Your customers
- Retail electricals shops
- Electrical contractors
- Builders and project sites
- Panel builders
- Institutions
Electronics and appliances · Traders and distributors
MatruOS for an electrical goods distributor
Set up the way an electrical goods distributor runs: distributor margin on wires, cables, switchgear, switches, fans and lighting; quarterly and annual target incentives; cash discounts for early payment to the brand; project sales to builders and contractors. 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 an electrical goods distributor deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Copper-linked price changes every 15-20 days; buying at the wrong time costs margin. Dealers stretch credit beyond 60-90 days.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 7 licences for an electrical goods distributor, 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.
- Maker
- distributor or stockist
- retail electricals shop or contractor
- electrician
- home or site
Your suppliers
- Wire and cable makers
- Switchgear and switch makers
- Fan and lighting makers
Credit and cash
Brands range from no credit with bank channel finance to 15-30 days to 80+ days (Investec survey); distributor gives retailers 30-60 days and contractors 45-90 days; cash discount 1-3% for payment within 7 days
Brand billing due before retailers pay; stock bought ahead of announced copper-linked price rises; money stuck with contractors and builders until project bills clear
Your screens use your words
CustomerDealerInvoiceBillproductItemSupplierCompany
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for an electrical goods distributor
Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.
- Describe the business in one lineFor example "Electrical goods distributor", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as an electrical goods distributorRoutines, 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 an electrical goods distributor
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.
Shows stock cover by wire size and drafts a buy-ahead plan when a price rise is notified
Asks you before sending
Lists overdue dealers by salesman and age, flags those to put on hold and drafts reminders
Asks you before sending
Works out targets reached, cash discounts and incentives due and drafts claims to each company
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
9:30 amCopper and company price list watch
- 1Read copper price and company circulars
- 2Decide whether to buy ahead of a notified price rise
10:00 amMorning beat and order taking
- 1Visit dealers on today's beat
- 2Take orders at the current price list
- 3Collect cheques and UPI due today
2:00 pmBilling and dispatch
- 1Bill orders; block dealers over limit
- 2Pick, pack and load by route
- 3E-way bill for loads over Rs 50,000
Every week
SatWeekly collection and credit review
- 1List dealers past credit days and cheques bounced
- 2Give each salesman his collection list for next week
Every month
2ndMonth-end company target and scheme claim
- 1Total purchases by company against the target
- 2Claim cash discounts and incentives
- 3Pass retailer schemes to dealers
25thMonthly stock count
- 1Count wires by size and colour, switchgear by rating
- 2List slow items and damaged coils
Every year
MarYear-end balance confirmation
- 1Get balance confirmations from dealers and companies
- 2Check TDS/TCS on purchases and sales above Rs 50 lakh
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 payment
- 1Order taken
- 2Credit check passed or owner approvesNeeds approval
- 3Billed and dispatched
- 4Payment collected
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.
Dealer orders
Dealer credit
Company schemes
Dealer credit control
Sell on credit without bad debts
Defective goods return
Get company credit for genuine defects
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 |
|---|---|---|
| House wire 1.5 sq mm FR (90 m coil) | 8544 | 18% |
| House wire 2.5 sq mm FR (90 m coil) | 8544 | 18% |
| Armoured cable 4 core 16 sq mm | 8544 | 18% |
| MCB single pole | 8536 | 18% |
| RCCB 40 A | 8536 | 18% |
| Distribution board 8 way | 8537 | 18% |
| Modular switch 6 A | 8536 | 18% |
| Modular socket 16 A | 8536 | 18% |
| Ceiling fan | 8414 | 18% |
| LED bulb 9 W | 8539 | 18% |
| LED panel light 15 W | 9405 | 18% |
| PVC conduit pipe 25 mm | 3917 | 18% |
- GST registration
- Shops and Establishments registration
- Trade licence
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- Professional tax registrationIf it applies
- PF registration (EPFO)If it applies
- ESI registration (ESIC)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.
OwnerDeals with companies, sets credit limits, buys ahead of price changes, approves project rates.
SalesmanVisits dealers on beat, takes orders, collects payments.
Godown in-chargePicks and packs, dispatches by tempo, counts stock.
AccountantBills, posts receipts, files scheme claims, banks cheques.
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 an electrical goods distributor?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Electrical goods distributor". 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.
Electronics and appliances
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Run an electrical goods distributor on one system Set up for your trade when you sign up.
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