Contract furniture dealers who quote faster win more tenders
Multi-product quotes, supplier purchase orders, installation scheduling and invoicing - Zigaflow connects every stage of the contract furniture sales and delivery process.
The complete platform for contract furniture dealers
Contract furniture deals are complex. A single project can involve dozens of product lines from multiple manufacturers, a detailed installation programme and a client who wants weekly progress updates.
Zigaflow brings your quoting, procurement, project management and invoicing together so your team can focus on delivering great projects rather than managing information.
- Most UK contract furniture dealers operate with 5-30 staff, handling projects worth £10k-£500k.
- Dealers typically manage 20-50 active projects simultaneously, sourcing from multiple manufacturers.
- Lead times from UK and European suppliers often run 8-16 weeks, creating complex scheduling challenges.
- Specification changes mid-project are common, forcing repeated requoting and purchase order amendments.
- Manual processes across spreadsheets and email cause costly errors in large multi-line furniture orders.
Up and running in four simple steps
Enquiry Capture and Briefing
Enquiries arrive via architects, interior designers, direct end-users, or procurement teams, typically including CAD drawings, space plans, and product specifications. Each enquiry is logged with client details, project site, budget indication, and required delivery date to begin the specification process.
Specification and Proposal
Sales staff build detailed line-by-line quotes referencing manufacturer price lists, applying contract or framework pricing, and accounting for delivery and installation costs. Branded proposals with product images, fabric and finish selections, and itemized pricing are sent to clients for approval.
Order and Project Management
On client sign-off, purchase orders are raised to multiple manufacturers with delivery scheduled around the installation program and site readiness dates. Project progress is tracked against supplier acknowledgments, goods-in confirmation, warehousing, and the final installation team schedule.
Invoicing and Accounts Sync
Invoices are raised in stages — typically deposit, pre-delivery, and on completion — matched against the original quote and any approved variation orders. Invoice data is pushed to accounting software such as Xero or Sage to reconcile supplier purchase invoices against project margins.
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Built specifically for your industry - Zigaflow tackles the operational headaches that generic software ignores.
Multi-product quotes are slow to build and error-prone
A single furniture tender can have 200 line items from five different manufacturers. Building these manually in spreadsheets leads to mistakes and takes days.
Zigaflow's multi-line quote builder lets your team build complex tender documents quickly, with manufacturer references, quantities and net pricing all in one place.
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