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Flowlens

By Flowlens
5 out of 5 stars
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Built by an SME for SMEs, Flowlens is designed for SME manufacturers. Supports your growth as you add customers & scale to your manufacturing. From purchasing & sales to stock, production & quality, Flowlens works seamlessly with Xero, ends data duplication & empowers you with full visibility.
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Listed for
5 years
July 2020

Overview

Overview Flowlens gives you full visibility on your manufacturing processes and inventory status from supplier and stock management through production and quality, onto sales of finished product to your customers. Beyond your end-to-end supply chain, we even provide you with oversight on after-sales customer support through our service module.

Optimise productivity and quality. Whether you’re looking to replace paper and Excel based processes or older legacy systems, implementing Flowlens provides you with a proven pathway to boosting profitability and establishing data integration across your business functions.

Deliver financial visibility across your supply chain. Connect Flowlens with Xero, and you’ll remove data double entry between functions and establish full online reporting visibility across all your operations. Supplier, Customer and Purchasing master data will all synchronise seamlessly with Xero. Transactional Flowlens data will seamlessly update your purchase and sales ledger data in Xero.

Enhance stock control. Pinpoint your near and long term materials requirements through Flowlens capacity planning and multi-level BOM management. Use Flowlens to Identify aged parts, restocking needs, plus serial number and batch tracking at store location level to meet production demand. Flowlens inventory data enables real-time stock management by you and your shop floor staff.

Drive supplier management. Move your supplier management processes online with Flowlens. Streamline supplier negotiations and maximise your cost and quality position through Flowlens RFQ management functionality. Use Flowlens to monitor every step of your procurement processes to ensure visibility on timely delivery that meets your production needs. Once goods are received, Flowlens updates your purchase and stock ledgers in Xero to reflect your latest inventory and payables position.

Engage online with your customers and secure more business. Use Flowlens CRM functionality to ensure you remain ahead of the competition when engaging with your customers. Miss nothing and follow up on all sales opportunities in real time. Track everything from enquiries, sales leads, quotations, orders and invoices and never miss a follow-up. Quickly generate branded, professional-looking quotations and collaborate with colleagues to store documents, photos and drawings. Use Flowlens to review and your real-time sales forecast and monitor results and key metrics with reporting dashboards. As soon as an order is shipped to your customer, Flowlens updates your sales and stock ledgers in Xero to reflect your latest inventory and receivables position.

Start planning how to increase productivity today. Speak to our implementation staff today to agree an action plan that meets your goals for enhanced productivity, quality management, increased data integration and improved profitability.

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Flowlens + Xero

Flowlens works with Xero, with user-friendly, seamless data transfer, saving you time and avoiding rekeying errors and problems.

Sales Invoices and Purchases can be created seamlessly in Xero, from Sales and Purchasing information stored in Flowlens. When you make a payment in Flowlens, the payment status can be refreshed to keep your credit control reports up to date and in sync.

Flowlens can also push Customer/Supplier details to Xero, so you don't need to key these in twice, and it keeps your Nominal Accounts and Tax Rates in sync with Xero too.

Integrate with Xero and secure the following key Flowlens features to maximise returns on your systems investments:

Sales Quotes and Orders Integration Link sales directly to production for streamlined operations.

FIFO/LIFO Job Costs Optimise costing methods to manage inventory valuation effectively.

Subcontractor Workflow Manage subcontractor tasks and integration smoothly.

Invoicing & Credit Notes Automate financial transactions directly from the procurement process.

Shortages Report Automatically detect shortages and set alerts to prevent production delays.

Supplier Interface Facilitate direct communication and data exchange with suppliers.

Parts and BOM Management Customise and control with advanced management tools.

Easy Reporting

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Oliver Caunt
Posted 19 May 2025
5 out of 5 stars

Perfect CRM and ERP for equipment manufacturers

A brilliant cloud-based CRM/ERP for equipment manufacturers. We trialled several options from the XERO app store, and as a team felt that Flowlens was the best fit for our operation. A very intuitive platform that has been fundamental to our digital transformation process. The Flowlens team were fantastic with the onboarding process, and in guiding us through the important data-cleansing preparation. Great real-time dashboards and reports to support each function of the business. Great enquiry, sales lead and order management, as is asset control (serialised products) and support, which is vital for our business. We couldn't operate without Flowlens today. Fantastic software, fantastic support and fantastic company.

Response from Flowlens

Hi Oliver, thank-you for this review. It's great to know the impact Flowlens has for SME manufacturers, and in particular quality- and safety-critical companies like JCS Nuclear where traceability is vital. We've loved working with you as we pride ourselves on the relationships we build with customers throughout the digital transformation process!
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Sean Taylor
Posted 24 Mar 2025
5 out of 5 stars
From day one, we made the decision to make the investment in using a software like Flowlens After an extensive search for the best suited to our business. We found Flowlens, and I can safely say it's the best decision we made. It has helped us grow our business rapidly while maintaining our standards. Could not be without it now!

Response from Flowlens

Hi Sean, thank you for this great 5-star review. We're delighted that Flowlens' manufacturing, inventory, production and Xero integration tools are are helping you grow Horizon Wiring. We're focused on the needs of SME equipment, device and machinery manufacturers so it's great to hear that you've been able to manage the rapid business growth with our scalable tools. As always, we're here if you need any support as you continue to grow! Many thanks Rich
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June Kenyon
Posted 10 Jun 2024
5 out of 5 stars

great software

Flowlens has been a really great addition to our business. Our day-to-day business is all processed through Flowlens. all financial data i.e sales invoices etc are pushed through to Xero. This keeps all the accountancy information separate.

Response from Flowlens

Hi June, thanks very much for your review. We're delighted that Flowlens + Xero is helping your manufacturing business operate more efficiently!

Additional info

Shared data

Xero
Flowlens
Contactsshared from Flowlens to Xero
Invoicesshared from Xero to Flowlens and from Flowlens to Xero
Accountsshared from Xero to Flowlens
Tax Ratesshared from Xero to Flowlens and from Flowlens to Xero
Purchase Ordersshared from Xero to Flowlens and from Flowlens to Xero
Credit Notesshared from Xero to Flowlens and from Flowlens to Xero

Functions

CRM and marketingInventory

Industries

Manufacturing

App details

By Flowlens
Added in 2020

Countries

Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom

Languages

English

Support

Setup walkthroughContact supportsupport@flowlens.com

Contact

+442890998597

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