the project automatically, so your post-calculation matches what was actually used.
What inventory management in Bouwflow gives you
No more double ordering
Because you see per article what is in stock, reserved and on order, you do not buy what you already have.
Warehouse and site in sync
Your site teams request material through the app and your warehouse picks and scans in Pickflow, without phone calls and notes.
A grip on your material cost
Every stock movement lands on the right project, so you see per site what the material actually cost.
Less loss and fewer forgotten returns
Purchase orders, deliveries and return slips sit in one place, so nothing slips through the cracks.
Buy at the right price
Bouwflow automatically picks the cheapest supplier on a purchase order, so your margin does not leak at purchasing.
One system instead of scattered Excel
Your stock, purchasing and calculation sit in the same software, not in a separate warehouse package or spreadsheet.
Frequently asked questions about inventory management
Related features
Supplier Management
Manage your suppliers, purchase invoices, prices and orders in one place, linked to every project.
Pre- & Post-Calculation
From a bill of quantities to a calculated quotation, and with post-calculation you see what you really make per job.
Work Orders
Send work orders to the site digitally and let your crew log hours, materials and photos through the OnSitePro app.