Custom projects · assessment and pilot
Track retail stock or made-to-order specifications through deposits, production, delivery and warranty.
A furniture sale can begin in a showroom and end weeks later with procurement, production and installation. ALGONLP can assess ERP around that complete order record: approved specifications, deposits, stock or materials, delivery and receivables. The scope follows your business model, whether you sell finished furniture, manufacture to order, or do both.
Workflow comparison
Illustrative comparisons for a scoped implementation. The proposed workflow depends on agreed processes, supported integrations and staff use.
Illustrative example
Illustrative example: a customer changes a sofa’s fabric after paying a deposit. Sales records a proposed revision, production checks material and schedule implications, and the customer approves the updated specification. The workshop follows that version. Delivery records an installation issue, while finance and service staff retain the remaining balance and repair task against the same order.
For retail, select items and stock locations. For custom orders, record dimensions, materials, finishes, drawings and specification versions.
Retain the price, scope, delivery assumptions and customer-approved version. Finance verifies deposits and payment terms.
Retail teams reserve finished stock and arrange purchases. Manufacturers plan materials against an agreed bill of materials and work order.
Record cutting, assembly, finishing, subcontracting and quality checks. Changes need an updated approval trail before work proceeds.
Prepare a delivery list with the correct items, site requirements and installation tasks. Record shortages, damage and customer acceptance.
Reconcile the final balance, review job costs where available and retain warranty or service requests against the delivered order.
A retailer scope can include stock, quotations, deposits, procurement, delivery, receivables and warranty. A made-to-order scope adds specification approval, BOMs, material issue, production stages, subcontracting, QC and job costing.
The project may also include an order-status view, staff permissions, migration templates and supported accounting links. Manufacturing records are included only where the business needs and can maintain them.
AI may structure enquiry notes or summarise specification changes. Sales and production staff verify measurements, drawings, materials and feasibility. Customers approve the specification; authorised staff approve prices and dates. Finance validates opening stock, deposits and receivables. AI cannot verify a physical measurement or sign off finished furniture quality.
A good fit is a multi-team showroom, furniture manufacturer or combined business with recurring handoff problems and a named order owner.
A small retailer needing basic billing may be better served by packaged software. A production project needs reliable product definitions and staff willing to record material and stage updates.
Map finished-goods retail and custom production separately, including the records they genuinely share.
Test a stock sale and, where relevant, a made-to-order job with a revised specification and partial payment.
Train showroom, store, production and delivery staff after reconciliation and workflow sign-off.
Agree the first release
Reconcile product units, reserved stock, customer deposits, open orders and receivables with operations and finance.
Train showroom, stores, workshop and delivery staff using a complete order and a specification revision. Agree support hours, issue ownership, backups, recovery checks and change-request terms before rollout.
Useful answers
Yes. Finished stock, purchasing, deposits and delivery can form a complete scope. Production features should not add unnecessary work to a retail-only business.
Store the approved version and proposed revision separately. Recheck price, materials and schedule, then record the required approvals before production changes.
That can be scoped if purchase, material and subcontract records are dependable. The costing approach and accountant’s treatment are agreed during discovery.
Prepare product definitions, opening stock, deposits, receivables and current order stages. Finance and operations reconcile them before live use.
Retail versus manufacturing scope, showroom count, product definitions, BOM and costing requirements, migration and accounting connections drive the estimate. Software licences, hosting and ongoing support are identified separately.
We set a phased schedule after discovery and access checks, rather than promise a date before scope is known. A rollout date depends on reconciled stock and deposits, approved order stages and staff completion of representative-order tests. Start with the agreed pilot and expand after sign-off.
Discuss a focused first step
Describe your retail or manufacturing model and where specifications, payments or delivery records break down. A redacted quote or job card is a useful starting point.
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