Order entry

Orders in, without the retyping.

For trade suppliers and wholesalers who take orders by email and PDF: MOFE reads each order, checks it against what is normal, and enters it once. Anything odd goes to a person first.

See how
See how
See how

The job

What the job is, and who does which part.

MOFE takes on

  • Reading orders from emails and PDF attachments
  • Lifting items, quantities, prices and delivery dates
  • Checking against the customer’s usual orders and your price list
  • Entering the sales order in your accounts system
  • Confirming the order back to the customer once approved

Stays with your people

  • Deciding on anything unusual: big quantities, new prices, missing codes
  • Talking to customers when something needs sorting
  • Approving what is entered and what is sent
  • Stock, credit and delivery decisions

Taken from the duties listed in real order processing job adverts.

Try the example

Click through it as your team would.

A working example with invented data. Nothing here is a real customer.

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Order desk · trade supplier

Example with invented data. Best on a bigger screen, and it works here too.

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What the example gets done

  • 3orders flagged for a person, each with the reason
  • 1click to confirm or correct a flagged line
  • 0orders entered without a check

Your numbers

What it costs you now.

Put in your own figures. Nothing is sent anywhere; the sum happens on this page.

30hours a month on this job
£480a month in staff time

Your figures, worked out on this page. It is a starting point for the call, not a promise of savings.

Who does the work

You deal with MOFE throughout.

Who sets it up?

Automation specialists chosen for the job, working under contract to MOFE. You deal with MOFE throughout, and MOFE is accountable for the result.

Does it change our systems?

No. It starts with the inbox you already use and works with the systems you have. Where possible it runs in accounts you own.

Who sends the messages?

Your team. Every message is drafted for a person to check, and nothing goes out until they approve it.

Hand the chasing to MOFE.