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MatruOS for a thermoformed container maker

Set up the way a thermoformed container maker runs: food containers with lids, dairy and dessert cups, clamshells, blister and punnet packs sold per thousand or per carton; sheet sold to other formers. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.

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Chemicals, plastics and rubberReady when you sign up

  • 8routines on a timetable
  • 1workflows with approvals
  • 2SOPs and checks
  • 3registers of your own
  • 4jobs for your AI team
  • 10licences tracked

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What this solves

What a thermoformed container maker deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Ban lists change and stock of a newly banned item is seized. Sheet price changes are not reflected in rates per thousand.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 10 licences for a thermoformed container maker, 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. Polymer distributor or sheet maker
  2. thermoformer
  3. distributor or brand
  4. kitchen, shop or consumer

Your customers

  • Cloud kitchens and restaurants
  • Sweet shops and caterers
  • Packaging distributors
  • Dairies and ice-cream makers
  • Pharma and hardware packers
  • Fruit and vegetable exporters

Your suppliers

  • PP and PET sheet makers or polymer distributors
  • HIPS granule distributors
  • Mould makers
  • Carton makers
  • Printing and labelling suppliers

Credit and cash

Sheet or granules against advance or 7-15 days; distributors 15-45 days; brand customers 45-60 days

Granules and sheet paid first; distributor dues 15-45 days; wedding and festival peaks need stock built ahead

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerParty
  • ItemContainer
  • InvoiceBill
  • productSize
  • SupplierParty
  • JobRun

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for a thermoformed container maker

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 "Thermoformed container maker", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as a thermoformed container makerRoutines, 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 thermoformed container 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.

Operations head

Works out pieces per kg, trim % and rejects per mould and shift, and flags moulds above norm

Reads forming and trim log

Works it out and shows you

Sales executive

Recosts each item per thousand on current sheet rates and drafts the distributor rate list

Reads sheet and granule rates and forming and trim log

Asks you before sending

Accountant

Lists overdue parties and drafts reminders

Reads party orders and dues

Asks you before sending

Operations head

Checks each product against the current ban list and marking rules and lists items needing action

Reads product compliance list and CPCB and state notices

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 day3

  • 8:00 amShift start sheet gauge and forming checkForming machine operator · 2 steps
    1. 1Measure sheet gauge across the roll
    2. 2Check first pieces for wall thickness, lid fit and sharp edges
  • 4:00 pmPre-dispatch product rule checkQuality and dispatch in-charge · 2 steps
    1. 1Confirm no banned single-use item is in the load
    2. 2Check barcode or QR and EPR marking on packs
  • 7:30 pmWeigh sheet used and trim at shift endForming machine operator · 2 steps
    1. 1Weigh sheet used, skeleton trim and rejects
    2. 2Count good pieces per item

Every week1

  • MonWeekly sheet and granule rate reviewOwner · 2 steps
    1. 1Note sheet and granule rates for the week
    2. 2Recost containers per thousand and update the distributor rate list

Every month2

  • 5thDistributor and kitchen duesOwner · 2 steps
    1. 1List overdue bills
    2. 2Send reminders and hold supply to defaulters
  • 15thMonthly plastic rule and buyer requirement checkOwner · 2 steps
    1. 1Check CPCB and state notices for new bans or thickness rules
    2. 2Update the product compliance list

Every year1

  • MayAnnual food-contact tests and EPR returnQuality and dispatch in-charge · 2 steps
    1. 1Send food-contact items for overall migration tests
    2. 2File the EPR annual return by 30 June

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.

Container or blister order

  1. 1Item quantity and rate agreedOwner
  2. 2Rule check passedQuality and dispatch in-chargeNeeds approval
  3. 3Formed and packedForming machine operator
  4. 4Billed and dispatchedQuality and dispatch in-charge
  5. 5PaidOwner

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.

  • Forming and trim log

    Date · Shift · Machine and mould · Item and size · Sheet used (kg) · Sheet gauge (micron) · Good pieces · Skeleton trim (kg)

  • Product compliance list

    Item · Use · Banned single-use item · Food-grade virgin material · Migration test report date · EPR and barcode marking done

  • Party orders and dues

    Order date · Party · Item and quantity · Rate per 1000 · Dispatched on · Paid

  • Container quality check

    Supply containers that seal, stack and do not crack

    4 steps with checks

  • Single-use plastic and EPR compliance

    Make only lawful items so stock is not seized

    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
Round PP container 500 ml with lid · 1000 pieces3923109018%
Round PP container 750 ml with lid · 1000 pieces3923109018%
Rectangular PP container 650 ml with lid · 1000 pieces3923109018%
Hinged PET clamshell (sweets and bakery) · 1000 pieces3923109018%
Dairy or curd cup 200 ml (packaging) · 1000 pieces3923109018%
Blister pack (custom) · 1000 pieces3923109018%
Fruit punnet (PET) · 1000 pieces3923109018%
PP sheet (sold to other formers) · kg3920202018%
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)
  • Factory licenceState factories department
  • Pollution consent (CTO)State Pollution Control Board
  • EPR registration for plastic packagingCPCB (Extended Producer Responsibility portal)
  • FSSAI food licenceFSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)If it applies
  • TrademarkTrade Marks RegistryIf it applies
  • Fire NOCState fire and emergency servicesIf it applies
  • PF registration (EPFO)EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund Organisation)If it applies
  • ESI registration (ESIC)ESIC (Employees' State Insurance Corporation)If 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.

OwnerProducts and rates, sheet buying, distributors, compliance.
Sheet line operatorExtrudes sheet, keeps gauge, recycles skeleton.
Forming machine operatorRuns formers and trim press, counts and stacks.
PackerCounts, bags and cartons, labels.
Quality and dispatch in-chargeChecks pieces, keeps compliance file, bills and dispatches.

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 thermoformed container maker?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Thermoformed container 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.

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