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MatruOS for a food repacker

Set up the way a food repacker runs: packing margin and brand premium over bulk price; private-label packing fee; better rates from selling packed goods to modern trade. 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

  • 8routines on a timetable
  • 1workflows with approvals
  • 2SOPs and checks
  • 3registers of your own
  • 3jobs for your AI team
  • 9licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What a food repacker deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Overfill giveaway of 5-10 g a pack goes unnoticed and short packs bring fines. Bulk prices move and the printed MRP stops covering cost.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 9 licences for a food repacker, 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. mill or wholesaler
  2. repacker
  3. distributor or chain
  4. retail

Your customers

  • Kirana shops and wholesalers
  • Distributors
  • Supermarkets and chains (private label)
  • Quick-commerce and online sellers
  • Institutions and canteens

Your suppliers

  • Dal mills and rice mills
  • Sugar wholesalers
  • Spice grinders and traders
  • Dry-fruit importers and wholesalers
  • Pouch and laminate printers
  • Carton makers

Credit and cash

Bulk bought on 7-15 days; kirana on 15-30 days; modern trade 30-60 days with returns of near-expiry stock

Bulk stock 2-4 weeks plus 3-6 months of printed laminate, paid before retailers pay; a price fall leaves high-cost stock

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerParty
  • ItemPack
  • InvoiceBill
  • SupplierMill
  • productPack

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for a food repacker

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 "Food repacker", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as a food repackerRoutines, 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 food repacker

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.

Store keeper

Works out cost per pack from today's bulk rate, cleaning loss and packing, compares with the printed MRP and trade rate, and flags laminate stock at old MRPs

Reads bulk inward, packing run and price notes

Works it out and shows you

Operations head

Reminds of hourly fill checks and flags short packs and high giveaway per line

Reads packing run

Works it out and shows you

Accountant

Ages dues by party, checks expiry claims, checks GST rate by pack type on bills, and drafts statements and 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 day3

  • 10:00 amBulk rates and buyingOwner · 3 steps
    1. 1Note today's bulk rates for dal, sugar, spices and dry fruits
    2. 2Compare with stock cost and printed MRP margin
    3. 3Decide buys for the next week's packing plan
  • 11:00 amFill-weight check on every runPacking supervisor · 4 steps
    1. 1Weigh 10 packs at the start of every run and every hour
    2. 2No pack below declared quantity minus the tolerance
    3. 3Average giveaway per pack
    4. 4Batch, packing date, best before and MRP clear
  • 5:00 pmTake orders and dispatchSalesmen · 2 steps
    1. 1Enter the day's beat orders
    2. 2Plan tomorrow's van loads and bills

Every week2

  • MonParty dues and expiry claimsAccountant · 3 steps
    1. 1List bills older than 30 days by party
    2. 2Check expiry and return claims from chains
    3. 3Send statements and reminders
  • ThuNear-expiry and slow stock checkPacking supervisor · 2 steps
    1. 1List packs within 60 days of best before
    2. 2Push them through salesmen or offer schemes

Every month1

  • 1stLaminate and carton stock by MRPOwner · 2 steps
    1. 1Count printed laminate by product and MRP
    2. 2Order new prints 4-6 weeks ahead; retire old MRP prints

Every year1

  • MayAnnual return and registrationsOwner · 2 steps
    1. 1File FSSAI annual return D-1 by 31 May
    2. 2Check Legal Metrology packer registration and EPR plastic return

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.

Private-label order for a chain

  1. 1Specification and price agreedOwnerNeeds approval
  2. 2Artwork approved by chainOwner
  3. 3Laminate printedOwner
  4. 4Bulk bought and packedPacking supervisor
  5. 5Quality check by chainPacking supervisor
  6. 6Delivered and billedAccountant

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.

  • Bulk inward

    Date · Supplier · Commodity · Bags · Net kg · Rate per kg · Moisture or quality note · Due date

  • Packing run

    Batch number · Date · Product and pack size · Bulk used (kg) · Packs made · Cleaning loss (kg) · Average fill (g) · MRP printed

  • Party ledger

    Party · Phone · Channel · Bill date · Amount · Returns or expiry claims · Received · Days outstanding

  • Net weight control

    No short packs and little giveaway

    3 steps with checks

  • Pack label and tax

    Labels and GST right on every pack

    3 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
Toor dal (1 kg pack) · pack071360005%
Chana dal (1 kg pack) · pack071320005%
Moong dal (1 kg pack) · pack071331005%
Sugar (1 kg pack) · pack170199905%
Sona masoori rice (5 kg pack) · pack100630205%
Poha (500 g pack) · pack190490005%
Cumin seed (100 g pack) · pack090931295%
Turmeric powder (200 g pack) · pack091030205%
Red chilli powder (200 g pack) · pack090422115%
Almonds (250 g pack) · pack080212005%
Cashew W320 (250 g pack) · pack080132205%
Raisins (250 g pack) · pack080620105%
  • FSSAI food licenceFSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)
  • Weighing scale stampingLegal Metrology department
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)
  • Trade licenceMunicipal corporation or panchayat
  • EPR registration for plastic packagingCPCB (Extended Producer Responsibility portal)
  • TrademarkTrade Marks RegistryIf it applies
  • Factory licenceState factories departmentIf 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.

OwnerBuys bulk, fixes MRP and trade rates, brand and chain accounts, bank.
Packing supervisorPlans runs, machine settings, fill-weight checks, batch coding.
PackersClean, fill, seal, carton and stack.
SalesmenTake kirana orders on beat routes, collect payments, report competitor prices.
AccountantBills, GST returns, party ledger, supplier dues.

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 food repacker?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Food repacker". 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 food repacker 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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