Manufacturing
Building materials, paper, packaging and glass
Heavy, bulky goods and contract customers. Core operations map to planned catalog modules; remaining gaps are listed on the industry page.
Close fit Planned NAICS 321 / 322 / 327
Status
Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.
How the industry works
Operating characteristics
- heavy, bulky goods
- contract and spot pricing
- delivery logistics
- made-to-order sizes
- returnable pallets
Typical roles
- sales rep
- production
- driver
- warehouse
- accounts
Day-to-day flows
- quote by size
- produce
- load and deliver
- invoice contract customers
- take back pallets
Tenders and payments seen
- invoice on terms
- cash at the yard
- bank transfers
Inventory and assets
- stock in sheets, lengths and pallets
- units of measure
- yards and locations
Reports they ask for
- sales by customer
- delivery log
- stock turns
- waste
Integrations they need
- carriers
- ERP
- customer ordering
A day in the life (illustrative scenario)
What the catalog covers
Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, DLV, CONN, LOGI, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, PE, LATAM, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR.
| Capability | Status | Catalog modules |
|---|---|---|
| Selling and checkout | C Catalogued | SALE, TKT |
| Inventory, lots, purchasing | C Catalogued | INV |
| Pricing, discounts, tax rules | C Catalogued | PRC, DISC |
| Returns, credit, special sales | C Catalogued | RET |
| Delivery, waybills, logistics | C Catalogued | DLV, CONN, LOGI |
| Cash drawer, shifts, safe | C Catalogued | CASH |
| Tender types and payments | C Catalogued | PAY |
| Customers, loyalty, gift cards | C Catalogued | CRM, LOYL, GIFT |
| Staff, time clock, payroll basics | C Catalogued | EMP |
| Bookkeeping and ledger | C Catalogued | BK, LITE |
| Reports and analytics | C Catalogued | RPT, ANL |
| Multi-store, multi-register, sync | C Catalogued | MULTI |
| Security, audit, backup, failsafes | C Catalogued | SEC, DATA, FAIL |
| Hardware and peripherals | C Catalogued | HW |
| Country fiscal packs | C Catalogued | PE, LATAM |
| Integrations, API, settings | P Partial | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Manufacturing planning (routings, work centres) | P Partial | no dedicated module |
| Enterprise accounting (consolidation, intercompany) | P Partial | no dedicated module |
Gaps
- no cutting or nesting optimisation
- no EDI
- no pallet-pool tracking
Closest catalog items
Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.
- Recipe / BOM definition KDSKitchen display system: a screen that replaces or supplements kitchen printers. Glossary-0029
- Production batch (prep) KDS-0034
- Composite / bundle products INV-0006
- Ingredient auto-deduction on sale KDS-0033
- Double-entry journal BK-0008
- Multi-currency ledger BK-0027
- Cost centers / classes / locations BK-0030
- Cross-outlet reports MULTI-0012
- Fixed assets register BK-0083
- Fractional quantities SALE-0012
- Handheld table ordering TBL-0019
- Item station / production center MENU-0013
- Fallback routing KDS-0005
- Price per unit of measure INV-0023
- Fractional sales (fraccionado) INV-0118
- Delivery status tracking DLV-0005
Sub-verticals
Corrugated and packaging converter
customer-specific sizes
Open →Sub-verticalGlass and aluminium fabricator
custom cuts
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- building-product standards
- forestry and recycled-content claims
- transport weight limits (themes to verify)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- custom-size waste
- delivery refused
- pallet not returned
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 321 / 322 / 327 (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 31-33
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Building Materials, Glass; Packaging, Containers; Forest and Paper Products
- Fit
- Close fit
No public reference was gathered for this industry; the description is domain analysis, not sourced research.
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