Welding Supply

PO processing for welding supply distributors

Consumables, filler metal, gas cylinders, and equipment orders arrive as PDFs, phone photos, and scanned faxes. POFlow reads all of it and matches every line to your catalog.

50 POs/month free. No credit card required.

11s
Avg extraction time
94%
Avg extraction confidence

Live production averages, not lab benchmarks.

Welding supply POs break in predictable ways

Every customer names the same wire differently

One shop orders by your catalog number. Another uses their own prefix, like CMI-B5662 for a part your system lists as B5662. Someone still has to translate it by hand.

Consumables orders are long and repetitive

A single PO for filler metal, tips, and shielding gas can run twenty or thirty lines. Typing each one is slow, and it is exactly the kind of task where a tired afternoon produces a wrong SKU.

Gas cylinder orders mix products and services

Cylinder fills, exchanges, and equipment rentals often sit on the same PO as hardgoods. Manual entry has to sort out what is actually a line item worth matching to inventory.

How POFlow handles it

POFlow extracts every line from a welding supply PO, whatever format it arrives in, and runs each part number through 4-stage matching against your own catalog. Customer-specific prefixes get normalized automatically, and the system learns from every correction your team makes.

Any format in

PDF quotes, phone photos of handwritten orders, scanned faxes. Upload and go.

Prefix normalization

Strips and maps customer prefixes like CMI-, BER-, LIN- to your real catalog numbers.

Confidence-based review

High-confidence lines auto-approve. Anything uncertain goes to a review queue before it touches your system.

Questions from welding supply distributors

Can POFlow handle a PO that mixes consumables, gas, and equipment on one order?+

Yes. POFlow extracts every line item regardless of product category and runs each one through catalog matching independently.

What if a customer uses their own part-numbering system?+

POFlow's 4-stage matching handles customer-specific prefixes and formats, and the system learns from every manual correction so accuracy improves for that customer over time.

Do I need to change how my customers send POs?+

No. POFlow accepts PDFs, photos, and scans as-is. There is no template your customers need to follow.

How accurate is extraction for welding supply orders?+

Across live production orders, POFlow averages 94% extraction confidence and about 11 seconds per PO. Anything below the 85% confidence threshold is routed to human review before approval.

Stop retyping welding supply POs.

Your first 50 POs every month are free. No credit card required.