Your customers
- Exporters and factories
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- Freight forwarders
Construction and home · Makers and factories
MatruOS for a pallet and crate maker
Set up the way a pallet and crate maker runs: pallets, boxes, crates and skids made to drawing, sold per piece; ISPM-15 heat treatment and marking per piece or cbm. 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 pallet and crate maker deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Wood cost per pallet not known; rates quoted on old wood price. Treatment certificates written by hand for every batch.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 9 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 6 licences for a pallet and crate 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.
- Sawmill
- pallet maker (treatment)
- factory or exporter
- container
Your suppliers
- Sawmills and timber depots
- Ply dealers
- Nail and strap sellers
- Accredited fumigation agencies
Credit and cash
Factories 30-60 days; small exporters advance or 15 days; sawmill gives 15-30 days
Wood bought on 15-30 days, sold on 30-60; HT chamber fuel and power paid monthly.
Your screens use your words
CustomerPartyItemPalletInvoiceBillproductSize
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a pallet and crate 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 "Pallet and crate maker", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a pallet and crate 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 pallet and crate 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.
Makes a cut list per pallet design from standard sawn lengths, works out cft and cost per piece, and drafts quotes and rate revisions
Asks you before sending
Checks each batch log meets 56 °C for 30 minutes, fills the treatment certificate and links it to the delivery
Asks you before signing
Ages factory bills and drafts statements and reminders
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
8:30 amMorning cut list and wood issue
- 1Pick orders due in 2 days
- 2Cut list per order from standard sawn lengths
- 3Wood free of bark for export orders
9:00 amAssembly on jigs
- 1Nails per joint as per pattern
- 2Diagonal check on every tenth pallet
- 3Count finished pieces per order
2:00 pmHeat treatment cycle and marking
- 1Probes in the thickest pieces, at least 3 per load (est.)
- 2Core at 56 °C or above held 30 continuous minutes
- 3Stamp IPPC mark with IN code, registration number and HT on two sides
5:00 pmDispatch and challans
- 1Load tempo or truck with challan
- 2Treatment certificate copy with export pallets
Every week
MonWeekly dues follow-up
- 1Bills past 30 and 60 days
- 2Statements to purchase and accounts teams
ThuWeekly wood purchase
- 1Cft needed for next week's orders
- 2Rate compare across 2-3 sawmills
Every month
5thMonth close and costing review
- 1Wood cft used per pallet type against norm
- 2Rate revision for customers if wood moved more than 5%
Every year
JunISPM-15 accreditation renewal and audit
- 1Renew treatment provider accreditation with PPQS
- 2Probe calibration certificates filed
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.
Export pallet order
- 1Drawing and quantity received
- 2Rate and date confirmedNeeds approval
- 3Made on jig
- 4Heat treated and marked
- 5Delivered with certificate
- 6Paid
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.
Orders and specs
Heat treatment log
Deliveries and dues
ISPM-15 heat treatment
Export packing that clears quarantine at destination
Pallet and box build
Pallets that carry their rated load without breaking
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 4-way pallet 1200x1000 (pine) HT | 4415 | 5% |
| 2-way pallet 1200x1000 (hardwood) | 4415 | 5% |
| Heavy duty skid pallet | 4415 | 5% |
| Wooden packing box with ply lid | 4415 | 5% |
| Open crate (machinery) | 4415 | 5% |
| Ply box (no treatment needed) | 4415 | 5% |
| ISPM-15 heat treatment and marking | 998599 | 18% |
| Wood offcuts and sawdust | 4401 | 5% |
- GST registration
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- Trade licence
- Factory licenceIf it applies
- Fire NOCIf it applies
- Other licence or contractIf 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.
OwnerTakes orders and drawings, costs and quotes, buys wood, collects.
SupervisorCut lists, daily output, treatment batches, dispatch.
CarpenterCut planks and blocks, nail on jigs, make boxes.
HT chamber operatorLoads chamber, places probes, runs and logs the cycle, stamps the mark.
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 pallet and crate maker?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Pallet and crate 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 pallet and crate 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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