Ship supplier ERP

The ship supplier ERP, and ship supply ERP replacement

Ship supplier or ship chandler, the job is the same: turn provisioning enquiries into fast, accurate, margin-protected quotes. Tidal runs that whole supply workflow AI-first, as your ERP or alongside one.

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Ship supplier, ship chandler, same supply workflow

In the US and much of Europe the trade is called ship supply and the business a ship supplier; elsewhere the same firm is a ship chandler. Whatever the label, the day runs on maritime provisioning: enquiries for provisions, deck and engine stores and spares arrive, every line has to be priced against a catalogue, and a quote has to go back before the vessel sails. Tidal is built for exactly that.

A modern ship supply ERP replacement

Legacy ship-supply ERPs hold the data but leave the slow part, answering RFQs, to people and spreadsheets. Tidal replaces that core: it reads inbound email RFQs, matches every line to and codes at over 90% first-pass accuracy, applies your margins and returns a quote in under 30 minutes. Orders then flow through purchase-order generation and invoice reconciliation, with profit and loss visible per vessel.

Runs as your ERP, or alongside one

Run Tidal as your ship-supply ERP, the system of record for the supply business, or keep a broader finance or fleet ERP for accounting, crewing and planned maintenance and let Tidal own the quoting-to-invoicing workflow, syncing confirmed orders and invoices across by API or CSV. Tidal goes live in about a week.

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See Tidal quote your provisioning RFQs in 30 minutes

Leave your work email and the port or company you supply. We will set up a live demo on your own RFQs, no slideware. Live in about a week.

✓ Quotes back in under 30 minutes
✓ Your own catalogue matching at over 90% first pass
✓ No spam, a reply within one business day

Frequently asked questions

What is a ship supplier ERP?

A ship supplier ERP is the system a ship supplier or chandler runs its supply business on: catalogue, RFQ handling, quoting, orders, purchase orders, deliveries and invoicing. Tidal covers that workflow AI-first, reading email RFQs and returning catalogue-matched, margin-protected quotes in under 30 minutes, then carrying the order through to a reconciled invoice.

Is Tidal a ship supply ERP replacement?

For the supply workflow, yes. If your legacy ship-supply ERP is slow to quote and heavy to run, Tidal replaces the quoting-to-invoicing core with an AI-native system that goes live in about a week. Where you still need general accounting, crewing or planned maintenance, Tidal runs alongside your existing ERP rather than replacing those modules.

Do ship suppliers and ship chandlers use the same software?

Largely yes. Ship supplier and ship chandler describe the same trade in different markets, and both handle provisions, stores and spares against your own catalogues. Tidal serves both, matching requisition lines to codes and quoting fast, whether you call yourself a ship supplier, a chandler or a provisions house.

How fast can a ship supplier go live on Tidal?

About one week. Tidal connects to your Outlook or Gmail inbox, imports your catalogue and margin rules in a short onboarding.