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01 The order: Tarnwick's framing order, confirmed and allocated from stock.
01The orderTarnwick's framing order, confirmed and allocated from stock.

Everything a dealer runs, in one system that is yours.

Counter, yard, trucks, job site and books in one system.

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How it compares

Gable against legacy LBM systems.

GableLegacy LBM systems
Who owns itYou do. The system that runs your business is yours to keep.The vendor does. You rent access, year after year.
Where it runsOn your own server, in your cloud, or hosted for you. Your choice, and you can move it.Where the vendor decides, on the vendor's terms.
Every screenThe counter, the yard, the trucks, the back office and the contractor portal, in a browser and on phones.A desktop program, with add-ons for the yard and the road.
Connecting other toolsIncluded. Connect the tools you already use, with no fee for each connection.Charged by the module or by the connection, every year.
Seeing and changing itYou can see how it works and change it to fit the way your yard runs.Closed. Changes wait on the vendor's roadmap.

FB Connect, included with Gable

Any automation or integration, built in minutes.

FB Connect builds the automations and integrations a dealer needs in minutes. Here is one easy example: a price list checked against the big box home center nearest the yard. Gable posts the items; the flow looks each one up, matches it by size, length and species, brings the price to the dealer's unit and answers in a few seconds.

The market check flow on the FB Connect canvas: catch webhook, check the request, for each item, read this item, the store search, match this item, collect the answer, return the answer.
The flow on the FB Connect canvas, version 2: eight nodes, one loop

Example answer

Illustrative prices, not a live run
ItemDealerBig boxDiff
2x4x8 SPF #2$4.48$4.18+7.2%
2x4x10 SPF #2$6.12$6.48-5.6%
2x6x12 SPF #2$10.95$10.28+6.5%
2x8x16 SPF #2$18.40$19.97-7.9%
2x10x16 SPF #2$24.85$22.64+9.8%
2x12x16 SPF #2$31.20$33.48-6.8%
4x4x8 pressure treated$12.98$13.47-3.6%

Every item matched by size, length and species. In a real run, a candidate that scores too low is reported as not matched, never guessed.

The feature set

133 capabilities, in 13 groups.

