Building materials wholesale
- Situation
- Many items in stock. Which of them had not sold for months was not visible at a glance.
- Finding
- More than €300,000 of capital tied up in stock that had not sold for months.
- Result
- Visible in the first week.
Your numbers live in many systems. butterfine shows what they mean.
See where you make money, where you lose it and what happens to your company's cash.
For wholesalers, distributors and manufacturers: butterfine connects your existing systems, organises your numbers and keeps them up to date – so you decide better without constantly preparing reports.
butterfine
- Overview
- Profitability
- Purchasing
- Inventory
- Cash flow
Revenue
€5.76M
Gross margin
€1.28M
Margin
22.3%
Revenue vs. margin
Revenue (€ thousand)Margin (%)
Top products by revenue
| Product | Revenue | Margin | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball valve DN 50 | €134,200 | 31.4% | |
| Press fitting set 28 mm | €116,600 | 24.1% | |
| Butterfly valve DN 100 | €95,600 | 8.7% | |
| Flange connection DN 65 | €87,300 | 27.2% | |
| Pipe clamp M10, 500 pieces | €80,000 | 18.9% |
Why butterfine exists
Your company moves goods every day.
And in the evening you are still going through the numbers.
The data is there. In inventory management, in accounting, in the bank account. Just never in one place.
- Where do we make money?
- Where do we lose margin?
- Where is our cash?
- What needs attention right now?
Simple questions. Hours of work.
- Export from each system, one by one.
- Open Excel.
- Copy.
- Paste.
- Reconcile.
- Format.
- Check again.
Hours of preparation for decisions that should take minutes.
Large companies have whole controlling departments for this.
In a mid-sized company, you do it yourself. After hours.
The questions are the same.
Neven Manolov knows these evenings.
Fifteen years in finance at German corporations, with a team. Then he saw how it works in mid-sized companies: without one.
“I built butterfine because I would have needed this tool myself back then.”
So we turned the question around.
What if the answers were ready before anyone opened a spreadsheet?
A clear picture of your business, every morning.
butterfine connects your inventory management, accounting, bank and other systems into one connected picture of your business. In the morning you see where attention is needed. No export. No preparation.
butterfine
- Overview
- Profitability
- Purchasing
- Inventory
- Cash flow
Cash flow timeline
Bank balance with forecast (demo)
4w8w12w24wCustom
WeeklyDaily
Net flow per week
Net upNet downRunning balanceSolid = booked, faded = forecastSafety threshold: €25,000
Bank & cash
€56,000
as of today
Expected in
€51,200
€38,000 overdue
Must pay
€79,500
€27,200 overdue
Safety threshold
€25,000
crossed in week 7
Working capital
Receivables by overdue€51,200
Current · 25.8% · €13,2001–30 overdue · 47.1% · €24,10031–60 · 13.3% · €6,80061–90 · 8.4% · €4,300>90 · 5.5% · €2,800
Payables by overdue€79,500
Current · 65.8% · €52,3001–30 overdue · 34.2% · €27,200
Four questions that matter every week.
What really makes money?
Revenue and margin side by side – per product, customer and channel.
butterfine- Overview
- Profitability
- Purchasing
- Inventory
- Cash flow
Revenue
€5.76M
Gross margin
€1.28M
Margin
22.3%
Revenue vs. margin
Revenue (€ thousand)Margin (%)Top products by revenue
Product Revenue Margin Status Ball valve DN 50 €134,200 31.4% Press fitting set 28 mm €116,600 24.1% Butterfly valve DN 100 €95,600 8.7% Flange connection DN 65 €87,300 27.2% Pipe clamp M10, 500 pieces €80,000 18.9% Where are you paying too much?
How your purchase prices develop per supplier and item.
butterfine- Overview
- Profitability
- Purchasing
- Inventory
- Cash flow
Purchasing volume
€4.48M
Active suppliers
42
Top 3 share in December
49.3%
Purchasing volume per month
Top suppliers in December
Supplier Volume Share Price since January L-1042 €86,300 19.7% +16.1% L-1017 €71,900 16.4% +2.3% L-1066 €58,400 13.3% -0.8% L-1003 €47,200 10.7% +1.1% What ties up your capital?
Stock that doesn't move – in euros, per product and location.
butterfine- Overview
- Profitability
- Purchasing
- Inventory
- Cash flow
Stock value
€1.26M
Items
1,840
No movement for 90 days
€184,000
Stock by location
- Central warehouse€742,000
- Site North€318,000
- Site South€201,000
Slow-moving items
Item Stock value Days unsold Status Ball valve DN 80 €38,400 214 Butterfly valve DN 100 €31,250 187 Press fitting set 28 mm €27,900 163 Flange connection DN 65 €22,600 142 Valve body 1 1/4″ €19,800 121 - butterfine
- Overview
- Profitability
- Purchasing
- Inventory
- Cash flow
Cash flow timeline
Bank balance with forecast (demo)
4w8w12w24wCustomWeeklyDailyNet flow per week
Net upNet downRunning balanceSolid = booked, faded = forecastSafety threshold: €25,000Bank & cash
€56,000
as of today
Expected in
€51,200
€38,000 overdue
Must pay
€79,500
€27,200 overdue
Safety threshold
€25,000
crossed in week 7
Working capital
Receivables by overdue€51,200Current · 25.8% · €13,2001–30 overdue · 47.1% · €24,10031–60 · 13.3% · €6,80061–90 · 8.4% · €4,300>90 · 5.5% · €2,800Payables by overdue€79,500Current · 65.8% · €52,3001–30 overdue · 34.2% · €27,200
Ask your numbers.
Ask a question as you would ask a colleague: Where is my margin weakest? How dependent am I on my largest customer? What am I missing? The view adapts, and the answer rests on the numbers you can check at the same time.
For example
- What should I look at today?
- Where is my margin falling?
- Which risks do I see?
- What has changed?
Where is my margin falling?
Most of all on the ball valve DN 50: its purchase price rose 16.1% since January, its selling price 0.7%. Margin per unit fell from €9.50 to €6.74.
Source: 12 purchase invoices, 3 price lists
For companies that move goods.
If you buy goods or materials from several suppliers, run a warehouse and sell many products with different margins – traded or made yourself – butterfine is built for you.
Industries
- Technical wholesale
- Building materials trade
- Industrial supplies
- Tools and hardware trade
- Distribution
- Manufacturers with their own sales
- FMCG
Company size is not what decides. What decides is whether purchasing, inventory, margin and cash together are a real management task for you.
What customers find in the first week.
1 week
from the first export to the first insight
Irrigation technology
- Situation
- The same product was available from several suppliers. Purchase prices were not compared continuously.
- Finding
- An identical product was cheaper from another supplier.
- Result
- After switching, the margin went up.
FMCG distribution
- Situation
- High revenue across many products. Margin per product was not analysed regularly.
- Finding
- A product with high revenue brought almost no margin.
- Result
- Spotted before it became a cash problem.
“butterfine is not just a beautiful dashboard but an instrument that makes strategic decisions possible.”
Valentina KutsevaGeneral Manager and investor, Stabil GroupLess time preparing. More time for your business.
Let's get started. In one week. What otherwise takes months.