Software Solutions for Wire and Cable Sellers
Wire and cable is sold in coils, drums and cut lengths, described by conductor size, number of cores, insulation and colour. Prices move with the metal. Online sellers need cut-length orders with a rule for leftover stock, coil and metre pricing, batch records and freight for heavy parcels.
Sell cable by the metre or the coil, cut to length and priced by size.
A coil is a stock unit, but a customer buys metres. Every cut changes what is left, and a cut length cannot be sold to the next buyer.
Cable dealers
A dealer sells house wire in coils and cut lengths to electricians and households.
Industrial cable suppliers
A supplier sells power, control and armoured cable in drums to plants and project contractors.
Cable brand direct sellers
A maker sells coils through its site and dealers and wants one list of sizes and prices.
The workflow for wires & cables.
- 1
Size and core selection
A buyer picks conductor size, cores, insulation and colour. The page lists cables that match.
- 2
Coil or metres
A full coil is bought at a coil price. Part of a coil is bought by the metre at a rate that may differ.
- 3
Cut and measured
The length is cut and measured, and the remaining length on the drum or coil is updated.
- 4
Packed and weighed
Coils are weighed for carriage. Drums go on freight, with the drum return noted where the customer owes one.
- 5
Batch recorded
The batch or lot of the cable is noted on the order, so a later question can be traced.
The challenges, and what they cost.
What is specific to this trade.
These are requirements we would confirm in discovery. They describe what the solution may need to handle. They are not features that already exist.
- Stock held in length, not only in coils
- Separate coil and metre prices
- A rule for remnants and short pieces
- Drum records for returnable drums
What we would build for wires & cables.
Chosen from the commerce capabilities this business needs, not a list of everything.
Who works in the system, and what each can do.
What it would connect to.
An integration is confirmed only after its API, access and scope are checked. A connection that updates on a schedule is described as scheduled, not real-time.
- Your stock system, with length fields where it holds them
- Maker price lists, loaded from sheets
- Freight services priced by weight, after each carrier confirms its terms
How the work runs, and what we need from you.
What you provide
- Your coil and drum sizes with lengths
- How you price coils and metres
- Your remnant and drum practice
Model length first
Stock in metres is settled with the team who cut cable, since every price rests on it.
Walk a coil to empty
A real coil is traced from receipt through each cut to its last metre.
What you receive.
- Length-based stock records
- Coil and metre price rules
- A batch record
- Drum tracking
How progress is judged.
Measures are agreed against your own baseline. We do not promise a result in advance.
- Remnants written off
- Drums outstanding beyond the agreed period
Selling at home and abroad.
Cable sizes and colour codes follow different standards in different countries, and drums and freight terms vary by market. The catalogue holds the standard you list for each cable.
The wider requirements for electrical supplies are on the Electrical Supplies page.
Related subcategories.
Wire and Cable E-commerce & Length Stock Software
Configured implementation
A packaged commerce system holds the store, with a length-based stock model and a drum record added to it. No existing GullySystem product stocks goods by length.
Read about the softwareExisting GullySystem products that apply
Related services
Questions about wires & cables e-commerce.
Can buyers order in metres?
Yes, from a minimum length you set. The remaining length on the coil is updated after the cut.
How are leftover pieces handled?
As you decide: written off, sold at a set price or kept as a remnant lot.
Can the price follow metal rates?
Rates update at the cycle you choose. A faster feed is scoped separately after its source is checked.
Talk through your commerce requirement.
Describe what you sell, where you sell it and what is slowing you down. An engineer will reply within one business day.
- No obligation
- A reply within one business day
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