Construction supply delivers to sites against project schedules, in mixed units, often from yard and indoor storage at once. A warehouse management system holds stock per project and location, converts between trading units, and consolidates a delivery so a site receives a complete load rather than partial drops.
Construction supply is project work wearing a distribution costume. Materials are ordered against a project, delivered to a site on a date that keeps moving, and every batch has to arrive with its certificate. BizBloqs connects project demand to warehouse reality, so the crew on site is never waiting for material that is sitting on a yard twenty kilometres away.
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Materials are reserved against a project and a phase from the moment they are ordered. Availability is judged against real project demand rather than a single warehouse total, so one site cannot quietly consume another site's steel.
Call-off deliveries are planned against the site schedule. When the schedule moves — and it does — the reservation moves with it instead of being reworked by hand.
Project managers see committed, in-transit and delivered quantities in one place, which is usually the first time the office and the site agree on the same number.
Mill certificates, CE declarations and test reports are held against the batch and travel with the delivery, so the paperwork arrives with the pallet rather than a week later by email.
Long, heavy and awkward goods are handled with dimension-aware locations and load planning, including reverse drop sequencing so the first delivery of the day is the last item loaded.
Returns of surplus material from site are booked back against the project with their condition recorded, so project cost reflects what was actually consumed.
Material is delivered to site and then cannot be accounted for
Stock reserved and issued against a project and a site, so material consumption is visible per job rather than in aggregate
Tools and equipment are issued and never formally returned
Equipment issued against a person and a project with an expected return, and overdue items reported automatically
Call-off orders against a framework are tracked manually
Framework agreements held as remaining entitlement, with each call-off drawn down and visible to both sides
Certificates and declarations of performance are chased per delivery
Product certificates linked to batch and issued automatically with the delivery documentation the site needs
Returns of surplus material are absorbed as loss
Site returns booked back against the project with a condition grade, so surplus becomes recoverable value rather than shrinkage
BizBloqs has implemented and optimized numerous features that are highly relevant to construction supply. We highlighted a few below.
Reserve materials against a project and phase, not just a warehouse total
Plan deliveries against the site schedule and move them when the schedule moves
Mill certificates and declarations held against the batch and shipped with the goods
Dimension-aware locations and load planning for long and heavy items
Book surplus material back to the project with its condition recorded
Consumed, committed and returned material valued per project
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Match it to how you operate
The compliance and commercial detail above is the same for everyone in construction. What changes is how you run: production, fulfilment, wholesale or third-party logistics. Pick your operating model to see the process fit.
BizBloqs has developed a unique platform which can be configured to create many solutions for every logistic challenge we have encountered. Our combined experience and expertise in our field makes us trusted advisors and experts to address your needs.
A full Warehouse Management System (WMS) for companies of any size. Map out the correct flow of processes with our experts and transform your business
Track your inventory in real-time and never fail to fulfill your customer orders again. Deep insights into stock levels and all related movements allow you to keep customers informed perfectly.
Link your entire supply chain with the BizBloqs Integration Toolkit to transfer critical information in a secure, timely manner with both internal and external partners, for your operational efficiency
Choose your solution
BizBloqs is a warehouse platform, delivered in three solutions. Start where your operation is today, extend when you are ready. Each solution includes WMS at its core, with Order Management and Integrations layered in at the depth that fits your business.
Small and medium businesses running one warehouse, a growing order volume and a team that is doing too much by hand.
Scaling mid-market businesses selling across several channels, holding stock in more than one place, and outgrowing a single-warehouse setup.
Larger and multi-entity organisations with complex handling requirements, established ERP landscapes and formal governance obligations.
Why take our word for it? We let our customers convince you instead. BizBloqs customers are happy with their solutions and don’t hesitate to share their positive experiences. Our ability to turn any challenge into an efficient solution never fails to impress!
BizBloqs was one of the first to provide a WMS with scanning capabilities and we started a journey together. Our operations have gotten a lot more complex, advanced and especially bigger over the past 5 years and we have simply grown together.
Nick Bisselink, Financial/Operational Director
When we had extensive logistic requirements beyond the capabilities of our financial solution, BizBloqs shared its expertise to transform Lantaarn’s entire warehouse experience together
Lantaarn Publishers
We needed a better, more transparent and practical system for our incoming and outgoing product flow. A direct overview in our stock and all our logistics movements was really a must. BizBloqs helped us from the start!
Rik Klein - Sales manager
In addition to a scan procedure with EDI integration, BizBloqs has set up an entire production system for us. Production planning can provide direct instructions and as soon as they are ready, it all arrives in the OMS. This gives us a larger production capacity and a drastic reduction of the picking mistakes in dispatching.
Reinier Schot, Head of Production
Construction — Pick whichever suits where you are. All three land with the same team.
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