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MatruOS for a cardamom planter and curing house

Set up the way a cardamom planter and curing house runs: dried cardamom sold through licensed auctioneers in the Spices Board e-auction; curing charges from neighbours; some pepper and coffee grown under the same shade. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.

Farming and dairyReady when you sign up

  • 8routines on a timetable
  • 1workflows with approvals
  • 2SOPs and checks
  • 4registers of your own
  • 3jobs for your AI team
  • 1licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What a cardamom planter and curing house deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Spray records missing, so lots fail residue checks or fetch less. Picker wages and jeep trips totalled by hand every week.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 4 registers and 1 licence for a cardamom planter and curing house, 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. Planter
  2. licensed auctioneer
  3. e-auction at Puttady or Bodinayakanur
  4. dealer
  5. wholesaler or exporter

Your customers

  • Licensed cardamom auctioneers (e-auction pooling)
  • Licensed dealers (only through the auction)

Your suppliers

  • Picker gangs and jeep drivers
  • Agri-input shop
  • Firewood or power
  • Spices Board (subsidies)
  • NABL lab (residue test, medium)

Credit and cash

Auctioneer pays about 10 working days after the auction less 1% commission; pickers paid weekly in cash; input shop gives credit to the end of season

Money comes in Aug-Feb with each round; summer irrigation and fertiliser (Mar-May) are paid from savings or crop loans; growers often hold dry stock hoping for higher averages

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerAuctioneer
  • OrderPooling
  • ItemLot
  • InvoiceAuction bill
  • productCardamom
  • SupplierInput shop

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for a cardamom planter and curing house

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 "Cardamom planter and curing house", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as a cardamom planter and curing houseRoutines, 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 cardamom planter and curing house

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.

Accountant

Totals picker days, wages and jeep trips for the week, deducts advances, shows fresh kg per picker and cost per kg

Reads picking rounds register

Asks you before paying

Sales executive

Writes a short weekly note on auction averages and highest prices at Puttady and Bodinayakanur, the stock in hand and its quality, and matches past lots to payments

Reads Spices Board daily auction results, curing batches and auction lots

Works it out and shows you

Operations head

Checks each block's last spray against its waiting days before the next round and warns if picking is planned too soon; flags products not label-claimed for cardamom

Reads spray and fertiliser diary and picking rounds

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 day2

  • 8:00 amPicking round in the fieldSupervisor (kanakkapillai) · 3 steps
    1. 1Count pickers off the jeep and note the block
    2. 2Pick only fully ripe capsules; no immature or broken panicles
    3. 3Weigh fresh capsules by 16:00 and note in picking rounds
  • 5:00 pmLoad and run the curing houseDrier operator · 3 steps
    1. 1Wash capsules, drain, spread thin on trays
    2. 2Keep 50 °C for the first hours then lower as capsules lose moisture
    3. 3Unload after 18-24 hours, rub and polish, cool and bag

Every week3

  • SatWeekly picker wages and jeep hirePlanter · 2 steps
    1. 1Total picker days and jeep trips for the week
    2. 2Pay wages; note any advance given to the gang leader
  • TueDecide which lot to pool and at which auctionPlanter · 3 steps
    1. 1Check the last week's auction averages and highest price at both centres
    2. 2Check stock in hand and its colour and moisture
    3. 3Pool with the auctioneer and note lot number
  • MonSpray diary and residue check before pickingPlanter · 2 steps
    1. 1Note each spray with product, dose and block
    2. 2Do not pick a block before the waiting days of its last spray

Every month1

  • 1stCheck auction payments receivedPlanter · 2 steps
    1. 1Match each lot's auction bill with the bank credit
    2. 2Follow up any lot unpaid after 10 working days

Every year1

  • MarSeason close and estate registration renewalPlanter · 2 steps
    1. 1Total kg per acre, cost per kg and average price got
    2. 2Renew Spices Board registration and crop insurance if due

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.

Round to auction payment

  1. 1Round picked and weighedSupervisor (kanakkapillai)
  2. 2Cured and baggedDrier operator
  3. 3Pooled with auctioneerPlanterNeeds approval
  4. 4Sold in e-auctionPlanter
  5. 5Payment receivedPlanter

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.

  • Picking rounds

    Date · Round number · Block · Pickers · Fresh kg picked · Wages paid · Jeep trips

  • Curing batches

    Date · Owner of produce · Fresh kg in · Dry kg out · Hours in drier · Fuel used · Colour · Curing charge

  • Spray and fertiliser diary

    Date · Block · Product (generic name) · Dose per litre · Target pest or need · Waiting days before picking

  • Auction lots

    Pooling date · Auctioneer · Lot number · Quantity (kg) · Price per kg · Net amount after commission · Payment due date · Received

  • Picking and curing for green colour

    Get bold green capsules that fetch the top auction price

    4 steps with checks

  • Spraying within residue limits

    Avoid lots rejected by exporters for pesticide residue

    4 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
Dried small cardamom (pooled lot) · kg090831105%
Dried small cardamom bold (7 mm and above) · kg090831105%
Cardamom rejections and splits · kg090831105%
Curing charge for neighbours · kg dry9986110%
Black pepper (intercrop) · kg090411305%
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)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.

PlanterPlans rounds, hires gangs, decides when to pool and at which auction, keeps Spices Board papers.
Supervisor (kanakkapillai)Leads the picking gang, counts pickers, weighs fresh capsules, pays wages.
PickersPick only ripe capsules, carry bags to the weighing point.
Drier operatorLoads trays, keeps temperature, turns and unloads, polishes and bags.

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 cardamom planter and curing house?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Cardamom planter and curing house". 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 cardamom planter and curing house 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.

See plans and what each includes
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