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Introducing Gable LBM

Hello, world.
We're Gable.

The lumber and building materials commons. Everything a dealer runs, in one system that is yours: counter, yard, trucks, job site, and books. Owned code, an open automation platform included free, and software built with and by the dealers who run it.

gable · the LBM commons 01 / 09
What we believe

You own
every line.

Source code included.
Fork it, host it, keep it forever. Deploy cloud-only, on-prem, or hybrid.

No exit ransom.
Leaving never costs you your own business logic.

No per-seat toll.
Hire ten people. The invoice doesn't notice.

No "on the roadmap."
Your yard needs it Tuesday? Build it Tuesday.

No per-integration tax.
FB Connect is open source and free for Gable users.

Built with the community.
One yard's automation becomes every yard's tool.

Free to run, forever, under the OpenLBM Standard (fair source): run it, modify it, self-host it, keep private changes private.

vendor lock-in is a business model, not a feature 02 / 09
The whole system

Not a module maze.
A yard operating system.

Gable LBM app launcher: customers, inventory, GL, invoicing, POS, logistics, purchasing, quotes

Every app, one launcher. Quotes, orders, purchasing, GL, logistics, millwork: one sign-in, one data model.

Gable LBM chart of accounts: clean account table with balances

Real accounting, readable. Chart of accounts your bookkeeper doesn't need a certification to navigate.

133 capabilities across 13 groups: counter and POS, quotes, orders, pricing, units of measure, inventory, purchasing, dispatch, AR, GL, contractor portal, integrations, multi-yard.

no per-module ransom 03 / 09
The same tool, rebuilt

Same tool. Different century.

Gable LBM quote screen: clean line items, escalators, live totals

Gable LBM quoting and ordering. Runs in any browser: counter desktop, phone, or tablet, with offline mode for when the yard's connection drops. Deploy cloud-only, on-prem, or hybrid. Usable on day one, not after a week of training.

day-one usable, not week-one training 04 / 09
Why we built it: the "industry standard"

This is quoting and ordering
in a six-figure ERP.

Legacy LBM ERP sales order screen: modal tabs, grey grids, desktop-era chrome
Legacy LBM ERP desktop client: modal windows over modal windows, function-key footer bar

The legacy ERP reality. Desktop clients still shipping today: decades-old interfaces, roadmaps that crawl, bills that climb. One vendor has already announced the final on-prem feature release of its desktop client. The migration treadmill is the roadmap.

Screenshots sourced from public websites (Google Images / Software Advice). Shown for interface comparison only; no dealer data.

old, rigid, slow to modernize, priced like it owns you 05 / 09
Open platform. Included with Gable.

The integration layer
is not a line item.

FB Connect automation canvas: webhook, code, loop, HTTP search, match, collect, return nodes

FB Connect, included with Gable. Webhooks, loops, HTTP, and code, wired visually. Free for every Gable user, open source for anyone who wants to self-host the whole stack. The legacy answer to this request: an integrator, an SOW, five figures, nine months.

no integration partner required 06 / 09
The example: built in ~5 minutes, reusable forever

Live big-box price checks,
inside the ERP. No integrator.

1 catch_webhook : a quote (or buyer) asks for a market check
2 Check the request : validate it came from your ERP
3 For each item : loop every line on the quote
4 Read this item : pull the SKU & description
5 Home Depot search : live HTTP price lookup at the big box
6 Match this item : by size, length, and species
7 Collect the answer : assemble the comparison
8 Return the answer : back into the ERP, next to your margin

Swap one HTTP node and the same flow checks Lowe's, RONA, or a co-op DC feed. Built once by one person: no integrator, no SOW, no waiting.

Flow runs on third-party price-data APIs: passthrough at cost, or bring your own key. A match that scores too low is reported as not matched, never guessed.

competitive pricing intelligence is now a webhook 07 / 09
And this is where it goes next

The yard as a living model.
Decisions, not menus.

Gable 3D yard digital twin with live decisions panel

The digital twin. Your yard, live: credit holds, warranty credits and pick status surface as decisions, not reports.

Gable live map: deliveries, volume heat, vendors, trucks, job sites

The live map. Trucks out, job sites, vendor flows and volume heat: dispatch sees the whole territory at a glance.

this is what "own your code" lets you build toward 08 / 09
Independent dealers & the co-ops behind them

MODERN  ·  NIMBLE  ·  OPEN  ·  SOVEREIGN  ·  COMMUNITY-BUILT

The independents
built this industry.
Their software should
act like it.

Dealers: see it run on your own SKUs. Bring your ugliest workflow.

Co-ops & buying groups: this is the ERP answer your members keep asking for: ownable, integrable, and priced like a partner, not a landlord.

Everyone: join the community portal and the dealer calls.

Reach out: DM us here or futurebuild.ai

gable LBM · own your code 09 / 09