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MatruOS for an edible oil wholesaler

Set up the way an edible oil wholesaler runs: margin per tin or carton between refiner or mill rate and selling rate; cash discounts and quantity schemes from refiners; gains (or losses) on stock when the market moves. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.

Food and groceryReady when you sign up

  • 9routines on a timetable
  • 2workflows with approvals
  • 2SOPs and checks
  • 3registers of your own
  • 3jobs for your AI team
  • 7licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What an edible oil wholesaler deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Booking at the wrong time: a falling market leaves the trader with costly stock. Rate list typed and sent by hand every morning; parties get stale rates.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 9 routines, 2 workflows, 3 registers and 7 licences for an edible oil wholesaler, 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. Importer or oilseed crusher
  2. refiner and packer
  3. broker
  4. wholesaler
  5. kirana and halwai
  6. consumer

Your customers

  • Kirana shops
  • Sweet shops and halwais
  • Namkeen and snack makers
  • Hotels and dhabas
  • Caterers
  • Sub-wholesalers in nearby towns
  • Institutions (hostels and canteens)

Your suppliers

  • Refiners and packers (soybean, palm, sunflower, rice bran)
  • Regional oil mills (mustard, groundnut, sesame, cottonseed)
  • Oil brokers (dalals)
  • Transporters

Credit and cash

Refiners want RTGS advance at booking or before lifting; mills give 7-15 days to old parties; kiranas 7-15 days; halwais and caterers 15-30 days; broker paid brokerage per tin or per tonne

One truckload (about 1,200 tins) needs Rs 25-30 lakh paid in advance; stock sold over 7-15 days; collections 7-30 days later; most traders run on a bank cash-credit limit against stock and debtors

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerParty
  • ItemTin
  • InvoiceBill
  • SupplierCompany
  • productOil

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for an edible oil wholesaler

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 "Edible oil wholesaler", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as an edible oil wholesalerRoutines, 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 edible oil wholesaler

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.

Sales executive

Prepares the day's rate list by oil and pack with the owner's margin and sends it to party groups once approved

Reads refiner rates from broker messages, futures summary and last buying cost from sauda book

Asks you before sending

Store keeper

Shows days of stock by oil, open sauda to lift, and how much more can be booked within the cash and bank limit; warns when advance paid exceeds stock lifted

Reads tin stock, sauda book, last 30 days' sales and open collections

Works it out and shows you

Accountant

Ages every party's dues, flags parties over limit or days, plans tomorrow's collection list and drafts reminders

Reads party 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 day5

  • 9:30 amRead the market and fix today's rate listSeth (owner) · 4 steps
    1. 1Note palm and soybean oil futures and the broker's refiner rates
    2. 2Note any import duty or government notice on edible oils
    3. 3Set today's selling rate per tin and carton by oil
    4. 4Send the rate list to party WhatsApp groups
  • 11:00 amBook or hold sauda with refinersSeth (owner) · 4 steps
    1. 1Check stock in tins by oil against 7-10 days of sales
    2. 2Check open sauda not yet lifted
    3. 3Book a lot only within the bank limit and expected collections
    4. 4Record booking in the sauda book with broker and lift-by date
  • 2:00 pmReceive a truck and check tinsGodown in-charge · 4 steps
    1. 1Match tins on the truck with the company invoice and e-way bill
    2. 2Weigh 5 tins at random against declared net quantity
    3. 3Count leaking or dented tins and take a photo for the claim
    4. 4Check FSSAI licence number, batch, packing date and MRP on the label
  • 3:30 pmLoad tempos for the delivery roundGodown in-charge · 3 steps
    1. 1Pick orders oldest-batch first (FIFO)
    2. 2Print bill and e-way bill where value is above Rs 50,000
    3. 3Driver gets signed copy back
  • 7:00 pmCollections and day closeMunim (accountant) · 3 steps
    1. 1Enter cash, cheques and UPI received by party
    2. 2List parties past their days and over their limit
    3. 3Plan tomorrow's collection calls for the salesman

