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Buy from the source.Bid on bigger work.Build faster.

Scout is an AI that works the phone and email like a purchasing manager. It reaches the manufacturers, mills and national distributors a small company never gets on the line, finds the bids and partners you’d otherwise miss, and comes back with real prices, real dates and the paperwork. You text it. Nothing to learn.

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For contractors, builders and trade businesses. Every application is reviewed by a person.

Scout

iMessage

You:

Yard’s holding tomorrow’s delivery. That return still isn’t credited. Can you call?

Return receipt.pdfPDF document
Scout:

On it.

Later

Scout:

Called the yard. Credit posted, hold removed. Dispatch confirmed tomorrow’s delivery. Sent the confirmation to your site lead.

You:

That was going to eat my whole morning.

Illustrative conversation
arborBuilt by Super Arbor

Scout runs on the supplier desk behind Super Arbor, the trade marketplace for building materials. That desk already works the phone with distributors and manufacturers across the country, for real orders.

5,900+
Sourcing runs
4,900+
Supplier contacts
2,500+
Supplier price records

Arbor operating data, September 8, 2026.

That thing you never have time for

Big help.
Small ask.

A quote. A receipt. A quick text.
Give Scout somewhere to start.

Their “best price.”Checked at the source.

Illustrative conversation

Sample prices from Arbor’s original Scout demo. The negotiation is illustrative.

Stop buying retail.Buy direct.

Illustrative conversation

These are illustrative conversations, not customer transcripts. We agree on your first workflow during onboarding.

The result, not a wall of text

Every job comes back
as a page.

When the work is done, Scout sends a link. The quotes side by side. The crew with their insurance. The change order, ready to sign. Forward it to your partner, your estimator, the owner’s rep.

  • Every line has its document. The quote, the credit memo, the confirmation. Nothing is Scout’s word alone.
  • It’s yours to share. A link, private by default. Send it to whoever needs it.
  • Nobody needs an app to open it. The people you forward it to don’t need Scout.
scoutMade for Dave · 21 SeptShare

Drywall · 220 sheets

5/8″ Type X · Delivered Thursday · Oak St

Quotes3 received
DeliveryThursday · 2 drops

Same board, delivered

  • Your yard · $3,124 · Thursday

    Matched the distributor’s price. Both drops kept. Revised quote in writing.

    Revised quote
  • National distributor · $3,124 · Wednesday

    Job quote on the same board, delivered. Held until Friday.

    Quote
  • Manufacturer’s regional · $3,015 · Friday

    Best price, wrong day. Kept on file for the next order.

    Quote

Compared Monday, 21 September 2026. Prices are the suppliers’ written quotes.

Illustrative job sheet

Why this makes money

The buying power
you’re not using.

Big builders don’t get better prices because they negotiate harder. They get them because they can reach the source and do the legwork. Scout gives a small company both.

  1. 01Where most companies buy

    Your yard

    • Counter price and stock on hand
    • Next-day delivery
    • One rep, one relationship
  2. 02Scout works here

    Regional distributor

    • Job quotes on volume
    • Alternate brands, same spec
    • Freight consolidated across jobs
  3. 03Scout works here

    National distributor

    • Project pricing and allocation
    • Direct-ship freight from the plant
    • Trade credit and job accounts
  4. 04Scout works here

    Manufacturer / mill

    • Rep support and project registration
    • Contractor programs and rebates
    • Spec-equivalent products, in writing

Most companies stop at the first rung. Scout works all four on every job and brings back what it finds in writing.Availability varies by trade, region and order size.

Six places a job leaks money. Scout checks every one.

Material price
Is the yard’s price the market’s price? Scout gets delivered quotes from the source for the same spec and the same date.
Freight and timing
Does the delivery land when the crew does? An idle crew costs more than the freight ever will. Scout confirms the truck before the crew rolls.
Credits
Did every return, short ship and damaged pallet get credited? Scout reads the statements and chases the credit memo until it posts.
Extras
Is every extra written up before it’s forgotten? Scout drafts the change order from your site notes and gets the approval in writing.
Rentals
Is anything still on rent that isn’t on site? Scout tracks the end dates and books the pickup.
The draw
What’s holding this month’s pay app? Scout finds the missing document and chases it until the money moves.

