Basket Optimisation: Let the System Find Your Best Price Automatically

The 30 Second Summary:

• The system compares every supplier price line by line automatically so you get the best basket without spreadsheets.

• See the best price per item vs the best overall price (including delivery) so you stay in control.

• Place the right order to the right supplier in clicks with everything tracked back to the right project.

You send a quote request to the suppliers you select. Prices come back all over the place.

One supplier is cheapest on plasterboard. Another wins on studs. A third beats everyone on insulation.

So you either:

• Pick one supplier for everything to save time

• Or burn an hour on a spreadsheet and still wonder if you missed something

What Basket Optimisation Does (In Plain English)

Basket optimisation automatically builds the cheapest combo across all your quotes.

It checks every line. It checks delivery. It even shows you two clean options:

Option 1: Best Price Per Item Split the order. Get the cheapest line by line.

Option 2: Best Overall Price Keep it with one supplier if delivery or deal structure makes the total cheaper.

No guesswork. Just numbers.

A Quick Example

You need materials for two plots:

• 40 sheets of plasterboard • 15 bags of adhesive • 200m2 of insulation • Fixings and sundries

You get 4 quotes. Supplier C looks cheapest at £1,801.

Basket optimisation spots Supplier C is heavy on plasterboard.

Swap plasterboard to Supplier A and keep the rest with Supplier C. New total £1,701.

£100 saved in about 30 seconds.

What Happens Next

Once you pick your basket you order from the screen.

• Purchase orders go to the right supplier for each item

• Your site manager gets the heads up

• Everything links back to the right project so costs stay tidy

• Invoices can be checked against what was quoted

Less admin. Fewer mistakes. Better pricing.

The Bottom Line

Basket optimisation removes the grunt work from price comparison. You stop wasting time building spreadsheets and start making faster better decisions based on real numbers.

For small orders it might save £50. For large orders it could save £500 or more. Across a year those savings add up to serious money that drops straight to your bottom line.

And the time you save? That goes back into running your business instead of being buried in procurement admin.

Want to see how much you could save? Start your 30 day free trial and let the system do the comparison work for you.