Your customers
- Kernel brokers
- Exporters
- Domestic packers and brands
- Dry-fruit wholesalers
- Sweet makers and bakeries
- CNSL plants (shells)
Food and grocery · Makers and factories
MatruOS for a cashew processing unit
Set up the way a cashew processing unit runs: value of graded kernels (wholes W180-W450, splits, butts, pieces) over the cost of raw nut, plus shell or CNSL sales and job processing for exporters. 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 cashew processing unit deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Real out-turn of a lot comes out lower than the cutting test, and the loss is found only after the lot is finished. Shelling breakage pulls down whole %; nobody sees which sheller or cooker batch caused it.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 10 routines, 2 workflows, 3 registers and 11 licences for a cashew processing unit, 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.
- cashew farmer or African origin
- RCN trader or importer
- processor
- broker
- exporter, brand or wholesaler
- shop
Your suppliers
- RCN importers and traders (West Africa)
- Local farmers and RCN agents
- Tin and pouch makers
- Carton makers
- Firewood and boiler fuel sellers
- Women workers
Credit and cash
Imported RCN on LC or 90-180 day usance; Indian RCN cash in Mar-May; kernels sold through a broker with payment in 15-30 days; exports against LC or advance; workers paid weekly
The big outflow is buying 3-6 months of RCN in the season or on LC. Wages go out every week. Kernel money comes 15-30 days after sale. Bank packing credit and cash-credit limits carry the stock, and interest on them eats the margin if kernels wait for a price.
Your screens use your words
CustomerBuyerOrderContractItemKernelproductGradeSupplierRCN supplierBatchLot
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a cashew processing unit
Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.
- Describe the business in one lineFor example "Cashew processing unit", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a cashew processing unitRoutines, 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 cashew processing unit
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.
Each evening works out wholes, splits and pieces by lot and by sheller, the actual KOR so far against the cutting test, and lists shellers and cooker batches with low whole %
Works it out and shows you
Prepares the weekly wage sheet by worker and section, tops up anyone below the minimum wage, works out EPF and ESI and drafts the bank payment list
Asks you before paying
Every Monday lists stock by grade with days held and this week's quotes, and suggests which grades to offer brokers
Asks you before sending
Prepares the bank stock statement, lists LCs and usance bills due in 60 days, and shows interest carried on old stock
Asks you before sending
Works out how many bags of Indian RCN to buy in the season to keep the factory running to the next season, and the cash or bank limit needed
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 day
7:00 amSteam-cook nuts and run the shelling hall
- 1Take the cooled nuts cooked yesterday by lot; note lot number on the issue slip
- 2Steam-cook today's bags: about 4 bags a batch for 20-30 minutes, then spread to cool for a day
- 3Issue cooked nuts to each sheller by weight and start the cutters
- 4Weigh each sheller's wholes and splits separately at the end of the shift
- 5Apply oil or ash cream on hands before cutting to stop CNSL burns
8:00 amBorma drying, humidifying and peeling
- 1Load yesterday's shelled kernels in trays into the borma
- 2Borma temperature
- 3Dry for 6-8 hours, then rest in the humid room 4-6 hours so the testa comes off
- 4Issue to peelers by weight and take back peeled kernels and testa
2:00 pmGrade and pack kernels in tins
- 1Graders sort by size and colour into W, SW, butts, splits and pieces
- 2Kernel moisture before packing
- 3Fill 25 lb (11.34 kg) tins, pull vacuum, inject CO2 and seal
- 4Mark grade, lot and packed date and enter the tins in kernel stock
6:00 pmDaily lot yield and whole % report
- 1Total wholes, splits and pieces by lot and by sheller
- 2Compare actual KOR with the cutting-test KOR for the lot
- 3Speak to shellers whose whole % is below the hall average
Every week
SatWeekly piece-wage sheet with EPF and ESI
- 1Total each worker's kg by section and multiply by the piece rate
- 2Check the daily earning is not below the state minimum wage for cashew
- 3Deduct EPF and ESI shares and prepare the bank or cash list
- 4Owner approves before payment
MonKernel price and grade stock review with brokers
- 1Note this week's broker quotes for W240, W320, splits and pieces
- 2Look at tins in stock by grade and how long they have been held
- 3Decide what to sell now and what to hold for Diwali
Every month
5thBank stock statement and LC due dates
- 1Value RCN and kernel stock for the bank's drawing power
- 2List LCs and usance bills falling due in the next 60 days
- 3Work out interest carried on stock held over 60 days
Every year
AugDiwali kernel orders and licence renewals
- 1Book Diwali orders from brands and wholesalers; plan grades
- 2Renew factory licence, FSSAI and RCMC dates that fall in the year
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.
RCN lot to graded kernels
- 1Sample cut-tested
- 2Purchase approvedNeeds approval
- 3Received and stored
- 4Cooked, shelled and peeled
- 5Graded and packed
- 6Lot closed with actual KOR
Kernel sale through a broker
- 1Broker offer received
- 2Price and grade agreedNeeds approval
- 3Tins drawn and invoiced
- 4Payment received
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.
RCN lots
Section output and piece wages
Kernel stock by grade
RCN cutting test (out-turn)
Know the kernel a lot will give before paying for it
Kernel drying, grading and packing
Ship kernels that pass buyer and export checks
Shelling hall safety and hygiene
Stop CNSL burns and keep the hall food-safe
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cashew kernels W180 | 08013200 | 5% |
| Cashew kernels W240 | 08013200 | 5% |
| Cashew kernels W320 | 08013200 | 5% |
| Cashew kernels W450 | 08013200 | 5% |
| Scorched wholes (SW) | 08013200 | 5% |
| Splits (JH or K) | 08013200 | 5% |
| Butts | 08013200 | 5% |
| Large white pieces (LWP) | 08013200 | 5% |
| Small white pieces (SWP) | 08013200 | 5% |
| Baby bits (BB) | 08013200 | 5% |
| Cashew shell | 14049090 | 5% |
| Cashew testa (husk) | 14049090 | 5% |
- GST registration
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- FSSAI food licence
- Factory licence
- PF registration (EPFO)
- ESI registration (ESIC)
- Import Export Code (IEC)
- Export council membership (RCMC)
- Boiler registration and certificateIf it applies
- Pollution consent (CTO)If it applies
- Professional tax registration
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 RCN after the cutting test, opens LCs, sells kernels through brokers, deals with the bank.
Factory managerPlans cooking by lot, watches whole % and moisture, keeps section registers, handles labour and inspectors.
Cooker and borma operatorSteam-cooks the nuts, runs the borma drier, keeps temperature and time.
Shelling supervisor (maistry)Issues cooked nuts to shellers, weighs wholes and splits, checks breakage.
Women shellers peelers and gradersCut nuts, peel testa, grade by size and colour; paid per kg or per day.
Packer and QCChecks kernel moisture, fills tins, vacuum and CO2, labels lot and grade.
Accounts and welfare clerkPiece-wage sheet, EPF and ESI, GST, bank stock statement.
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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 cashew processing unit?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Cashew processing unit". 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.
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