Building & Construction Products
Construction-products distributors sell against project pricing, trade-specific compliance and commodity UoM. The buying logic, not the platform, decides the build.
HVAC/R distribution
HVAC/R distribution turns on matched-system selling and refrigerant compliance. A buyer ordering a condenser needs the AHRI-certified matched coil and air handler, and the catalog has to gate on the A2L refrigerant transition and EPA Section 608 rules, not just list SKUs.
See the realityPlumbing & PVF
Plumbing and PVF buying runs on material traceability and parametric specs. Commercial and industrial jobs require the mill test report and heat number with the order, and buyers search a deep spec catalog by material, schedule, size and connection type.
See the realityRoofing & exteriors
Roofing and exteriors commerce is a units-of-measure problem: buyers order by the square and the bundle with a waste factor applied, and increasingly expect to import an aerial takeoff so the material list matches the actual roof. Rooftop delivery and job-site logistics are part of the product.
See the realityDoors, windows & glazing
Doors, windows and glazing is configure-to-order first. The product is made to spec, so the storefront is a configurator that produces a costed bill of materials, a lead time and dealer pricing, not a shelf of finished SKUs.
See the realityLumber & building materials
Lumber and building-materials dealers sell commodity and dimensional goods in their own units of measure, on house accounts billed to the job. Pricing moves with the commodity market, and the LBM ERP is its own world the storefront has to integrate with.
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