Your customers
- Overseas equestrian brands and distributors
- Larger Kanpur exporters (job work)
- Domestic riding clubs and police and army mounted units (small share)
Clothing and textiles · Makers and factories
MatruOS for a saddlery and harness maker
Set up the way a saddlery and harness maker runs: export of saddles, bridles, head collars, girths, reins, harness and other tack to overseas equestrian brands and distributors; job work for larger exporters. 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 saddlery and harness maker deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Too few hand stitchers for the orders taken, so ship dates slip. Leather used per article over the costing norm.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 2 registers and 8 licences for a saddlery and harness 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.
- Kanpur tannery (veg-tanned buffalo)
- saddlery unit
- overseas brand
- riding shops
Your suppliers
- Vegetable-tanned harness and bridle leather tanneries
- Saddle tree makers
- Stainless steel and brass fitting makers
- Wool flock and padding suppliers
- Nylon webbing makers
Credit and cash
Leather 30-60 days; fittings 15-30 days; buyers LC or DA 60-90 days; job workers paid weekly or per lot
Leather and fittings bought against the order, often on packing credit; hand stitchers paid weekly; buyer money 2-3 months after shipment
Your screens use your words
CustomerBuyerItemArticleSupplierTanneryproductArticle
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a saddlery and harness 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 "Saddlery and harness maker", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a saddlery and harness 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 saddlery and harness 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.
Compares leather used per article with the norm, flags over 5%, and recosts articles at current leather prices
Works it out and shows you
Works out hand-stitching hours needed for open orders against karigar output, shows which orders slip, and lists leather at risk from tannery closures
Works it out and shows you
Matches remittances with shipping bills and lists overdue realisations and pending RoDTEP and drawback
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
9:00 amLeather selection and strap cutting
- 1Cut straps for reins and stirrup leathers from the backbone
- 2Leather thickness for the article
3:00 pmStitch and fitting check
- 1Stitches per inch on hand-stitched parts
- 2Pull test buckles and D-rings
6:00 pmOutput and leather used per article
- 1Count finished pieces per article and karigar
- 2Leather used against norm
Every week
SatWeekly karigar wages
- 1Total pieces per karigar per operation and deduct advances
- 2Pay after the owner signs
MonHand-stitch capacity against orders
- 1Compare hand-stitching hours needed for open orders with karigars available
- 2Decide job work, overtime or a revised ship date
Every month
5thExport realisation and incentives
- 1Match remittances with shipping bills
- 2List RoDTEP and drawback pending
Every year
MarLUT and RCMC renewal
- 1File the GST LUT
- 2Renew RCMC with the Council for Leather Exports
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.
Tack order to shipment
- 1Sample approved and price agreedNeeds approval
- 2Leather and fittings bought
- 3Cut to norm
- 4Stitched and assembled
- 5Finished and inspectedNeeds approval
- 6Shipped and paid
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.
Article order register
Karigar output and wage book
Strap cutting for strength
Load-bearing straps never break in use
Final check of saddlery and tack
Pass the buyer's inspection and keep riders safe
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 |
|---|---|---|
| General purpose leather saddle (17 in) | 4201 | 5% |
| Leather bridle with reins (full size) | 4201 | 5% |
| Leather head collar | 4201 | 5% |
| Leather girth | 4201 | 5% |
| Stirrup leathers (pair) | 4201 | 5% |
| Driving harness set | 4201 | 5% |
| Nylon webbing head collar | 4201 | 5% |
| Saddlery job work (stitching and assembly) | 998823 | 5% |
- GST registration
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- Import Export Code (IEC)
- Export council membership (RCMC)
- GST Letter of Undertaking (LUT) for exports
- Factory licenceIf it applies
- PF registration (EPFO)If it applies
- ESI registration (ESIC)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.
OwnerBuyer contact and costing, buys leather, packing credit, approves samples and claims.
Master saddlerMakes samples and patterns, sets leather norms, builds saddles, trains karigars.
CutterSelects leather, cuts straps and parts along the backbone.
Hand stitcher (karigar)Saddle stitching, edging, creasing, burnishing.
QC and packing in-chargeChecks against sample, fitting tests, packing.
Accounts and export clerkInvoices, export papers, wages, incentives.
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 saddlery and harness maker?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Saddlery and harness 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.
Clothing and textiles
Other makers and factories in clothing and textiles
Run a saddlery and harness 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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