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MatruOS for an essential oil field distiller

Set up the way an essential oil field distiller runs: distillation charge on neighbours' herb (per batch or per kg of oil); sale of oil from own crop; margin on oil bought from farmers and sold to traders; sale of mint suckers and lemongrass slips as planting material. 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
  • 2workflows with approvals
  • 2SOPs and checks
  • 3registers of your own
  • 3jobs for your AI team
  • 5licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What an essential oil field distiller deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Farmers dispute how much oil came from their herb and what they owe. Oil sold on the wrong day when the rate swings Rs 100-200 a kg in a week.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 2 workflows, 3 registers and 5 licences for an essential oil field distiller, 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. Farmer (herb)
  2. field distiller (crude oil)
  3. trader or commission agent
  4. dementholisation unit (menthol crystal, DMO)
  5. pharma, FMCG and export

Your customers

  • Neighbour farmers (distillation service)
  • Oil traders and commission agents (Chandausi, Barabanki, Badaun)
  • Dementholisation and menthol crystal units
  • Fragrance and flavour houses (for lemongrass, palmarosa and vetiver)
  • Attar makers of Kannauj

Your suppliers

  • Farmers (herb and oil)
  • Fabricators of tanks and condensers
  • Firewood and fuel sellers
  • Can and drum sellers
  • CSIR-CIMAP (planting material and training)

Credit and cash

Farmers pay the distillation charge in cash or let the distiller deduct it in oil; oil bought from farmers is paid on the day at the market rate; traders pay cash or within 1-7 days; menthol units pay 7-30 days

Costs fall in Jan-Mar (suckers, land, fertiliser) and May-Sep (fuel, labour); oil can be held in cans for months to wait for a better rate; most families sell part at harvest for cash and hold the rest

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerFarmer
  • OrderBatch
  • ItemHerb
  • InvoiceOil slip
  • productOil
  • employeeBhatti worker

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for an essential oil field distiller

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 "Essential oil field distiller", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as an essential oil field distillerRoutines, 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 an essential oil field distiller

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

Totals the day's batches and oil per farmer, shows recovery % against the usual range, and drafts tomorrow's queue so herb does not wait

Reads batch register and farmer accounts

Works it out and shows you

Sales executive

Shows stock by crop, its cost and value at today's rate, and the trend over the last weeks, and drafts a sell or hold note

Reads oil ledger, market rates the owner enters and trader offers

Works it out and shows you

Accountant

Works out each farmer's charges, oil deducted, oil held and advances, and drafts a WhatsApp statement for each farmer

Reads batch register, farmer accounts and oil ledger

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 day3

  • 4:30 amLoad and fire the first batchBhatti worker · 4 steps
    1. 1Check the tank bottom water level and the gasket
    2. 2Load wilted herb evenly and tread it down; close and clamp the lid
    3. 3Fire the furnace with dried spent herb or wood
    4. 4Condenser outlet water cool to the hand; distillate below 40 °C
  • 8:00 amSeparate, weigh and record oil per batchOwner-distiller · 4 steps
    1. 1Draw oil from the separator once the flow stops showing oil
    2. 2Weigh in front of the farmer and write the slip
    3. 3Note the recovery %
    4. 4Fill and seal cans; mark farmer name and date
  • 7:30 pmDay's batches, charges and oil heldOwner-distiller · 3 steps
    1. 1Total batches, oil per farmer and charges
    2. 2Tomorrow's queue of farmers and herb ready
    3. 3Firewood and spent-herb fuel left

Every week1

  • Mon, ThuCheck the oil rate and decide what to sellOwner-distiller · 3 steps
    1. 1Note the Chandausi or Barabanki rate and the trader's offer
    2. 2Compare with oil in stock and its cost
    3. 3Decide how much to sell now and how much to hold

Every month1

  • 28thSettle farmer accountsOwner-distiller · 3 steps
    1. 1Charges due per farmer less oil deducted
    2. 2Oil held for farmers and its value at today's rate
    3. 3Sucker advances to recover

Every year1

  • NovSeason's account and next year's planOwner-distiller · 3 steps
    1. 1Total oil distilled, oil sold and average rate
    2. 2Farmers who will plant next year and their acres
    3. 3Decide whether to add a tank or move to an improved still

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.

Farmer's herb to paid oil

  1. 1Batch bookedOwner-distiller
  2. 2Herb delivered and loadedBhatti worker
  3. 3Oil weighed with the farmerOwner-distiller
  4. 4Charge settledFarmerNeeds approval

Oil lot sold to trader or unit

  1. 1Rate agreedOwner-distillerNeeds approval
  2. 2Sample tested by buyerOil trader
  3. 3Weighed and handed overOwner-distiller
  4. 4Payment receivedOwner-distiller

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 (tanki) register

    Date · Tank · Farmer · Crop · Herb loaded (quintal) · Start time · End time · Oil recovered (kg)

  • Oil stock and sales ledger

    Date · Movement · Party · Crop oil · Quantity (kg) · Rate per kg · Can numbers · Menthol or main component % (if tested)

  • Farmer account

    Farmer · Phone · Village · Acres under crop · Suckers or advance given · Charges due · Oil held for farmer (kg)

  • Running a field still batch

    Full oil recovery with less fuel and no burnt herb

    5 steps with checks

  • Oil separation, storage and testing

    Clean oil that fetches the full rate

    5 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
Mentha arvensis crude oil (own crop) · kg33012418%
Lemongrass oil · kg33012918%
Palmarosa oil · kg33012918%
Vetiver (khus) oil · kg33012918%
Citronella oil · kg33012918%
Distillation charge (per batch) · batch99881718%
Distillation charge (per kg oil) · kg99881718%
Mint suckers (planting material) · quintal06020%
Lemongrass slips · thousand06020%
Spent herb (fuel or compost) · tonne14040%
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)If it applies
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)If it applies
  • Boiler registration and certificateState Boiler Inspectorate (Boilers Act 2025)If it applies
  • Pollution consent (CTO)State Pollution Control BoardIf it applies
  • APMC mandi licenceAPMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee)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.

Owner-distillerBooks batches, weighs oil before the farmer, sells oil, keeps farmer accounts.
Bhatti workerLoads and unloads the tank, fires the furnace, keeps condenser water flowing, dries spent herb.
FarmerCuts and wilts the herb, brings it in the trolley, watches his oil being weighed.
Oil traderBuys oil at the daily rate, checks it, pays cash or on short credit.

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 essential oil field distiller?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Essential oil field distiller". 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 an essential oil field distiller 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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