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MatruOS for a bandage and surgical cotton unit

Set up the way a bandage and surgical cotton unit runs: sale of absorbent cotton wool, absorbent gauze, roller and crepe bandages, gauze swabs and pads to surgical distributors, hospitals and government tenders. 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
  • 2workflows with approvals
  • 2SOPs and checks
  • 3registers of your own
  • 3jobs for your AI team
  • 12licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What a bandage and surgical cotton unit deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Batch records and IP test sheets written by hand late at night before an inspection. Tender payments and security deposits stuck for months and nobody tracks them.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 2 workflows, 3 registers and 12 licences for a bandage and surgical cotton 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. Cotton or comber noil and grey gauze
  2. dressings unit
  3. distributor or tender
  4. hospital and chemist

Your customers

  • Surgical and pharma distributors
  • Chemist stockists
  • Private hospitals and nursing homes
  • State medical services corporations
  • Central government buyers on GeM
  • Export buyers (larger units)

Your suppliers

  • Comber noil and cotton dealers
  • Grey gauze powerloom weavers
  • Caustic soda and peroxide dealers
  • Packing material makers
  • ETO sterilisation service
  • Testing labs

Credit and cash

Comber noil cash or 7-15 days; gauze weavers 15-30 days; distributors pay 30-60 days; tenders 60-120 days after supply with a 3-5% security or performance deposit held

Raw material and wages paid within a month; tender money comes three to four months later with deposits stuck for a year; distributor credit 30-60 days

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerParty
  • ItemProduct
  • productProduct

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for a bandage and surgical cotton 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 "Bandage and surgical cotton unit", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as a bandage and surgical cotton 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 bandage and surgical cotton 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

Drafts the batch record from the day's production entries, works out yield per batch and flags missing signatures and tests

Reads batch manufacturing record and QC test register

Asks you before signing

Store keeper

Lists finished stock by months to expiry and suggests which distributor to send it to first

Reads batch manufacturing record and dispatches

Works it out and shows you

Accountant

Lists new dressings tenders, unpaid tender invoices and deposits due back, and drafts follow-up letters

Reads tender and supply register

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

  • 7:00 amKier and bleach batch startKier and bleach operator · 3 steps
    1. 1Weigh the cotton or gauze and enter the batch number
    2. 2Caustic soda strength for the boil
    3. 3Kier pressure during boil
  • 2:00 pmQC tests and batch releaseQC chemist (approved technical staff) · 3 steps
    1. 1Run the IP tests on yesterday's batches
    2. 2Sinking time of absorbent cotton
    3. 3Release or hold the batch and keep the retained sample
  • 5:00 pmBatch record entry and yieldProduction supervisor · 2 steps
    1. 1Enter input, output and losses for each batch
    2. 2Yield for absorbent cotton from comber noil

Every week2

  • MonFinished stock and expiry checkProduction supervisor · 2 steps
    1. 1List finished stock by batch with months to expiry
    2. 2Push stock under 12 months to expiry to distributors first
  • ThuTender bids, supplies and duesAccounts and tender clerk · 2 steps
    1. 1Check new GeM bids and tenders for dressings
    2. 2List unpaid tender invoices and deposits due back

Every month1

  • 5thDistributor outstanding and remindersOwner · 2 steps
    1. 1List distributor bills past 45 and 60 days
    2. 2Send reminders after approval and pause dispatch to those over 90 days

Every year1

  • NovLicence retention, GMP self-inspection and calibrationOwner · 3 steps
    1. 1Pay the licence retention fee and keep the licence valid
    2. 2Run the annual Schedule M self-inspection and close gaps
    3. 3Calibrate the balance, oven and other test equipment

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.

Batch from raw material to dispatch

  1. 1Raw material tested and issuedQC chemist (approved technical staff)
  2. 2Kier boil and bleach doneKier and bleach operator
  3. 3Carded or cut and rolledProduction supervisor
  4. 4IP tests passed and batch releasedQC chemist (approved technical staff)Needs approval
  5. 5Packed with batch and expiryPacker
  6. 6Dispatched on invoiceAccounts and tender clerk

Tender bid to payment

  1. 1Bid prepared and pricedAccounts and tender clerk
  2. 2Bid approvedOwnerNeeds approval
  3. 3Order and security depositAccounts and tender clerk
  4. 4Supplied with test reportsProduction supervisor
  5. 5Paid and deposit returnedAccounts and tender clerk

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.

  • Batch manufacturing record

    Batch number · Product · Raw material lot · Input weight or metres · Output (units) · Yield % · Manufacturing date · Expiry date

  • QC test register

    Batch number · Sinking time (seconds) · Water-holding capacity (g per g) · Sulphated ash % · Threads per cm (warp x weft) · Acidity or alkalinity · Fluorescence · Analyst

  • Tender and supply register

    Tender or GeM order number · Buyer · Items and quantity · Supply due · Security deposit · Invoice value · Paid on · Deposit returned

  • Batch testing and release to Indian Pharmacopoeia

    Release only batches that meet the IP monograph, with proof kept for the inspector

    6 steps with checks

  • Kier boiling and bleaching

    Make the cotton fully absorbent and white without weakening it

    4 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
Absorbent cotton wool IP 500 g roll · roll30055%
Absorbent cotton wool IP 100 g roll · roll30055%
Absorbent gauze IP (90 cm x 18 m than) · than30055%
Roller bandage 10 cm x 3 m (dozen) · dozen30055%
Roller bandage 7.5 cm x 3 m (dozen) · dozen30055%
Cotton crepe bandage 10 cm x 4 m · piece30055%
Sterile gauze swab (10 cm x 10 cm x 12 ply pack of 5) · pack30055%
Absorbent gauze pad (surgical pad) · piece30055%
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)
  • Drug manufacturing licenceState drugs control department with CDSCO
  • Pollution consent (CTO)State Pollution Control Board
  • Factory licenceState factories department
  • Boiler registration and certificateState Boiler Inspectorate (Boilers Act 2025)
  • GeM seller registrationGovernment e-Marketplace (GeM)
  • PF registration (EPFO)EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund Organisation)
  • ESI registration (ESIC)ESIC (Employees' State Insurance Corporation)
  • Fire NOCState fire and emergency services
  • BIS licence (ISI mark)Bureau of Indian Standards (ISI mark)If it applies
  • Import Export Code (IEC)DGFT (Import Export Code)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.

OwnerDistributors and tenders, buys cotton and gauze, licence and inspector matters, approves credit.
Production supervisorPlans kier and bleach batches, cutting and rolling lines, keeps batch records.
QC chemist (approved technical staff)Tests each batch to IP, signs release, keeps retained samples.
Kier and bleach operatorLoads the kier, runs caustic boil and bleach, washing.
PackerRolls, cuts and packs with batch, expiry and MRP.
Accounts and tender clerkInvoices, GeM and tender bids, deposits and dues.

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 bandage and surgical cotton unit?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Bandage and surgical cotton 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 bandage and surgical cotton 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.

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