A signed roofing job lives or dies on the numbers behind it. If the material pricing in your estimate is a few weeks stale, every job you close is quietly eating margin you never agreed to give up.
Most teams handle this the slow way. Someone keeps a spreadsheet of supplier prices, updates it when they remember, and reps build estimates off whatever version they happen to have open. By the time a crew places the order, the quoted price and the real price have drifted apart, and the gap comes straight out of your profit.
A supplier integration closes that gap. Connect your supplier to NomoHub once, and your estimates pull from live product and pricing data while orders flow back to the supplier without anyone re-keying a thing. Here is what it does and how to set it up in a few minutes.
What a Supplier Integration Actually Does
A supplier integration is a direct connection between your NomoHub account and a distributor such as ABC Supply. Instead of typing product names and prices into an estimate by hand, your reps pull from the supplier's real catalog, with pricing that reflects what you will actually pay.
That single connection changes a few things at once. Estimates get built faster because the products are already there. They get built more accurately because the prices are current. And once a job is signed, materials can be ordered through the same system, so what you quoted and what you order stay in sync.
The fastest way to lose margin on a signed job is to quote it off last month's prices. A live supplier connection means the number your rep shows the homeowner is the number your business actually pays.
Why This Matters More in Storm Markets
Storm work moves fast. A single weather event can put dozens of jobs on the board in a week, and material prices can move just as quickly when demand spikes in a hit area. Quoting off a static price list in that environment is how a profitable month turns into a break-even one.
A supplier connection also cuts the double entry that slows crews down. The rep is not building an estimate in one place and then re-entering the order somewhere else. The product list, the pricing, and the order all run through one connection, which means fewer mistakes and less time between a signed contract and materials on the roof.
What a Supplier Connection Gives You
When your supplier is connected, the work that used to happen across spreadsheets and separate ordering portals happens in one place. This is what you get back.
Connect once, get this on every job
Before You Start
Setup takes a few minutes, and it goes smoother with two things ready. First, know which supplier account you are connecting and have its login credentials on hand, since you will authorize the connection by signing in to the supplier at the end. Second, make sure you have Owner or Admin access in NomoHub, because supplier connections are managed in your company settings.
How to Set Up a New Supplier Integration in NomoHub
The whole process lives in your company settings. Once the connection is authorized, it is available to your team, so estimates and orders can start pulling from it right away.
After it is connected, build your next estimate straight from the supplier catalog and current pricing flows in automatically. If you work with more than one distributor, add a separate connection for each, so every estimate uses the right pricing no matter who is supplying the job.
Step-by-Step Guide: Set Up Your Supplier Integration
A complete walkthrough of the supplier connection process in NomoHub, with screenshots of every screen from Administration to supplier login.
Open the Step-by-Step GuideQuote Real Numbers. Protect Every Job.
See how NomoHub connects your suppliers, estimates, and orders so your team closes with pricing it can trust. Try it free for 14 days.
Try NomoHub Free