Your back office,
sorted.
We do the manual work. Your team takes care of customers.
The work keeps growing, but your team is stuck doing manual tasks.
The back office dilemma
More orders through email, PDF and portals. More shipping papers and certificates. And customers expecting faster answers.
Everyone knows what needs to happen. But most of the time goes to work nobody should really be doing.
From request to delivery
Five jobs off your plate.
Every request becomes an accurate quote, with the right price for that customer.
More about quotesExample
The quote makerDigital colleague · Quotes
NewSales inbox · Voorbeeld Montage BVCould you quote 200 brackets 40 mm, delivery week 48?Draft quotefrom
Business Central- Item
- Quantity
- Price
- Delivery
Follow-up to customer

A request in the inbox.
Every order entered correctly in your ERP, without anyone retyping it.
More about ordersKnow in time what to order, before an order gets stuck on materials.
More about material planningEvery shipment leaves with the right paperwork.
More about shipping and customs documentsCustomers helped faster. Only the exceptions still reach your desk.
More about customer questions

- Item
- Quantity
- Price
- Delivery

A request in the inbox.
Built on your systems and your knowledge.
More time for customers and exceptions. It does the rest.
Your existing systems stay exactly where they are.
It works in your own mailbox and ERP. Nothing needs to move and nothing gets replaced.
ExampleDigital colleagueConnectionsFlowstead
Business Central
Outlook
BoltricsExcel
ExactCustomer portalKnowledge stays, even when people leave.
Customer agreements and exceptions are recorded in the system, not in someone's head. That knowledge is and remains yours, even if you leave us.
The work is ready when you walk in.
Reading, looking up and following up are already done. You start with the work that matters.
You decide what goes out the door.
Approving takes one click. Once it keeps going right, you only see the exceptions.
Security and governance, taken care of.
Your IT department’s questions, answered in advance.
Data stays in the EU
Hosted in the Netherlands, the language model runs in a European data zone.
Your own, isolated environment
Each customer has a dedicated cloud environment. Your data does not train AI models, including those of our suppliers.
Everything can be traced
Every step is recorded. Every decision can be traced back to the email or PDF where it began.
Nothing without your approval
Nothing reaches your ERP or customer without approval. You decide who may approve.
You're not locked in
If you stop, you receive your data, knowledge and history free of charge. Or we build in your own environment from the start.
First, find out where things can improve.
Introductory conversationHalf a day on siteRoadmap
Not sure where to start? An introductory conversation with management and your back office, followed by half a day with your own orders and documents, helps us identify opportunities. You receive a roadmap per process, prioritised by impact and investment.
The scan is available as a standalone service. The roadmap is yours, even if you do not continue with us.
What you want to know
What is Flowstead?
Flowstead builds digital colleagues for the back offices of medium-sized and large companies, from manufacturing and wholesale to logistics. They handle the manual work; your team approves and keeps time for customers. We are based in Utrecht.
What is a digital colleague?
A digital colleague is software that takes over manual back office work: preparing quotes and orders, planning materials, preparing shipping and customs documents and drafting replies to customers. It works in your own mailbox and ERP and submits everything to your team for approval.
Read moreCan AI process orders from email in our ERP?
Yes. A Flowstead digital colleague reads orders from email, PDF or a customer portal and prepares them in your ERP, highlighting anything missing. After your team's approval the order is entered. We work with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Exact and Boltrics, among others.
Read moreDo we need to change our ERP or other systems?
No. Flowstead works with your mailbox, ERP and portals as they are. You only get an additional overview in which to approve work.
What happens if AI makes a mistake?
With Flowstead you see an error before anything reaches your ERP or customer. At first you approve everything. Only once it consistently works do you see just the exceptions. Every step is recorded so you can see what the digital colleague did and why.
Read moreOur processes are very specific. Will it still work?
That is exactly what a digital colleague is designed for. It is configured for your own processes, customer agreements and systems. Every correction your team makes is recorded, helping it improve on the exceptions that take time today. That knowledge remains yours.
What will our back office notice?
Work is ready when they arrive. Less retyping, checking and chasing; more time for customers, exceptions and looking ahead. They work in their own mailbox and ERP, with an overview for approvals.
Does AI take over back office work?
The manual work, yes; the people, no. The digital colleague handles retyping and following up. The customer, the exception and the decision stay with you. What people do better stays with people.
How is this different from Copilot, ChatGPT or Claude?
Those are assistants: an employee asks a question or gives an instruction. A Flowstead digital colleague takes over a complete back office process, from email to ERP across your systems. We use AI only where it adds value. The rest follows fixed rules, improving reliability and keeping costs down. We are not tied to one language model and choose the best fit per task. Your data and recorded knowledge remain yours to take with you.
Where is our data stored?
Flowstead stores data in the Netherlands by default and processes everything within the EU. We host with Google Cloud in Eemshaven, and the language model runs in Microsoft Azure's European data zone. Your data does not train AI models. If you want everything in your own environment, we build it there.
How long does implementing a digital colleague take?
The first digital colleague can be running within four weeks. During the intake we map your process, systems and agreements. If you do not yet know where to start, you can first book a standalone back office scan. We build one process at a time.
What does Flowstead cost?
You pay a one-off implementation fee and then a fixed monthly licence, including maintenance, support and hosting. For work in your own environment we price the project in advance based on scope. For those who do not yet know where to start, there is the standalone back office scan. If you already know what you want, discovery is part of the intake.
A question, or wondering where to start?
Call or message one of the founders. You'll talk to someone who knows how a back office works.
Book an informal conversation
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