Your customers
- General and kirana wholesalers
- Churches and temples
- Gift shops and corporates
- Wedding and event planners
- Exporters and overseas buyers
- Online marketplace buyers
Chemicals, plastics and rubber · Makers and factories
MatruOS for a candle maker
Set up the way a candle maker runs: utility (white) candles by the packet or kg, diya and tealight candles, decorative pillar and jar candles, scented gift sets, corporate and wedding orders and export lots. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.
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What this solves
What a candle maker deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Wax price swings make old price lists lose money. Diwali and Christmas orders bunch up and deliveries slip.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 9 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 9 licences for a candle maker, with an AI team that reads your own records and prepares the work.
What 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.
- refinery
- wax trader
- candle maker
- wholesaler, gift shop or corporate
- household
Your suppliers
- Paraffin wax traders (refinery grades)
- Soy and blended wax importers
- Wick makers
- Fragrance oil houses
- Glass jar and tin suppliers
- Colour and dye sellers
- Mould makers
Credit and cash
Wax mostly in cash or 7 days; wholesalers pay 15-30 days; corporates 30-45 days; exporters 30-50% advance
Wax bought in bulk before Diwali at the best rate; corporate and export orders confirmed Aug-Oct; Diwali money comes in Nov-Dec; Christmas orders in Nov
Your screens use your words
CustomerBuyerItemCandleInvoiceBillSupplierWax supplierworkerKarigar
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a candle maker
Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.
- Describe the business in one lineFor example "Candle maker", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a candle makerRoutines, workflows, registers, items, licences and the AI team for this trade are set up for you.
- 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.
- 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 candle maker
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.
Lays out the next two weeks' pouring plan by order and flags wax, wick, fragrance and jar shortfalls
Works it out and shows you
Lists unpaid bills over 30 days and drafts reminders to wholesalers and corporates
Asks you before sending
Recomputes material cost per piece for every candle at latest rates and flags items selling below target margin
Works it out and shows you
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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 day
8:30 amWax melting and mould setting
- 1Set and centre wicks in moulds and oil the moulds
- 2Melt wax on a water bath or thermostat melter
- 3Melt temperature
10:00 amPour and cure
- 1Add fragrance at the right temperature and stir 2 minutes
- 2Pour and top up sinkholes after cooling
- 3Pieces poured today
3:00 pmDemould, trim and pack
- 1Demould, trim wicks to about 6 mm and remove flashing
- 2Reject cracked or off-centre pieces
- 3Pack by count and label
Every week
Mon 10:00 amWeekly order and delivery plan
- 1List orders due in the next 2 weeks with quantities
- 2Check wax and jars in stock against them
Fri 5:00 pmWeekly dues follow-up
- 1List bills over 30 days and send reminders
Every month
1stCost per piece update
- 1Update wax and fragrance rates from the last purchase
- 2Recompute cost per piece for each candle and check prices
Every year
JanYear-end design sell-through review
- 1List designs that sold and those left in stock
- 2Drop slow designs and plan new ones for next season
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.
Corporate or export order
- 1Sample and quote sent
- 2Order confirmed with advanceNeeds approval
- 3Poured and cured
- 4Burn test and packing
- 5Dispatched
- 6Balance received
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.
Pour batch book
Order book
Wax and materials stock
Wax melting and pouring safety
Pour good candles without wax fires or burns
Burn test before dispatch
Candles burn clean and safe as the buyer expects
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.
| Item | HSN | GST |
|---|---|---|
| Utility white candle (packet of 10, 30 g each) | 3406 | 5% |
| Utility candles loose | 3406 | 5% |
| Diya wax candles (box of 12) | 3406 | 5% |
| Tealight candles (pack of 50) | 3406 | 5% |
| Pillar candle 3 x 6 inch | 3406 | 5% |
| Scented jar candle 200 g | 3406 | 5% |
| Floating candles (pack of 12) | 3406 | 5% |
| Gift candle set (corporate) | 3406 | 5% |
| Church and temple long candles | 3406 | 5% |
- GST registration
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- PAN
- Fire NOCIf it applies
- Packaged commodities registration (Legal Metrology)If it applies
- TrademarkIf it applies
- Import Export Code (IEC)If it applies
- GST Letter of Undertaking (LUT) for exportsIf it applies
- Shops and Establishments registrationIf 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.
OwnerBuys wax, designs and prices, takes corporate and export orders, collects payments.
PourerMelts wax, sets wicks, pours and demoulds, keeps temperatures.
Finisher and packerTrims and polishes, labels, packs and boxes.
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 candle maker?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Candle maker". 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.
Chemicals, plastics and rubber
Other makers and factories in chemicals, plastics and rubber
Run a candle maker 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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