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MatruOS for a lab apparatus maker

Set up the way a lab apparatus maker runs: selling physics, biology and chemistry apparatus, models, microscopes and complete lab kits to lab dealers, schools and colleges, state tenders and GeM, and exporters or overseas buyers. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.

EducationReady when you sign up

  • 8routines on a timetable
  • 1workflows with approvals
  • 2SOPs and checks
  • 3registers of your own
  • 3jobs for your AI team
  • 9licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What a lab apparatus maker deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Jobs stall between turning, paint and assembly and miss tender dates. Tender and dealer money and guarantees stay stuck for months.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 9 licences for a lab apparatus 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. metal, wood and glass suppliers
  2. apparatus maker
  3. dealer, tender or exporter
  4. school or college lab

Your customers

  • Lab equipment dealers across India
  • Schools, colleges and universities
  • State education departments (tenders) and GeM buyers
  • Exporters and overseas distributors

Your suppliers

  • Brass, aluminium and steel rod dealers
  • Wood, MDF and paint dealers
  • Glassware blowers (borosilicate)
  • Optics and lens suppliers
  • Magnets, wires and electrical parts
  • Carton and thermocol packers

Credit and cash

Metals and wood bought cash or 15-30 days; dealers pay 45-90 days; tenders pay 60-120 days after inspection; exports 30-50% advance and the rest against documents

Material and labour paid weekly; tender and dealer money comes after the school budget year ends in March; export advances help

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerDealer
  • ItemApparatus
  • InvoiceBill

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for a lab apparatus 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 "Lab apparatus maker", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as a lab apparatus 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 lab apparatus 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

Builds the day's job board by due date and stage, and flags orders stuck at one stage or short of material

Reads work orders by item and calibration and inspection

Works it out and shows you

Accountant

Lists unpaid dealer and tender bills and EMDs or guarantees due back, and drafts follow-up letters

Reads tenders and quotes and work orders by item

Asks you before sending

Sales executive

Lists new lab-equipment tenders and GeM bids that match the catalogue, with due dates and documents needed

Reads tenders and quotes

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

  • 9:00 amMorning job planWorkshop foreman · 2 steps
    1. 1Allot work orders to turning, woodwork, paint and assembly
    2. 2Check metal and wood for today's jobs
  • 3:00 pmAfternoon calibration and inspectionQuality and calibration checker · 2 steps
    1. 1Check a sample from each finished lot
    2. 2Rework or reject lots outside limits
  • 6:00 pmDay's output and stage updateWorkshop foreman · 1 steps
    1. 1Update the stage of each work order

Every week1

  • Sat 5:00 pmWeekly piece-rate wagesOwner · 1 steps
    1. 1Count pieces by worker and pay piece rates

Every month1

  • 7thMonthly dealer and tender duesOwner · 2 steps
    1. 1List dealer bills over 60 days and tender bills awaiting inspection
    2. 2Follow up guarantees and EMDs to be released

Every year1

  • NovYearly catalogue and price listOwner · 2 steps
    1. 1Revise prices with metal and freight costs
    2. 2Update GeM and export catalogues

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.

Tender or GeM supply

  1. 1Tender found and specs readOwner
  2. 2Bid and EMD approvedOwnerNeeds approval
  3. 3Work order made and producedWorkshop foreman
  4. 4Inspected and calibratedQuality and calibration checker
  5. 5Delivered and receipt signedPacking and despatch clerk
  6. 6Paid and guarantee releasedOwner

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.

  • Work orders by item

    Order or tender number · Customer · Item and model · Quantity · Due date · Status

  • Calibration and inspection

    Date · Item · Lot · Checked against · Error found · Result

  • Tenders and quotes

    Buyer · Mode · Due date · Value · EMD or guarantee · Status

  • Apparatus calibration and inspection

    Apparatus gives the right reading in a student practical

    4 steps with checks

  • Kit packing and despatch

    Every item arrives whole and complete

    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
Vernier calliper (student) · piece901718%
Screw gauge · piece901718%
Meter bridge · piece902318%
Resonance tube apparatus · piece902318%
Optical bench (student) · piece902318%
Student compound microscope · piece901118%
Human torso model · piece902318%
Bar magnets (pair) · pair850518%
Borosilicate beakers (set of 5) · set701718%
Science lab kit (Class 9-10, complete) · kit902318%
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)
  • Factory licenceState factories departmentIf it applies
  • Pollution consent (CTO)State Pollution Control BoardIf it applies
  • Import Export Code (IEC)DGFT (Import Export Code)If it applies
  • GeM seller registrationGovernment e-Marketplace (GeM)If it applies
  • TrademarkTrade Marks RegistryIf it applies
  • ESI registration (ESIC)ESIC (Employees' State Insurance Corporation)If it applies
  • PF registration (EPFO)EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund Organisation)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.

OwnerPrices catalogue and tenders, deals with dealers and exporters, buys metal.
Workshop foremanPlans jobs across turning, woodwork, paint and assembly.
Quality and calibration checkerChecks scales, zero errors and optics, passes lots.
Packing and despatch clerkPacks kits, prepares invoices and export papers.

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 lab apparatus maker?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Lab apparatus 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 lab apparatus 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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