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MatruOS for a soft toy maker

Set up the way a soft toy maker runs: selling soft toys to wholesalers, gift shops, online sellers and corporate buyers; custom mascots and promotional toys. 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
  • 2SOPs and checks
  • 4registers of your own
  • 4jobs for your AI team
  • 9licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What a soft toy maker deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Orders for Valentine's and Diwali run late because nobody sees production against orders. Piece counts for dozens of home stitchers kept on slips.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 4 registers and 9 licences for a soft toy 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. fabric importer or knitter and fibre dealer
  2. soft-toy maker (cut, stitch, fill, finish)
  3. wholesaler
  4. retailer or online
  5. buyer

Your customers

  • Toy wholesalers (Sadar Bazar Delhi and Crawford Market Mumbai type)
  • Gift and toy shops
  • Online marketplace sellers
  • Corporate and event buyers (mascots, promotional toys)
  • School and fair buyers

Your suppliers

  • Plush and velboa fabric importers and knitters
  • Polyester fibre (siliconised hollow) dealers
  • Safety eyes and noses suppliers
  • Labels and hang-tag printers
  • Carton makers
  • BIS-recognised test labs

Credit and cash

Fabric bought on 15-45 days' credit or cash for imported lots; wholesalers pay 30-60 days and hold back for returns; online sellers 7-15 days; corporate orders 50% advance

Fabric and fibre stocked 2-3 months before Valentine's Day and Diwali; wholesaler credit stretches cash in the peak

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerParty
  • ItemToy
  • InvoiceBill
  • productDesign

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for a soft toy 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 "Soft toy maker", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as a soft toy 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 soft toy 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

Compares pieces cut, stitched and finished with each order's due date, flags orders behind and fibre use above the design weight

Reads party orders and dispatch, cutting and bundle register and stitcher and finisher piece book

Works it out and shows you

Accountant

Totals good pieces by worker and work type at piece rates, nets advances and prepares the weekly pay list

Reads stitcher and finisher piece book

Asks you before paying

Accountant

Ages wholesaler bills and return claims and drafts statements and reminders; flags parties to hold

Reads party orders and dispatch

Asks you before sending

Store keeper

Works out fabric metres by colour and fibre kg needed for the peak season from last season's sales and current orders

Reads party orders and dispatch and cutting and bundle register

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

  • 9:30 amSet the day's cutting by orderCutting master · 3 steps
    1. 1Pick orders due this week and cut sets by design
    2. 2Lay fabric with the pile in one direction
    3. 3Enter metres used and sets cut
  • 3:00 pmFilling weight and seam checkQuality checker · 2 steps
    1. 1Weigh sample toys from each design
    2. 2Pull test on eyes and nose
  • 7:00 pmDay's pieces stitched and finishedOwner · 2 steps
    1. 1Count finished, packed and rejected pieces
    2. 2Compare with orders due

Every week1

  • SatWeekly stitcher and finisher paymentOwner · 2 steps
    1. 1Total pieces by worker and work type
    2. 2Pay and note advances

Every month2

  • 7thWholesaler dues and returnsOwner · 2 steps
    1. 1List bills past 45 days and returns claimed
    2. 2Send statements; hold supply to parties far overdue
  • 15thBIS lot testing and licence upkeepQuality checker · 2 steps
    1. 1Run in-house tests on the month's lots as the BIS scheme of testing asks
    2. 2Send due design families to a BIS-recognised lab

Every year1

  • MarRenew BIS licence and pay marking feeOwner · 2 steps
    1. 1Check licence validity and marking fee due
    2. 2Update the list of design families covered

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.

Wholesale or custom order

  1. 1Sample approved by partyOwnerNeeds approval
  2. 2Fabric cut in setsCutting master
  3. 3Stitched and turnedStitcher
  4. 4Filled and finishedFiller and finisher
  5. 5Lot checked and BIS mark appliedQuality checker
  6. 6Dispatched with invoiceOwner
  7. 7Payment receivedOwner

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.

  • Cutting and bundle register

    Date · Design and size · Fabric lot and colour · Fabric used (metres) · Sets cut · Given to (stitcher)

  • Stitcher and finisher piece book

    Worker · Date · Work · Design · Pieces done · Rejected · Piece rate

  • Party orders and dispatch

    Party · Order date · Designs and quantity · Delivery date · Amount · Dispatched · Paid

  • BIS test and marking record

    Design family · Test date · Lab · Result · Next test due

  • Toy safety check (BIS)

    Toys are safe for children and pass BIS tests

    5 steps with checks

  • Fibre filling

    Every toy feels the same and holds its shape

    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
Teddy bear 12 inch · piece95035%
Teddy bear 3 ft · piece95035%
Animal soft toy (small) · piece95035%
Baby soft toy with rattle · piece95035%
Valentine heart plush · piece95035%
Custom mascot toy (per piece in a 500 lot) · piece95035%
Cushion toy · piece95035%
Keychain plush · piece95035%
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)
  • BIS licence (ISI mark)Bureau of Indian Standards (ISI mark)
  • Trade licenceMunicipal corporation or panchayat
  • Factory licenceState factories departmentIf it applies
  • PF registration (EPFO)EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund Organisation)If it applies
  • ESI registration (ESIC)ESIC (Employees' State Insurance Corporation)If it applies
  • EPR registration for plastic packagingCPCB (Extended Producer Responsibility portal)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.

OwnerDesigns, buys fabric, takes orders, manages BIS licence.
Cutting masterLays fabric by pile direction, cuts on clicker press or by pattern.
StitcherStitches panels, fixes eyes and noses, turns toys.
Filler and finisherFills fibre to weight, closes, brushes, labels, packs.
Quality checkerPull tests, weight checks, BIS lot records.

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 soft toy maker?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Soft toy 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.

Run a soft toy 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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