UK firewood delivery software, built for how a UK yard sells.
UK firewood delivery software for a yard selling net bags, kindling, crates, bulk bags and loose loads, delivering by postcode district on weekdays, and counting in pounds and pence.
Built for nets, crates and loads, not cords.
UK firewood delivery software should count the way a UK yard counts: net bags, kindling, crates, bulk bags on pallets and loose loads, delivered to postcodes and paid for in pounds and pence.
A lot of firewood software written elsewhere is designed around selling by the cord. That makes sense where people buy wood that way. A UK yard usually sells something different, so check that it can count your products before you check anything else.
An example (invented, not a real yard)
An invented order, from basket to wagon.
Priya, in HX2, orders two bulk bags of mixed hardwood, three net bags of kindling, a box of firelighters and a bag of smokeless coal. She says she can't take a Monday or a Tuesday.
HX2 is already in one of the yard's areas, so the order lands in the pool under that area, flagged Not Mon/Tue. The office ticks it with its neighbours and makes a Thursday run.
Booking the run emails Priya her day. Her block on the run sheet shows what is on the order, any access note and whether she has paid.
What a UK yard puts on an order.
LogRun treats every product alike, so you set up what you sell as you sell it. These are examples, not a fixed list.
Net bags and kindling
Smaller items that travel on the same order as the logs and ride on the same run.
Crates
A crate is a product like any other, counted in the totals the yard works from.
Bulk bags on pallets
Runs total bulk bags and small items separately, which is close to how a wagon is loaded.
Loose loads
A load is a product too, and it goes to a drop like everything else.
Firelighters and coal
Smokeless coal and firelighters can share an order with the logs.
Why postcodes matter.
In LogRun a delivery area is a list of postcode districts, such as HX2 or BD13. In the pool, orders sit under their area in postcode order, so a run for one area is a few ticks away.
- A new district appears in a No area yet group, and stays there until the office puts it in an area.
- In the shop, a postcode is checked against the districts you cover.
- A customer outside them gets a polite no and an enquiry form, before they pay.
You decide where you deliver. The shop holds to it.
Weekdays work like this.
Customers don't pick their own delivery day. They say which weekdays they can't do.
The customer names the days they cannot do
Each order is marked with those days, as in Not Mon/Tue.
The office picks the day
It ticks an area in the pool and makes a run for a weekday that suits. A stop on a day it can't take shows a warning.
The customer is told
Booking the run emails each customer their day. Anyone without an email goes on the calls list.
Questions people ask.
Can I sell loose loads as well as bags and crates?
Yes. A load is a product like any other, so it goes on an order, into the run totals and on to the run sheet the way a crate does. You set up what you sell and how you sell it.
Can one order mix logs, kindling and firelighters?
Yes. Any products can share an order, so a customer can have logs, kindling, firelighters and a bag of smokeless coal in one delivery. The run sheet block for that stop lists what is on it.
Do I set which weekdays each area is delivered on?
No. Areas are lists of postcode districts and don't hold delivery weekdays. The office chooses the day for each run, and customers say which weekdays they can't do.
How exact is the postcode check?
It reads the district, the first half of the postcode, such as HX2. A district that's in none of your areas counts as outside, and the customer sees the enquiry form before they pay. That's how someone at the edge of your patch gets in touch.
Does it matter where in the UK my yard is?
We sell this log yard software across the UK. Areas are built from postcode districts, so where you are doesn't change how it works.
Is software written for yards elsewhere no use to a UK yard?
It may suit the yard it was written for. What matters is whether it can count your products and run your postcodes. Ask to see an order with a net bag, a bulk bag and a load on it.
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Want to see it run on your yard?
Tell us how you take orders and run your deliveries today. We'll show you LogRun working on a yard like yours, and tell you honestly if it isn't the right fit.