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MatruOS for a marble inlay (pachchikari) workshop

Set up the way a marble inlay (pachchikari) workshop runs: inlay table tops, coasters, boxes, plates, trays, elephants and Taj replicas, chess boards, mandirs and wall or floor panels sold by piece or per sq ft to tourists, emporia, exporters, architects and online buyers. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.

Ceramics, glass and stoneReady when you sign up

  • 9routines on a timetable
  • 2workflows with approvals
  • 3SOPs and checks
  • 3registers of your own
  • 4jobs for your AI team
  • 8licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What a marble inlay (pachchikari) workshop deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Weekly piece wages for 4-20 karigars worked out by hand from scraps of paper; disputes over pieces and advances. Pieces given to emporia on sale-or-return are forgotten and guide commissions argued every month.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 9 routines, 2 workflows, 3 registers and 8 licences for a marble inlay (pachchikari) workshop, with an AI team that reads your own records and prepares the work.

03What changes

The right person is reminded at the right time, approvals wait for whoever decides, and every licence has a renewal reminder. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.

Where you sit

MatruOS starts from how your business earns

Who you sell to, who you buy from, how credit moves and where you sit in the chain decide how your screens, reminders and reports are set up.

  1. Makrana quarry and stone dealer
  2. inlay workshop
  3. own showroom, emporium or exporter
  4. tourist or overseas buyer

Your customers

  • Foreign and domestic tourists at own showroom
  • Emporia and handicraft showrooms in Agra and Delhi
  • Exporters and overseas importers
  • Architects, hotels and palaces (panels and flooring)
  • Online marketplace buyers
  • Gift buyers (corporate and government)

Your suppliers

  • Makrana white marble slab cutters
  • Black marble suppliers
  • Semi-precious stone dealers (malachite, lapis, carnelian, jasper)
  • Mother-of-pearl and shell dealers
  • Adhesive and abrasive shops
  • Wooden crate makers

Credit and cash

Tourists pay cash, card or UPI on the spot; emporia pay 30-60 days and settle guide commissions monthly; exporters pay 30-50% advance and the rest on shipment; stone dealers want cash; karigars paid weekly

Stone and marble bought in cash months ahead; a table top locks 3-6 weeks of karigar wages before sale; emporium dues and guide commissions settle monthly; tourist lean season Apr-Jun eats savings

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerBuyer
  • ItemPiece
  • InvoiceBill
  • SupplierStone dealer
  • workerKarigar

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for a marble inlay (pachchikari) workshop

Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.

  1. Describe the business in one lineFor example "Marble inlay (pachchikari) workshop", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as a marble inlay (pachchikari) workshopRoutines, workflows, registers, items, licences and the AI team for this trade are set up for you.
  3. Bring your dataCustomers, items and balances come across from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others. For Tally, our team helps you move the data while Tally import is checked on the live app.
  4. Approve and runThe AI team prepares the routine work. A person approves anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes.

Your AI team

What the AI team does for a marble inlay (pachchikari) workshop

Each job goes to a member of your AI team. It reads your own records and prepares the work. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.

Accountant

Totals each karigar's pieces and days for the week, deducts advances, shows stone wasted per karigar, and prepares the wage sheet for the ustad to approve

Reads karigar issue and return register and advances

Asks you before paying

Accountant

Lists pieces lying at each emporium, matches sold pieces with statements, works out guide commission, and drafts payment reminders

Reads sales and commission register and emporium statements

Asks you before sending and paying

Store keeper

Works out stone needed for open orders and season plans against stock by weight, and drafts a purchase list for stone dealers

Reads karigar issue and return register and order book

Asks you before sending

Sales executive

Drafts weekly progress messages and quotes for overseas and online buyers and lists balances due before dispatch

Reads order book and progress photos

Asks you before sending

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How you run

Your routines, already on a timetable

Each routine has a time, a person and its steps with the checks that matter. MatruOS reminds the right person and keeps the record. Open one to see its steps.

Every day3

  • 9:30 amIssue blanks and stone to karigarsUstad · 3 steps
    1. 1Weigh stone slivers issued to each stone cutter and note them against the piece
    2. 2Issue cut marble blanks for engraving with the traced design
    3. 3Check yesterday's half-done pieces and assign the next stage
  • 10:00 amShowroom opening and tourist salesShowroom salesman · 3 steps
    1. 1Dust and light the display; put the demonstration karigar at the front bench
    2. 2Record each sale with the guide or driver who brought the buyer
    3. 3Photograph and pack shipped pieces with the bill and authenticity note
  • 7:00 pmCollect work and record stage doneUstad · 3 steps
    1. 1Collect finished stages and leftover stone by weight
    2. 2Stone wasted on today's pieces
    3. 3Lock the stone box and the showroom stock

Every week2

  • Mon 11:00 amExport and online buyer follow-upShowroom salesman · 3 steps
    1. 1Send progress photos to buyers of pieces in work
    2. 2Answer catalogue enquiries with price and making time
    3. 3Chase balance payments before dispatch
  • Sat 6:00 pmSaturday karigar piece wagesUstad · 3 steps
    1. 1Total pieces and days per karigar from the issue register
    2. 2Deduct advances taken during the week
    3. 3Pay in cash or UPI and get a thumb or signature

Every month2

  • 5thEmporium dues and guide commissionUstad · 3 steps
    1. 1List pieces given on sale-or-return to each emporium
    2. 2Match sold pieces with the emporium statement
    3. 3Settle guide and driver commission for the month
  • 1stStone and marble stock checkUstad · 3 steps
    1. 1Weigh stock of each stone (malachite, lapis, carnelian, jasper, mother-of-pearl)
    2. 2Count marble blanks by size
    3. 3List stones to buy before the next export or season order

Every year1

  • JanTaj Mahotsav and exhibition stallsUstad · 2 steps
    1. 1Book a stall for the February Taj Mahotsav at Shilpgram and for handicraft fairs
    2. 2Prepare demonstration pieces and the GI authorised-user certificate

Workflows

Each stage goes to the person who handles it

Work passes stage by stage to the right person. Stages marked for approval wait for the person who decides.

