Your customers
- Paint and hardware dealers
- Painting contractors
- Builders
- Institutions and government
- Private-label traders
Construction and home · Makers and factories
MatruOS for a paint and putty maker
Set up the way a paint and putty maker runs: sale of distemper, primer, cement paint, enamel, emulsion and varnish to dealers, contractors and institutions; private-label for traders. 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 paint and putty maker deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
TiO2 and resin prices swing; formula costs updated once a year. Dealer credit and schemes computed by hand; dues stretch past 60 days.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 7 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 11 licences for a paint and putty 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.
- TiO2, resin, solvent
- paint maker
- dealer
- painter
- wall
Your suppliers
- Titanium dioxide and pigment traders
- Resin and emulsion makers
- Solvent dealers
- Calcite and china clay mills
- Tin and plastic bucket makers
Credit and cash
Dealers 30-60 days plus quarterly scheme; contractors 30 days; TiO2 and resin 15-30 days or advance; containers 30 days
Raw materials are paid in 2-4 weeks, dealers pay in 1-2 months, and the Aug-Oct pre-Diwali build-up needs a large stock loan.
Your screens use your words
CustomerDealerItemProductproductShade
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a paint and putty 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 "Paint and putty maker", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a paint and putty 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 paint and putty 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.
Ages dues, computes scheme earned per dealer, lists dealers lifting less than usual, and drafts collection messages
Asks you before sending
Recomputes cost per litre per product from current raw material and container rates and flags products below target margin
Works it out and shows you
Reminds the chemist of quarterly lead tests and keeps lab reports linked to batches and products
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 amDay's batch plan by shade and pack
- 1Pending orders by product, shade and pack size
- 2Issue raw materials per formula; weigh TiO2 and binder
2:00 pmBatch QC and shade match
- 1Viscosity, fineness and drying time on each batch
- 2Shade match against the standard panel under daylight lamp
- 3Release batch for filling
4:30 pmDealer dispatch and invoicing
- 1Pack orders, invoice and e-way bill
- 2Check dealer is within limit before loading
Every week
Mon 10:00 amDealer dues and beat plan
- 1Dues by dealer and age; plan collection visits
- 2Dealers below last month's lifting
Every month
3rdFormula repricing on raw material rates
- 1Update TiO2, resin, solvent and container rates from bills
- 2Cost per litre per product and margin vs dealer price
Every year
JulPre-Diwali stock plan
- 1Last year's Aug-Oct sales by product, shade and pack
- 2Plan raw material buying and dealer schemes for the season
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.
Dealer order to scheme credit
- 1Order taken
- 2From stock or batch made and QC passed
- 3Invoiced and dispatched
- 4Paid
- 5Scheme credit note approvedNeeds approval
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 card
Dealer orders, schemes and dues
Formula and costing book
Batch QC
Every tin matches its shade and performs on the wall
Lead limit and labelling
Stay within the lead law and label rules
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acrylic distemper | 3209 | 18% |
| Dry distemper | 3210 | 18% |
| Cement paint | 3214 | 18% |
| Interior emulsion | 3209 | 18% |
| Exterior emulsion | 3209 | 18% |
| Wall primer (water-based) | 3209 | 18% |
| Synthetic enamel | 3208 | 18% |
| Red oxide metal primer | 3208 | 18% |
| Wood varnish | 3208 | 18% |
- GST registration
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- Pollution consent (CTO)
- Factory licence
- PESO licence (fuel, gas or explosives)If it applies
- EPR registration for plastic packagingIf it applies
- BIS licence (ISI mark)If it applies
- Fire NOC
- PF registration (EPFO)
- ESI registration (ESIC)
- TrademarkIf 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.
OwnerSets prices and schemes, appoints dealers, buys TiO2 and resins, approves formulas.
ChemistFormulates, plans batches, matches shades, runs QC and lead tests.
Production supervisorRuns disperser and mills, filling and labelling, stock.
Sales executiveVisits dealers and painters, takes orders, runs schemes, collects.
AccountantInvoices, dealer ledger, scheme credit notes, GST, payroll.
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 paint and putty maker?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Paint and putty 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.
Construction and home
Other makers and factories in construction and home
Run a paint and putty 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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