Every week1

  • SunPhysical tin count in all godownsGodown in-charge · 3 steps
    1. 1Count tins by oil and pack in each godown
    2. 2Match with book stock; explain any difference
    3. 3Move leaking tins aside for company claim

Every month1

  • 10thGST returns, bank stock statement and refiner reconciliationMunim (accountant) · 3 steps
    1. 1File GSTR-1 by the 11th; GSTR-3B by the 20th
    2. 2Send stock and debtor statement to the bank for the cash-credit limit
    3. 3Reconcile refiner ledger: advances, lifted, schemes and leak claims

Every year1

  • AprRe-verify weighing scales and renew licencesMunim (accountant) · 3 steps
    1. 1Weighing scale verified and stamped by Legal Metrology
    2. 2FSSAI licence renewal date checked
    3. 3Mandi licence renewed where oil is notified under the state APMC act

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.

Sauda to stock

  1. 1Rate called by brokerDalal (broker)
  2. 2Sauda bookedSeth (owner)Needs approval
  3. 3Advance paid by RTGSMunim (accountant)
  4. 4Truck dispatchedDalal (broker)
  5. 5Received and checkedGodown in-charge
  6. 6Invoice and claims settledMunim (accountant)

Party order to payment

  1. 1Order takenSalesman
  2. 2Credit checkSeth (owner)Needs approval
  3. 3Billed and loadedGodown in-charge
  4. 4Delivered and signedTempo driver and loaders
  5. 5Payment receivedSalesman

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.

  • Sauda (booking) book

    Booking date · Company or mill · Oil · Pack · Quantity (tins or cartons) · Rate · Broker · Advance paid

  • Tin stock

    Date · Oil and pack · Godown · In · Out · Balance · Batch and packing date · Leaking or dented

  • Party ledger

    Party name · Phone · Type · Bill date · Bill amount · Received · Days allowed · Credit limit

  • Receiving oil tins and jars

    Accept only full, sealed, correctly labelled oil and claim every leak

    6 steps with checks

  • Godown storage of edible oil

    Stop rancidity, leaks and mix-ups

    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
Refined soybean oil (15 litre tin) · tin1507905%
Refined palmolein (15 kg tin) · tin1511905%
Refined sunflower oil (15 litre tin) · tin1512195%
Refined rice bran oil (15 litre tin) · tin1515905%
Kachi ghani mustard oil (15 kg tin) · tin1514915%
Groundnut oil (15 kg tin) · tin1508905%
Refined cottonseed oil (15 kg tin) · tin1512295%
Sesame (til) oil (15 kg tin) · tin1515905%
Vanaspati (15 kg tin) · tin1516205%
Refined soybean oil (1 litre pouch) · carton of 101507905%
Mustard oil (1 litre bottle) · carton of 121514915%
Refined oil (5 litre jar) · jar1507905%
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)
  • FSSAI food licenceFSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)
  • Shops and Establishments registrationState labour department (Shops and Establishments Act)
  • Trade licenceMunicipal corporation or panchayat
  • Weighing scale stampingLegal Metrology department
  • APMC mandi licenceAPMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee)If it applies
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)

Your people

The people who run it, each with their own login

Each person sees the screens and reminders for the work they do.

Seth (owner)Reads the market, books sauda with refiners, fixes the day's selling rate, decides credit, deals with the bank.
Munim (accountant)Bills, ledger, GST returns, RTGS to refiners, collection follow-up.
Godown in-chargeUnloads trucks, counts tins, checks leaks and batch codes, loads tempos.
SalesmanVisits kiranas and halwais, takes orders, collects cheques and cash.
Dalal (broker)Calls rates from refiners, books sauda, chases dispatch.
Tempo driver and loadersDeliver to shops, bring back empty jars where returnable.

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 edible oil wholesaler?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Edible oil wholesaler". 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 edible oil wholesaler 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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