Custom table top or panel order

  1. 1Size and design agreedShowroom salesman
  2. 2Ustad prices and takes advanceUstadNeeds approval
  3. 3Blank cut and design engravedEngraver
  4. 4Stones shaped and setStone cutter
  5. 5Ground flush and polishedPolisher
  6. 6Ustad final checkUstadNeeds approval
  7. 7Crated and shippedShowroom salesman

Pieces on sale-or-return to an emporium

  1. 1Pieces listed with priceUstad
  2. 2Delivered on challanShowroom salesman
  3. 3Monthly sold statement checkedUstadNeeds approval
  4. 4Payment received or pieces returnedUstad

Registers and SOPs

Your registers and standards

Registers hold the fields this trade records. SOPs carry the steps and checks, so work is done the same way every time.

  • Karigar issue and return

    Karigar · Date · Piece or order number · Work · Stone issued (grams) · Blank issued · Returned on · Stone wasted (grams)

  • Order book

    Order number · Buyer · Phone · Channel · Piece and size · Design reference · Price · Advance

  • Sales and commission

    Date · Piece · Sold at · Paid by · Guide or driver · Commission · Emporium · Emporium due

  • Inlay setting and finish check

    Every piece passes as real hand-set pachchikari with no gaps or lifting

    5 steps with checks

  • Real stone and authenticity disclosure

    Sell honestly against resin and machine-cut copies and avoid buyer claims

    3 steps with checks

  • Dust and wheel safety at the benches

    Protect karigars from silica dust and wheel injuries

    3 steps with checks

Items and licences

Your first bill is right, and no licence lapses

Starter items arrive with unit, HSN and GST rate. The registrations this business usually needs are listed with a reminder before each one expires.

ItemHSNGST
Inlay table top 24 inch (white marble, floral) · piece68025%
Inlay dining table top 48 inch · piece68025%
Inlay coaster set of 6 with holder · set68025%
Inlay jewellery box 4 inch · piece68025%
Inlay decorative plate 12 inch · piece68025%
Inlay tray 16 x 11 inch · piece68025%
Inlay elephant figure 4 inch · piece68025%
Taj Mahal replica with inlay 6 inch · piece68025%
Inlay chess board 15 inch · piece68025%
Inlay marble mandir 24 inch · piece68025%
Inlay wall or floor panel · sq ft68025%
Export packing and crating · crate44155%
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)
  • Shops and Establishments registrationState labour department (Shops and Establishments Act)
  • PANIncome Tax Department
  • Import Export Code (IEC)DGFT (Import Export Code)If it applies
  • GST Letter of Undertaking (LUT) for exportsGST department (Form GST RFD-11)If it applies
  • TrademarkTrade Marks RegistryIf it applies
  • Trade licenceMunicipal corporation or panchayatIf it applies

Your people

The people who run it, each with their own login

Each person sees the screens and reminders for the work they do.

UstadBuys marble and stone, prices pieces, draws and approves designs, final quality check, deals with emporia and exporters.
EngraverTraces the design, engraves cavities with tankiya and narzi chisels, keeps depth even.
Stone cutterSlices and shapes semi-precious stone petals on the saan wheel, matches colour shades.
PolisherSets stones with glue, grinds the surface flush, buffs to shine.
Showroom salesmanShows pieces to tourists, explains real stone tests, packs and ships, settles guide commission.

Not covered yet

  • Sending messages, bills and reminders on WhatsApp from MatruOS is not live yet. Today they go by link, QR code or email, and from your own phone in one tap.
  • Live bank and UPI feeds are not connected yet. Upload a bank statement and MatruOS reads it into payments for you to confirm.

Questions people ask

How long does it take to set up MatruOS for a marble inlay (pachchikari) workshop?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Marble inlay (pachchikari) workshop". MatruOS picks this business type and sets up everything on this page in a few minutes. You then get a 7-day free trial, no card needed.

Do I have to type all of this in?

No. The routines, workflows, registers, items, licences and AI team on this page arrive already set up. You change what is different in your business, and bring your customers, items and balances from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others, with our team's help for Tally data.

Can I change the routines and workflows?

Yes. Every routine, workflow, register and SOP is yours to rename, retime, switch off or add to. MatruOS keeps the rest of the system in step with your changes.

What does the AI team do without asking me?

It runs routine checks and prepares drafts. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval. The one exception you can choose is payment reminders, which go out on their own once you have checked them and switched them on.

Run a marble inlay (pachchikari) workshop on one system Set up for your trade when you sign up.

Describe your business once. MatruOS sets up your apps, brings in your data and puts Muni and the AI team to work, with your approval on every step that matters. 7-day free trial, no card needed.

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