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MatruOS for a mushroom grower and processor

Set up the way a mushroom grower and processor runs: fresh mushrooms to mandi traders, retailers and hotels; canned, brined and dried mushroom for long life; spent compost; some sell compost or spawn to other growers. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.

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  • 8routines on a timetable
  • 1workflows with approvals
  • 2SOPs and checks
  • 3registers of your own
  • 3jobs for your AI team
  • 6licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What a mushroom grower and processor deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Mandi rates crash in Jan-Feb and growers sell below cost instead of diverting to brine or canners. Room climate drifts at night and a crop is lost to disease.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 6 licences for a mushroom grower and processor, 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. straw and manure
  2. compost and spawn
  3. grower
  4. mandi agent or retailer
  5. consumer; or
  6. canner

Your customers

  • Mandi commission agents and traders (Azadpur and city mandis)
  • Retail chains and quick-commerce
  • Hotels and restaurants
  • Canners and processors
  • Other growers (compost or spawn)

Your suppliers

  • Compost makers (Phase II compost or spawn-run compost)
  • Spawn labs
  • Wheat straw, chicken manure, gypsum suppliers
  • Casing material
  • Punnet and film suppliers
  • Migrant pickers

Credit and cash

Compost and spawn cash or advance; straw cash; mandi agents pay daily or weekly after deducting commission; retail chains 15-30 days; hotels 30 days

Each crop needs compost, spawn and labour up front; mushrooms sell from about 5 weeks after spawning and over 5-7 weeks of flushes; mandi money comes in daily

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerBuyer
  • ItemMushroom
  • InvoiceBill
  • BatchCrop

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for a mushroom grower and processor

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 "Mushroom grower and processor", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as a mushroom grower and processorRoutines, 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 mushroom grower and processor

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

Reminds the supervisor at each round, flags temperature, humidity or CO2 out of range and repeated disease notes, and shows yield per 100 kg compost by room and compost supplier

Reads daily harvest and climate and crop and room log

Works it out and shows you

Sales executive

Compares the rates entered from mandis and canners with cost per kg, and suggests how much to send fresh and how much to brine or sell to a canner

Reads mandi slips and sales and daily harvest and climate

Asks you before sending

Accountant

Matches punnets sent with slips and money received, checks commission and charges, lists agents with gaps and works out pickers' wages

Reads mandi slips and sales and daily harvest and climate

Asks you before paying

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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

  • 5:00 amMorning harvest and packingPickers · 4 steps
    1. 1Pick closed caps before the veil opens
    2. 2Trim stems and pack 200 g punnets
    3. 3Move packed mushrooms to the cool room
    4. 4Kg picked per room entered
  • 9:00 amRoom climate and disease round (twice daily)Room supervisor · 4 steps
    1. 1Cropping room temperature
    2. 2Humidity
    3. 3CO2
    4. 4Look for green mould, bubble and flies; isolate patches
  • 7:00 pmEvening mandi dispatch and rate checkGrower (owner) · 3 steps
    1. 1Today's rate from agents in two or three mandis
    2. 2Decide fresh vs brine or canner for surplus
    3. 3Load and send with a slip

Every week1

  • MonWeekly mandi slip reconciliationGrower (owner) · 3 steps
    1. 1Slips received vs punnets sent
    2. 2Net amount after commission, and cash or bank received
    3. 3Agents with short or late payments

Every month2

  • 1stNew crop filling, spawning and casingRoom supervisor · 4 steps
    1. 1Compost ammonia-free before spawning
    2. 2Spawn rate 0.5-0.75% of compost weight
    3. 3Spawn run temperature
    4. 4Casing 3-4 cm after full spawn run
  • 20thCrop close, cook-out and yield reviewGrower (owner) · 3 steps
    1. 1Kg per 100 kg compost for the closed crop
    2. 2Room cooked out or disinfected before refilling
    3. 3Spent compost sold or removed

Every year1

  • JunAnnual plan, subsidies and licencesGrower (owner) · 3 steps
    1. 1Yield and profit per crop for the year
    2. 2MIDH or NHB subsidy application for new rooms
    3. 3FSSAI for processed products and pollution consent for compost yard

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.

Crop cycle

  1. 1Compost filled and spawnedRoom supervisor
  2. 2Spawn run completeRoom supervisorNeeds approval
  3. 3Cased and pinnedRoom supervisor
  4. 4Flushes harvestedPickers
  5. 5Crop closed and room cleanedGrower (owner)

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.

  • Crop and room log

    Room or hut · Crop number · Type · Compost filled (t) · Spawn used (kg) · Spawning date · Casing date · First pick date

  • Daily harvest and climate

    Date · Room or hut · Flush · Kg picked · Room temperature (°C) · Humidity % · CO2 (ppm) · Pickers

  • Mandi slips and sales

    Date · Buyer or commission agent · Punnets or kg sent · Rate per kg · Commission and charges · Net amount · Received on

  • Compost and spawning

    Clean, selective compost and full spawn run

    4 steps with checks

  • Cropping room hygiene and climate

    Healthy flushes and no spread of disease

    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
Fresh button mushroom (200 g punnet) · punnet07090%
Fresh button mushroom (loose, mandi) · kg07090%
Fresh oyster mushroom · kg07090%
Canned button mushroom · kg20035%
Dried oyster mushroom · kg07125%
Mushroom in brine (bulk to canners) · kg07115%
Spent mushroom compost (manure) · tonne31010%
Mushroom spawn (to other growers) · kg06020%
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)
  • FSSAI food licenceFSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)If it applies
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)If it applies
  • Pollution consent (CTO)State Pollution Control BoardIf it applies
  • APMC mandi licenceAPMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee)If it applies
  • PF registration (EPFO)EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund Organisation)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.

Grower (owner)Buys compost and spawn or makes compost, decides room climate, sells to mandi and buyers.
Room supervisorRuns spawn run, casing and cropping climate, spots disease, keeps hygiene.
PickersHarvest each morning, trim stems, pack punnets.
Compost yard in-charge (medium)Turns Phase I stacks, runs the Phase II tunnel, checks ammonia.
DriverTakes punnets to the mandi at night, brings back slips and cash.

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 mushroom grower and processor?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Mushroom grower and processor". 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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