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.
- 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.
How it runs in Zigaflow
- Enquiry capture and briefingEnquiries arrive via architects, interior designers, direct end-users, or procurement teams, typically including CAD drawings, space plans, and product specifications.
- Specification and proposalSales staff build detailed line-by-line quotes referencing manufacturer price lists, applying contract or framework pricing, and accounting for delivery and installation costs.
- Order and project managementOn client sign-off, purchase orders are raised to multiple manufacturers with delivery scheduled around the installation program and site readiness dates.
- Invoicing and accounts syncInvoices are raised in stages — typically deposit, pre-delivery, and on completion — matched against the original quote and any approved variation orders.
More about Zigaflow for Contract Furniture Dealers
Zigaflow brings your quoting, procurement, project management and invoicing together so your team can focus on delivering great projects rather than managing information.
The problems we solve
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.
Purchase orders to multiple manufacturers are disjointed
Once a project is won, purchase orders need to go to each manufacturer separately. Tracking delivery dates across multiple suppliers without a central system is chaotic.
Zigaflow purchase orders are split by supplier from a single job, with delivery tracking and status updates visible in the project view.
Installation scheduling clashes with deliveries
If a manufacturer is late, the installation team turns up to an empty site. Without delivery visibility, installation scheduling is based on guesswork.
Zigaflow links delivery dates to installation milestones. When a delivery slips, the affected installation task is flagged automatically.
Works with your existing tools
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