CPCounter and POS19
  • Cash sale at the counter (walk in or cash customer, receipt)
  • Account (charge) sale at the counter, with the customer PO and job where the account requires them
  • Tender types and split tender (cash, check, card, on account, store credit or gift card)
  • Tender rules (check limits, cash only accounts, PO required, ID, change, over and under tender)
  • Integrated card processing at the counter (card present terminal, EMV, tap)
  • Returns and exchanges at the counter (to the original tender, restocking fees, reason codes)
  • Deposits and prepayments on orders, applied at invoice
  • Cash drawer and till (open, close, over and short, X and Z reports, drops and pickups)
  • End of day by branch (daily close, deposit reconciliation, daily sales per branch)
  • Sales tax at the sale (jurisdiction by branch or ship to, exemption certificates)
  • Counter alerts and holds (credit hold at the sale, account notes, warnings)
  • Mobile sales in the yard (tablet or handheld)
  • Offline counter (keeps selling when the connection drops)
  • Counter documents (printed or emailed receipts and invoices, signature capture)
  • Card surcharges
  • Paint tinting and colour formulas
  • Large cash payment reporting
  • Cash rounding without pennies
  • Scale integration for bulk materials
QEQuotes and estimates6
  • Quotes with expiry and revisions, converted to orders
  • Job estimates (phases, house plans, packages, bid sections)
  • Quote follow up and win or loss tracking
  • Kits, assemblies and templates on quotes and orders
  • Millwork, door and window configurators and vendor quote integration
  • Quote price protection (holding quoted prices while costs move)
SOSales orders, special orders, drop ship and will call16
  • Sales orders (lines, ship to, job, customer PO, several ship dates or releases)
  • Special orders (non stock; a linked PO from the order; the receipt allocated to the order)
  • Drop ship (the vendor ships direct to the customer; linked PO)
  • Will call and customer pickup (staging, notice, release with signature)
  • Back orders on sales orders and release on receipt
  • Order holds and approvals (credit hold, margin approval, order authority)
  • Pick tickets, picking and loading (yard tickets, mobile picking)
  • Fulfil from another yard (the sourcing branch differs from the selling branch)
  • Jobs and projects on orders (job sites, lot and block)
  • Charge lines and text lines (delivery and other charges, notes)
  • Blanket or call off orders (contract quantities released over time)
  • Sales history and last price paid at order entry
  • Customer PO capture into orders (OCR and EDI)
  • Equipment and tool rentals
  • Installed sales and crew scheduling
  • Need date commitment and promise alerts
PRPricing12
  • Price matrices (customer class or level by product group; margin, markup or list less)
  • Customer specific and contract pricing with effective dates
  • Quantity breaks
  • Branch pricing (prices differ by yard)
  • Margin floors (minimum gross margin, override with approval)
  • Price overrides and line discounts with reason codes and audit
  • Commodity and market cost updates (lumber market moves, mass price changes)
  • Promotions and sale pricing (including mix and match)
  • Job pricing held for a job or quote
  • Rounding rules and sub cent unit prices (per thousand board feet and the like)
  • Customer profitability stratification
  • External price guidance
UMUnits of measure and conversions6
  • Several units per item (stocking, selling, purchasing) with conversions
  • Piece and lineal foot conversions (dimensional lumber by length)
  • Board foot and per thousand (MBF) pricing
  • Tally (mixed lengths on one line, at sale and at receipt)
  • Bundle and unit (pieces per bundle or lift)
  • Area, sheets, coverage and weight
INInventory across branches14
  • On hand by branch or yard and by bin or location
  • Committed or allocated quantities
  • Available by yard, seen across branches at order entry
  • Transfers between branches (request, ship, in transit, receive)
  • Min and max and reorder points per branch; suggested replenishment
  • Cycle counts and physical inventory
  • Lot tracking and tally inventory (stock by length, lots, serials)
  • Reman, cut to size and light manufacturing (work orders converting stock)
  • Adjustments with reason codes
  • Valuation by branch (average cost, cost layers) and the GL tie out
  • Product master (item setup, attributes, images, vendors per item)
  • Bundle or lift identity (tagged units of stock)
  • Store use and mistint accounts
  • Vendor maintained product content catalog
PUPurchasing and receiving11
  • Purchase orders (stock, special order, drop ship), by branch and central buying
  • Receiving (partial, against the PO, mobile, into bins)
  • Back orders on POs and expected dates
  • Landed cost (freight and duty into item cost)
  • Vendor rebates and programs (accruals, buying group programs)
  • EDI with vendors (850, 855, 856, 810) and vendor catalogs and price files
  • Purchase suggestions (demand based, seasonal, min and max)
  • Vendor invoice matching (two or three way) into AP
  • PO approval limits
  • Supplier returns and vendor credit memos
  • Vendor price levels and vendor stock availability
DDDelivery and dispatch7
  • Delivery scheduling and the dispatch board
  • Loads and load planning (weight, volume, truck capacity)
  • Trucks and equipment (fleet, trailers, boom or forklift, capacity)
  • Routes and runs (stop sequence, route optimisation)
  • Proof of delivery (driver app, signature, photos, location)
  • Delivery tracking and customer notices
  • Delivery charges and zones
ARAR, credit, statements, finance charges, liens and job accounts10
  • Customer accounts, credit limits and terms
  • Credit holds and the credit approval workflow
  • Cash receipts and payment application (unapplied cash, write offs)
  • Statements (by customer, by job)
  • Finance or service charges
  • Lien management (preliminary notices, lien waivers, deadlines)
  • Job accounts (sub accounts per job, AR by job)
  • Collections and aging (dunning, collector notes)
  • Terms master and early payment discounts
  • Retainage and progress billing
GLAP, GL and branch consolidated reporting8
  • AP (vendor bills, approvals, payments, payment runs, 1099)
  • GL (chart of accounts, journals, periods, close)
  • Branch P and L and branch consolidated reporting
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Dashboards, KPIs and a report writer
  • Sales tax reporting
  • Accounting package export (where the dealer keeps an outside GL)
  • Foreign currency on purchasing and AP
PEContractor portal and eCommerce7
  • Contractor portal (account, invoices, statements, documents)
  • Online bill pay
  • Online ordering at the customer's own prices (B2B)
  • Order and delivery status for customers (including proof of delivery)
  • Quote requests and approvals online
  • Public web store (B2C) (coming soon)
  • Loyalty, rewards and gift cards
IXIntegrations9

An open API, a system the dealer owns outright and FB Connect together make an open ecosystem. Connect the tools the yard already uses, or build a new integration in minutes, without asking a vendor's permission or paying per connection.

  • Payment processors and card terminals
  • Sales tax engines
  • Buying groups and vendor programs (catalog and price feeds)
  • Accounting packages
  • Open API and webhooks
  • Zero Gravity Takeoff integration (plan takeoff from drawings into a Gable quote)
  • CRM, email and text messaging
  • Data migration from the incumbent system
  • BI and data warehouse export
MYMulti yard platform8
  • Branch level security (users and roles held to branches)
  • Branch as a dimension on every document, GL entry and report
  • Central and local control (central purchasing, pricing and setup across yards)
  • Handhelds, barcode scanning and label printing
  • Document forms (pick tickets, invoices, statements) with dealer branding
  • Cloud hosting, uptime and access from any device
  • AI assistants and automation
  • Document management and storage

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OpenLBM Fair Source

Free to run, forever.

Dealers run, modify and self-host Gable free forever under the OpenLBM Standard, keeping private changes private. Owning the core software that runs the business is the foundation a dealer needs to be ready for what comes next.

Read the OpenLBM Standard summary (PDF)(summary, not legal advice)

FutureBuild and the commons

Built by FutureBuild. Owned by the industry.

FutureBuild builds, maintains, and commercialises the platform, managed hosting, and enterprise services. A panel of independent dealers holds a hard veto over licence terms, keeping the community sourced commons protected from commercial capture.

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