Notes from the steel office.
Plain-English writing on the trade’s paperwork problem: certificates, traceability, weights and the systems that hold them together. New to the terms? Start with the steel trade glossary.
1 AUGUST 2026
Catch-weight invoicing explained: theoretical weight, actual weight, and how to bill steel without leaking margin
Catch-weight invoicing for steel stockholders: theoretical versus actual weight, which basis to bill on, variance limits, and pricing unweighed stock.
23 JULY 2026
Generic ERPs don't know what a heat number is
Why generic inventory software fails steel stockholders: catch-weight, heat genealogy, cert gates and cut-piece pricing are the point, not add-ons.
20 JULY 2026
EN 10204 explained: 2.1, 2.2, 3.1 and 3.2 certificates, and what stockholders actually need to do with them
EN 10204 certificate types 2.1 to 3.2 explained in plain English: what each type certifies, who signs it, and how stockholders should file and match them.
Rather see it than read about it?
Bring your own worst mill cert PDF to a demo and watch it get filed by heat.