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OrderPier Kanban sales order automation
Skip the ERP integration entirely. Every emailed PO lands as a card on a board you can drag across columns: New → In review → Approved → Posted. No IT, no API. No external system to connect. Orders flow into OrderPier's native Kanban board — drag, review, post. The fastest path from email to fulfilled order when you don't run a traditional ERP.
Why distributors without an ERP still drown in emailed POs
Plenty of distributors run on a mix of spreadsheets, shared inboxes, and tribal knowledge. The work — read the PO, check stock, confirm pricing, fulfill — is the same as anyone else's. There's just no ERP to type it into.
OrderPier closes that gap without forcing you to buy and integrate one. Every email lands as a card on a board your team already understands: drag through New → In review → Approved → Posted. The model that powers the ERP integrations is the same one extracting your POs — you just don't pay the ERP tax.
How orders flow through OrderPier Kanban
- Capture the PO from a forwarded email or shared mailbox.
- Extract every field and line item with confidence scoring.
- New cards land in the New lane — clean ones auto-advance to Approved (configurable threshold).
- Drag cards across lanes to assign, review, approve, and post. Audit trail records every move.
- Wire an ERP later by changing one setting — your historical board state stays intact.
Built for teams without an ERP — or anyone who wants a visual queue alongside one
OrderPier is designed for teams without an ERP — or anyone who wants a visual queue alongside one who get a steady stream of emailed POs and don't want a six-month, six-figure integration project to automate them. Because extraction needs no per-customer templates, you can be processing real POs the day you sign up.
Reader questions
- Do I need an ERP to use OrderPier?
- No. The Kanban board is the destination. Forward POs to your dedicated address and they land as cards. Drag through the lanes; no ERP, no IT, no integration project.
- Can I add an ERP later?
- Yes — change the destination in settings and approved orders start posting to the ERP instead. Your historical board state stays intact; only NEW approvals go through the new destination.
- Who is this best for?
- Distributors and small manufacturers without an ERP, teams piloting OrderPier before wiring it into a system of record, and anyone who wants a visual queue on top of an existing ERP integration.