AI Back-Office Automation for Steel and Metal Distributors
Steel and metal distribution runs on speed and precision. Still, most distributors still process requests for quotation, sales orders, and quality certificates manually. Whether you trade flat steel, cut-to-size parts, coatings, or specialty alloys, your inside sales team shouldn't be spending hours re-entering orders and chasing down delivery specs.
turian's AI helps leading metal distributors reduce inside sales processing times by up to 80%. That way, your team can focus on customer relations, not paperwork.
Sales Order Automation
Process orders faster
Quality Certificate Processing
Automate the handling of certificates
Compliance & Material Specs
Validate grades and standards
RFQ & Quotation Automation
Quote 3-4x faster
Seamless ERP Integration
Unify Your Systems
Sales Order Management
Process orders faster, directly from your inbox
Steel distributors receive orders in every format imaginable: free-text emails, PDFs, faxed forms, etc. turian reads incoming orders and automatically extracts all relevant details: material type (flat steel, round bar, sheet, tube), dimensions, cut lengths, surface treatment, coating, and quantities. Your ERP gets updated instantly, without a single keystroke from your inside sales team. turian understands the language of steel: grades like S235, S355, or 1.4301, tolerances, and special delivery instructions are recognized out of the box.
RFQ and Quotation Automation
Quote 3-4x faster and win more deals
Speed wins in steel and metal distribution. When a customer sends a requets for quotation for 15 line items across mixed profiles and grades, your team shouldn't spend an hour building the quote manually. turian extracts every line item from incoming RFQs (material, dimension, quantity, alloy grade, surface finish) and prepares a structured quote draft directly in your ERP. Get quotes out the door 3–4x faster than before.
Quality Certificate Processing
Automate certificate handling and reduce errors
Every steel delivery comes with quality certificates: EN 10204 3.1, 3.2, material test reports, and heat certificates. Processing and archiving these manually creates bottlenecks and compliance risk. turian automatically reads, classifies, and extracts key data from mill certificates: heat number, chemical composition, mechanical properties, and norm references. Matched against your order data and filed in your ERP, your quality management team always has the right documentation at hand, without the manual work.
Compliance and Material Specifications
Validate Grades, Certifications, and Regulatory Requirements Automatically
Steel and metal distributors must navigate a complex web of material standards, customer-specific requirements, and regulatory obligations. turian validates incoming documents against required grades, norms (DIN, EN, ASTM), surface treatments, and certifications. This also includes RoHS compliance for restricted substances and REACH declarations for specialty alloys. Custom delivery notes with specific packaging, foliation, or handling instructions are also recognized and routed correctly, ensuring nothing slips through the cracks.
Seamless ERP Integration
Unify Your Systems
Integrate turian's AI solutions with existing ERP systems like SAP or MS Dynamics, ensuring seamless data flow across operations. Improve decision-making with real-time insights based on high-quality data.
One of the best things about the turian solution is that it sits within the Outlook inbox, which was very familiar to our team. The implementation was seamless, and the team was able to pick it up and run with it very quickly.
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