Every answer comes back with the paperwork, so you know what each one was worth.

Your new workforce

A thousand of the best people in the trade. You just run them.

That’s what Scout is. Not one assistant: a purchasing desk, an expediter, an estimator’s right hand, a crew coordinator and a back office, working at the same time, on every job, all night. They know who has the stock, what the rep can really do, what the GC’s prequal wants. You text. They come back with it done.

One text. The whole desk moves.

An illustrative morning on one framing package.

7:40 am · You

Framing package for a 2,400 sf two-story, list attached. Our yard quoted $41,800 delivered. Get me the national distributor’s job quote and whatever the mill’s rep will do. Same grades, same species. Need it on site by the 28th.

Framing list.pdf
  1. Purchasing

    Called six distributor branches for job quotes on your exact list.

    4 quoting
  2. Purchasing

    Emailed the mill’s rep with the list and your delivery date.

    Replied 9:12
  3. Expediting

    Checked allocation on the 2×10s at three yards.

    Held at two
  4. Pricing

    Pulled your last three framing buys to see what you paid.

    Done
  5. Freight

    Priced direct-ship from the plant against yard delivery.

    Done
  6. Follow-up

    Chased the two branches that hadn’t answered by 10:30.

    Both in
  7. Paperwork

    Matched every quote to your list, line by line, same grades.

    42 of 42
  8. Negotiation

    Took the best delivered price back to your yard to match.

    Matched
11:15 am · Scout

Three delivered quotes, same list, same grades. Best is the national distributor at $37,900 for the 28th. Took it to your yard: they matched at $37,900, both drops. Everything’s on your sheet.

Framing package · 14 Oak Stscout.superarbor.com
$37,900matched

$3,900 below the first quote. Delivered the 28th, both drops, in writing. Your morning, untouched.

What they already know

  • Which branch actually has allocation this week
  • What the rep can do on a job quote that the counter can’t
  • Which manufacturer programs pay you back, and how to claim them
  • What a GC’s prequalification packet really needs
  • The trade terms the yard doesn’t put on the price sheet

Illustrative morning. Prices, times and counts are examples of the work, not a customer record. Every real result comes back with the supplier’s own documents.

What you do with a team like that

More done. Not more people.

  1. 01

    Buy like the biggest builder in the state.

    Job quotes from national distributors. The mill’s rep on the phone. Programs and rebates you didn’t know you qualified for. Ten to thirty percent below counter price, from the source, on every order.

  2. 02

    Bid on the work you used to pass on.

    Every invite priced or passed on purpose, with the reasons. Addenda tracked, suppliers re-quoted. Prequalified with the GCs you want before they ask.

  3. 03

    Never lose a day to a slipped delivery or a no-show.

    The exact material found and held at another source. The approved crew vetted and booked. In hours, with the paperwork.

  4. 04

    Collect every dollar you’re owed.

    Return credits, short ships, extras, rentals, pay apps. Chased until the money moves, and reported when it does.

  5. 05

    Run the office from the site.

    Books ready for the accountant. Licenses, renewals, claims, insurance certificates. Yours included.

Buying from the source, at 10–30% better

$60,000to$180,000

a year, back in the business. Before the credits, the extras, the rentals and the work you win.

10–30% is the typical spread between counter price and source pricing on common categories. It varies by trade, region and order size. Scout reports the actual number on every order, in writing.

A better way to delegate

Start with one task.
Build from there.

No dashboard to learn.
No integration project.

01

Apply with a real task.

Four questions about your business and the work you want off your plate. A person reviews every application.

02

Get your invitation.

We invite businesses whose work we can take on. Your first task, contacts and rules are set up with you personally.

03

Text it. Hand it off.

Scout works within your rules, tells you when something changes, and brings back the result with the paperwork.

Private access · Selected businesses

Your unfair advantage.
By invitation.

Scout is for contractors, builders and construction businesses. We select teams with work we can take on, then onboard each one personally. Applying starts a review, not automatic access.

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