Your customers
- Idol makers (Kumartuli and district potuas)
- Puja committees and clubs
- Wedding shops and families
- Temples (Puri and Thanjavur)
- Decorators, fairs and emporia
- Exporters and online buyers
Clothing and textiles · Makers and factories
MatruOS for a sholapith craft maker
Set up the way a sholapith craft maker runs: daker saj sets for Durga, Kali and Lakshmi idols; wedding topor and mukut sets; garlands and puja ornaments; models, decor and gift pieces; export eco-decor. 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 sholapith craft maker deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Puja bookings pile up and some clubs get their saj late. Balances from idol makers and shops drag on after Puja.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 7 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 4 licences for a sholapith craft 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.
- marsh pith cutter
- Malakar artisan (peel, cut, shape)
- idol maker, puja club, wedding shop or emporium
- devotee or family
Your suppliers
- Pith cutters and collectors from marsh areas
- Zari, paper and colour sellers
- Thin wire and glue sellers
- Packing material sellers
Credit and cash
Idol makers and clubs pay an advance at booking and the balance at delivery before Puja; wedding shops pay on delivery or within a month; pith bought for cash in the cutting season
Pith bought in Sep-Dec for the year; most income lands in Aug-Oct and Nov-Mar, with a thin summer
Your screens use your words
CustomerPartyOrderBookingItemSajInvoiceBillproductDesign
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a sholapith craft 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 "Sholapith craft maker", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a sholapith craft 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 sholapith craft 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.
Lists bookings due in the next week by size and design, checks worker capacity and flags orders at risk or weeks overbooked
Works it out and shows you
Totals each worker's days or pieces at rates and prepares the weekly wage list
Asks you before paying
Lists balances due after delivery and drafts reminders to idol makers, clubs and shops
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 day
8:00 amPeel and cut the day's pith
- 1Pick dry white sticks and peel the bark
- 2Cut sheets to even thickness
7:00 pmCheck bookings due this week
- 1Read bookings due in the next 7 days
- 2Move workers to the orders behind
Every week
SatWeekly seasonal worker wages
- 1Total days or pieces per worker
- 2Pay and note
Every month
10thCollect balances from shops and idol makers
- 1List balances not paid after delivery
- 2Send reminders before the next booking
Every year
NovFair and export sample plan
- 1Apply for state and national craft fairs
- 2Make export decor samples for buyers
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.
Puja saj booking to delivery
- 1Idol size and design agreed
- 2Advance receivedNeeds approval
- 3Pieces cut and shaped
- 4Saj assembled and packed
- 5Delivered to idol maker or club
- 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.
Puja and wedding booking book
Pith stock and issue
Seasonal worker days
Pith storage and cutting
Keep pith white and workable
Saj packing and delivery
Saj reaches the idol maker on time and uncrushed
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Durga daker saj (full set for one idol) | 4602 | 5% |
| Durga daker saj (small idol) | 4602 | 5% |
| Wedding topor (groom) | 4602 | 5% |
| Bridal mukut | 4602 | 5% |
| Shola garland | 4602 | 5% |
| Shola idol or temple model (decor) | 4602 | 5% |
| Shola flowers for decor (export pack of 100) | 4602 | 5% |
| Jagannath vesha ornament set | 4602 | 5% |
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- GST registrationIf it applies
- Import Export Code (IEC)If it applies
- Export council membership (RCMC)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.
Master artisanDesigns saj, takes bookings, buys pith, does fine cutting.
ArtisanPeels and cuts pith, shapes flowers and ornaments, assembles.
Family helperSorts strips, packs, delivers to idol makers and shops.
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 sholapith craft maker?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Sholapith craft 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 sholapith craft 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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