Manage all areas of your business with Profit4 software.
The construction and building materials wholesale sector operates in a fast-paced, high-volume environment where margins are tight, and logistics are highly complex. Managing a vast inventory, ranging from heavy aggregates and timber to delicate fixtures and bulk structural steel, requires precise control over purchasing, multi-location stock management, variable pricing tiers, and delivery scheduling. Relying on disconnected legacy software or paper-based systems often leads to margin leakage, inaccurate stock counts, and delayed customer deliveries, all of which erode profit margins and damage trade relationships.
Invest in a system that is built to help you increase sales and supports you as you grow; driving your business to the next level.
Our ERP software gives merchants, wholesalers and distributors the tools they need to improve, discover new opportunities and ultimately buy better and sell smarter.
Profit4 can help you to manage your trade counter, eCommerce channels, back office and stock to ensure you're operating at optimum efficiency.
Our ERP software is used by many members of the following building supplies, flooring and roofing buying groups and associations:
Streamlining your order process, from initial enquiry to dispatching of goods, will remove the manual processes holding you back.
From bulk imports of supplier pricing to picking in your warehouse, automatic creation of purchase orders based on preset stock levels and complex pricing structure functionality, our software is the complete inventory management solution that helps your business to be the best version of itself.
With your stock under control, your sales team have the confidence that they can deliver on their promises and offer quality customer service on your trade counter, over the phone and even in your eCommerce store.
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Invest in a system that is built to help you increase sales and supports you as you grow. Driving your business to the next level.
Our ERP software gives merchants, wholesalers and distributors the tools they need to improve, discover new opportunities and ultimately buy better and sell smarter.
Profit4 can help you to manage your trade counter, eCommerce channels, back office and stock to ensure youíre operating at optimum efficiency.
Streamlining your order process, from initial enquiry to dispatching of goods, will remove the manual processes holding you back.
From bulk imports of supplier pricing to wave picking in your warehouse, automatic creation of purchase orders based on pre-set stock levels and complex pricing structure functionality, our software is the complete inventory management solution that helps your business to be the best version of itself.
With your stock under control, your sales team have the confidence that they can deliver on their promises and offer quality customer service on your trade counter, over the phone and even in your eCommerce store.
Streamlining your order process, from initial enquiry to dispatching of goods, will remove the manual processes holding you back.
From bulk imports of supplier pricing to wave picking in your warehouse, automatic creation of purchase orders based on pre-set stock levels and complex pricing structure functionality, our software is the complete inventory management solution that helps your business to be the best version of itself.
With your stock under control, your sales team have the confidence that they can deliver on their promises and offer quality customer service on your trade counter, over the phone and even in your eCommerce store.
Streamlining your order process, from initial enquiry to dispatching of goods, will remove the manual processes holding you back.
From bulk imports of supplier pricing to wave picking in your warehouse, automatic creation of purchase orders based on pre-set stock levels and complex pricing structure functionality, our software is the complete inventory management solution that helps your business to be the best version of itself.
With your stock under control, your sales team have the confidence that they can deliver on their promises and offer quality customer service on your trade counter, over the phone and even in your eCommerce store.
Profit4 will fully integrate with WooCommerce, Adobe Commerce, Shopify, BigCommerce, EKM Powershop and GOb2b websites.
Profit4 by OGL Software offers a comprehensive solution tailored to these challenges. As a modern, browser-based ERP platform, Profit4 unifies finance, CRM, stock management, order processing, and B2B eCommerce into a single, cohesive hub. Designed specifically for wholesalers, builders' merchants, and trade suppliers, it gives your team full operational visibility across every branch, yard, and sales channel. Profit4 is the software for builders' merchants in the UK.
Here is how Profit4 addresses the primary pain points faced by building materials wholesalers, turning operational hurdles into distinct competitive advantages.
Building material merchants rarely sell a product at a single fixed retail price. This is where ERP software for builders merchants becomes vital.
Contractors, housebuilders, and landscape specialists expect custom pricing based on their historical volume, commercial credit arrangements, or contract-specific project agreements. Manually calculating these multi-layered pricing structures across physical trade counters, telesales desks, and online portals is highly prone to human error.
With Profit4’s customer pricing matrix, configuring intricate B2B pricing models becomes straightforward. You can easily establish price breaks based on volume, specific trade categories, or individually negotiated net prices down to the individual SKU level or customer.
When a trade account logs into your integrated B2B eCommerce store or approaches your trade counter, Profit4 instantly processes their unique matrix rules. The platform also gives sales reps real-time visibility into transaction margins, preventing them from accidentally quoting beneath pre-set gross profit limits.
Furthermore, automated credit control flows keeps your finance team informed by blocking orders automatically if a contractor exceeds their agreed credit limit. They can also take advantage of the automated credit control flows available in Profit4 to ensure invoices are raised, issued and paid on time.
The trade counter is the core of any building materials merchant, where contractors expect rapid, efficient service to get back to the job site. A slow, unresponsive point-of-sale (POS) system that fails to show real-time stock or requires complex menu navigation leads to long queues, frustrated customers, and lost revenue. In today's digital environment, trade counter software for construction suppliers needs to be real-time.
Profit4 features a rapid-fire trade counter interface designed for busy wholesale environments. Sales staff can quickly search for items using keywords, dimensions, or barcodes, with instant visibility into stock levels across all branches and storage yards. The intuitive search function allows users to search by SKU, Name, MPN or even the customer's part number once set in the system.
If a contractor requests an item that is temporarily out of stock at your current site, Profit4 displays live stock at neighbouring branches or suggests equivalent alternatives on the spot. The platform processes cash, credit cards, and trade account charges seamlessly from a single screen, converting quotes to orders and generating pick notes instantly to keep your trade counter moving. OGL Software partner with Dojo for fully integrated credit and debit card transactions.
Operating multiple branches or maintaining a separate retail showroom and bulk storage yard often creates data blind spots. If a branch manager cannot see what is available across the entire business, they may place unnecessary purchase orders with manufacturers, tying up capital in redundant stock while another location struggles with a shortage.
Profit4 provides real-time visibility across all physical locations through a unified dashboard. Stock movements, whether an inter-branch transfer, an online sale, or a trade counter collection, are updated instantly across the entire system.
This centralised visibility allows purchasing managers to optimise stock allocation effortlessly. Rather than over-ordering bulk insulation or cement from suppliers, you can arrange efficient internal transfers to balance inventory levels. This cross-branch insight ensures your business maximises existing inventory before committing capital to new supplier orders.
Delivering heavy, bulky building materials requires careful transport coordination. Scheduling flatbeds, crane-equipped hiabs, and smaller transit vans requires a clear understanding of order weights, delivery locations, and vehicle capacities. Mismanaged delivery planning results in half-empty vehicles, missed delivery windows, and high fuel costs.
Profit4 streamlines your delivery planning by directly linking order fulfilment with transport logistics. Profit4 offers full courier integration with all major suppliers. As sales orders are processed, the system tracks the total weight and volume of the materials.
