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MatruOS for a bamboo and cane craft unit

Set up the way a bamboo and cane craft unit runs: baskets, mats, trays, lamps, boxes, furniture and decor sold by piece to haats, traders, emporia, exporters, hotels and online. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.

Clothing and textilesReady when you sign up

  • 8routines on a timetable
  • 1workflows with approvals
  • 3SOPs and checks
  • 3registers of your own
  • 3jobs for your AI team
  • 5licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What a bamboo and cane craft unit deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Borer and fungus after sale bring returns and lost buyers. Emporia keep goods on consignment and pay months later.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 5 licences for a bamboo and cane craft unit, 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. Bamboo grower or forest
  2. artisan unit (split, treat, weave, finish)
  3. trader, emporium or exporter
  4. buyer

Your customers

  • Local haats
  • Traders
  • State emporia (Purbashree, Purbasha and others)
  • Exporters
  • Hotels and resorts
  • Online buyers
  • Corporate gift buyers

Your suppliers

  • Bamboo growers and forest depots
  • Cane traders
  • Boric acid, borax and varnish shops
  • CFC (machines)
  • NBM and SFURTI implementing agencies

Credit and cash

Haat in cash; traders 15-30 days; emporia on consignment 60-90 days; exporters 30-60 days after QC; bamboo bought in cash

Low capital; bamboo and treatment chemicals paid in cash; consignment locks money for months; SHG loans and microfinance bridge the gap

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerBuyer
  • ItemPiece
  • InvoiceBill
  • productDesign
  • SupplierBamboo seller

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for a bamboo and cane craft unit

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 "Bamboo and cane craft unit", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as a bamboo and cane craft unitRoutines, 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 bamboo and cane craft unit

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

Keeps each lot's harvest month, treatment days and moisture; flags lots used before treatment is finished and links lots to orders for complaints

Reads bamboo lots and treatment

Works it out and shows you

Accountant

Prepares the weekly piece payment list and UPI batch, works out cost per piece by design, and drafts monthly scheme progress figures

Reads material issue and artisan pieces and bamboo lots

Asks you before paying

Accountant

Tracks pieces out on consignment by emporium, bills sold pieces, drafts reminders, and prepares catalogue outreach to hotels and online buyers

Reads emporium and trader consignments and design 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 day2

  • 8:00 amCross-cut, split and sliver treated bambooArtisans · 2 steps
    1. 1Take only treated, dried culms from a recorded lot
    2. 2Split and sliver to the thickness the design needs
  • 10:00 amWeave and assemble piecesArtisans · 2 steps
    1. 1Weave or assemble to the sample; check size
    2. 2Hand pieces to the finisher at day end

Every week2

  • MonTreat a new bamboo lotTreater and finisher · 3 steps
    1. 1Soak in boric acid and borax solution (about 5%) for 7-10 days or as the lot needs
    2. 2Dry in shade until moisture is below 15%
    3. 3Record the lot, harvest month and treatment
  • SatWeekly artisan piece paymentUnit leader · 2 steps
    1. 1Count pieces returned and passed per artisan
    2. 2Pay per piece by UPI or cash; note in the piece register

Every month2

  • 10thEmporium and trader consignment reviewUnit leader · 2 steps
    1. 1Ask each emporium for pieces sold and unsold
    2. 2Bill for sold pieces; take back damaged or old stock
  • 25thSHG or group meeting and savingsUnit leader · 1 steps
    1. 1Share orders, payments and savings; plan next month's designs

Every year1

  • Sep, NovFestival orders, fairs and scheme reportsUnit leader · 2 steps
    1. 1Prepare stock for Durga Puja, Bihu, Diwali and Christmas decor
    2. 2Book fair stalls (IITF, state fairs) and send scheme progress reports

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.

Trader, emporium or export order

  1. 1Design and sample approvedUnit leaderNeeds approval
  2. 2Rate per piece agreedUnit leader
  3. 3Bamboo treated and issuedTreater and finisher
  4. 4Pieces made and passedArtisans
  5. 5Packed and deliveredTreater and finisher
  6. 6Payment receivedUnit leader

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.

  • Bamboo lots and treatment

    Lot number · Date bought · Source · Species · Culms · Harvest month · Treatment · Soak days

  • Material issue and artisan pieces

    Week ending · Artisan · Material issued · Design · Pieces returned · Pieces passed · Rate per piece · Amount

  • Emporium and trader consignments

    Date sent · Emporium or trader · Design · Pieces · Value · Pieces sold · Amount received

  • Bamboo treatment against borer and fungus

    No borer or fungus after sale

    3 steps with checks

  • Legal bamboo sourcing

    Raw material with no forest seizure

    2 steps with checks

  • Export and hotel packing

    Arrive dry and undamaged

    2 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
Bamboo basket (woven) · piece46025%
Bamboo mat · piece46015%
Bamboo tray and box set · set46025%
Bamboo lamp shade · piece94055%
Cane chair · piece94015%
Cane sofa set · set94015%
Bamboo bottle and mug · piece46025%
Bamboo decor and gift item · piece46025%
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)If it applies
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)If it applies
  • Forest department licence (sawmill or timber)State forest departmentIf it applies
  • Import Export Code (IEC)DGFT (Import Export Code)If it applies
  • Co-operative society registrationRegistrar of Co-operative SocietiesIf 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.

Unit leaderTakes orders, buys bamboo, issues material, pays artisans, deals with emporia and scheme agencies.
ArtisansSplit and sliver, weave, make furniture frames, finish.
Treater and finisherBoric-borax treatment, drying, sanding and varnish, packing.

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 bamboo and cane craft unit?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Bamboo and cane craft unit". 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 bamboo and cane craft unit 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.

See plans and what each includes
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