Tools

Tools built around how
inventory actually moves.

Five parts of one coordination system — from how a yard's inventory comes in to how a buyer's request gets answered.

Lumber yard operations

Inventory Intake

Yard View

Turn however you track inventory — spreadsheet, list, or notes — into a clear, structured view, so what you carry can be matched even when you're too busy to update it.

  • Supports common spreadsheet formats
  • Normalizes dimensions and units
  • Surfaces specs and yard-reported availability
  • Built for how yards already work
Try Inventory Demo Interactive demo
Your spreadsheet
SpeciesGradeThickWidthQty
White Oak#1C4/46120
White Oak#1C4/4880
Cherry#1C4/46200
Cherry#2A8/48150
Maple#2A4/48100
LMBR inventory view — as listed
SpeciesGradeQtyStatus
White Oak#1C120 On Hand
White Oak#1C80 On Hand
Cherry#1C200 On Hand
Cherry#2A150 Low (listed)
Maple#2A100 On Hand

Private Channel

Direct Order Link

Hand your own customers a private order link. They order straight from you — no fee, no competing lineup. LMBR steps in only for the part you can't fill.

  • A shareable order link for your own buyers
  • Direct orders carry no LMBR fee
  • You stay the seller — LMBR fills only the gap
  • LMBR automatically sources only the part you can't cover
Try Channel Demo Interactive demo
Your customer orders through your link
Lands with you first — fill it, no fee
We only route the part you can't fill — and only if they want us to.

Request Builder

Request Desk

See how a rough or detailed request gets structured into something yards can actually answer — so buyers don't have to nail every spec and yards don't have to chase them.

  • Interprets natural language requests
  • Identifies and fills missing details
  • Standardizes specs for better matching
  • Reduces back-and-forth
Try Request Demo Interactive demo
Buyer request
"Need 200 2x4x8 #2, 40 sht 3/4 cdx, and 60 2x6x10 PT — Brooklyn, Thursday."
Parsed into 3 items
2×4×8 SPF #2200 pcs
¾ CDX sheet40 sheets
2×6×10 PT60 pcs
LocationBrooklyn, NY
NeededThursday AM
Grade (PT)Not specified

Confirmation Queue

Fill Coordination

See how a request reaches only the right yards in two layers: first, a system signal flags who's likely to be able to fill; then real people at the yards respond with their price — can fill, partial, or counteroffer — and answers from more than one yard get assembled into a single fill.

  • Likelihood assessed against inventory uploads and reported stock
  • Request routed only to yards likely to be able to fill
  • Yards respond with their price — Can Fill / Partial / Counteroffer / Can't Fill
  • Final confirmation, with multi-yard fills assembled into one answer
  • Buyer sets the fill rules — a minimum per yard and overall — so partials are never a surprise
Try Workflow Demo Interactive demo
Framing order · 12 items LMBR Best Option
4 full 7 partial 1 open 11 of 12 · 2 yards · 2 deliveries
Fewest yardsLowest costDelivered
Brooklyn Lumber Co.7 items · $4,180
200 · 2×4×8 SPF #2in stock
20 · 2×6×10 PT · splitsplit
Queens Lumber Co.4 items · $2,060
12 · LVL 1¾×11⅞likely
3 · joist hangers — no yard had thisSource it

Build Planner

Material Planner

Buyers save named project templates with full material specs — then reorder at scale without re-specifying every time. Built for how jobs actually run.

  • Save named projects with full material specs
  • Reorder entire project lists in one action
  • Scale quantities across multiple units or lots
  • Full request history per project
Try Project Demo Interactive demo
Saved projects
House Model 1
6 materials · Last ordered 3 days ago
Reorder ×5
Deck Package A
4 materials · Last ordered 2 weeks ago
Reorder ×2
Interior Trim Kit
8 materials · Last ordered 1 month ago
Reorder ×1
House Model 1 — materials
2×4 DF #2200 pcs
2×6 SPF #2120 pcs
¾" Plywood40 sheets

Yard Review

Yard View

One inbox for every request waiting on your answer — your own private customers and network requests, side by side. Origin is just a label; you respond to both the same way.

  • Every request in one place, sorted by deadline
  • Respond in a tap: Can Hold, Can Fill, Partial, Counteroffer, Can't
  • Buyer identity always shown; filter by private or general
  • A private partial offers only the gap — your customer's call
Try Yard Review Demo Interactive demo
Private · D&R Contracting
Mike — D&R Contracting
2×10×12 SPF #2 — 30 pcs · Floor joists
Can Hold Partial ✓ Counteroffer
↳ Offer the remaining 10 pcs to the network? Mike approves.
General · network
Acme Builders
¾″ CDX — 40 sheets · Respond by 2:00 PM

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These tools are being built with input from real yards and buyers. If you want to shape what gets built — or be among the first to use it — start here.

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