Your customers
- Stationery wholesalers and distributors
- Government schools and supply tenders
- Anganwadi and ECCE programmes
- Coaching institutes
- Private-label buyers
Education · Makers and factories
MatruOS for a chalk and crayon maker
Set up the way a chalk and crayon maker runs: selling white, dustless and coloured chalk, wax crayons, slates and slate pencils to stationery wholesalers, school supply, programmes and private-label buyers. 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 chalk and crayon maker deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Breakage and rejects are not counted, so cost per box is unknown. Plaster and boxes run out when a big order comes.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 6 licences for a chalk and crayon 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.
- mineral and wax suppliers
- chalk and crayon unit
- wholesaler or tender
- school and child
Your suppliers
- Plaster of Paris and calcium carbonate makers (Rajasthan, Gujarat)
- Paraffin wax and pigment dealers
- Slate board and frame makers, slate stone cutters
- Carton and wrapper printers
Credit and cash
Plaster and wax mostly cash or 15 days; wholesalers pay 30-60 days; government supply 60-120 days
Stock is built Dec-Mar; school opening sales Apr-Jul; monsoon slows drying and sales
Your screens use your words
CustomerPartyItemBoxInvoiceBill
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a chalk and crayon 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 "Chalk and crayon maker", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a chalk and crayon 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 chalk and crayon 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.
Works out today's moulds per product from open orders and stock, and the plaster, wax and pigment needed
Works it out and shows you
Drafts the weekly purchase of plaster, wax, pigment and boxes from use per box and open orders
Asks you before paying
Lists overdue parties and amounts and drafts 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
8:00 amMorning mixing and pouring
- 1Weigh plaster and water to the batch ratio
- 2Oil moulds and pour
11:00 amKnock-out and sun drying
- 1Knock out set sticks and lay on drying trays
- 2Count broken sticks for remix
5:30 pmEvening packing and count
- 1Pack dried sticks into boxes and cartons
- 2Record boxes packed per product
Every week
Mon 10:00 amWeekly orders and material
- 1List open orders by party and product
- 2Buy plaster, wax and boxes for the week
Every month
5thMonthly party dues
- 1List parties overdue past 45 days
- 2Call or message each one
Every year
AprYearly papers and tender registration
- 1Renew Udyam details, GeM and state supply registration
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.
Party order to payment
- 1Order taken
- 2Price and credit agreedNeeds approval
- 3Made and packed
- 4Delivered 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.
Batch and moulding log
Drying and packing
Party orders and dues
Chalk and crayon batch
Sticks that write smoothly and do not break or crumble
Dust control and worker safety
Protect workers' lungs
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 |
|---|---|---|
| White chalk (box of 100) | 9609 | 0% |
| Dustless white chalk (box of 100) | 9609 | 0% |
| Coloured chalk (box of 50) | 9609 | 0% |
| Wax crayons (12 colours) | 9609 | 0% |
| Wax crayons (24 colours) | 9609 | 0% |
| Writing slate (framed) | 9610 | 0% |
| Slate pencils (box of 100) | 9609 | 0% |
| Tailor's chalk (dozen) | 9609 | 0% |
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- GST registrationIf it applies
- Factory licenceIf it applies
- Pollution consent (CTO)If it applies
- TrademarkIf it applies
- GeM seller registrationIf 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.
OwnerBuys plaster and wax, sells to wholesalers, sets prices.
Moulding workerMixes and pours, knocks out sticks, cleans moulds.
PackerSorts broken pieces, counts and packs boxes, labels cartons.
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 chalk and crayon maker?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Chalk and crayon 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.
Education
Other makers and factories in education
Run a chalk and crayon 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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