Your customers
- Super stockists and distributors
- Sweet shops and farsan shops (loose tins)
- Wholesalers
- Modern trade and quick commerce
- Export consolidators
- Corporate gifting
Food and grocery · Makers and factories
MatruOS for a namkeen and snacks maker
Set up the way a namkeen and snacks maker runs: margin on packed and loose namkeen sold through stockists, distributors, sweet shops and own counters; Diwali gift packs; contract frying or packing for brands. 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 namkeen and snacks maker deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Oil is 30-40% of cost and oil per kg by SKU and repeated top-ups are not measured. Wrong SKU mix in the Diwali peak leaves stock-outs and leftovers.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 10 routines, 2 workflows, 3 registers and 13 licences for a namkeen and snacks maker, 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.
- besan mill and oil refiner
- namkeen factory
- super stockist
- distributor
- retailer
- consumer
Your suppliers
- Besan mills
- Oil brokers and refiners
- Groundnut
- Poha and dal traders
- Spice wholesalers
- Pouch film printers
- Nitrogen and carton suppliers
Credit and cash
Besan and oil on 7-15 days; film 30 days; super stockists pay advance or 7 days, distributors 7-30 days, sweet shops weekly; modern trade 45-60 days
Raw material is paid in 1-2 weeks while distributors pay in 2-4 weeks. The Aug-Oct festival build is funded by a bank cash-credit limit against stock and debtors.
Your screens use your words
CustomerDistributorItemSKUInvoiceBillBatchBatch cardSupplierMill or broker
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a namkeen and snacks maker
Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.
- Describe the business in one lineFor example "Namkeen and snacks maker", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a namkeen and snacks makerRoutines, 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 namkeen and snacks maker
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.
Drafts the day's fryer-wise plan by SKU and pack from pending orders and stock, and the material issue list
Works it out and shows you
Works out oil per kg of output by SKU and fryer, flags SKUs above norm, and reminds of TPC tests and RUCO sales
Works it out and shows you
Recosts each SKU per kg and per fixed-MRP pack each week and proposes a grammage or price change where margin falls
Asks you before sending
Checks each scheme and expiry claim against the circular and bills, marks what to pass or reject, drafts credit notes and dues reminders
Asks you before signing and sending
Prepares the monthly wage sheet with overtime and festival bonus, PF and ESI where due, and the UPI batch
Asks you before paying
Builds the festival plan by SKU and pack and the oil, besan, film and labour list with dates
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
8:00 amSet today's production plan by SKU
- 1Read pending orders and finished stock by SKU and pack
- 2Set fryer-wise plan and issue batch cards
- 3Store issues besan, oil and spices against each card
9:00 amFrying shift with oil checks
- 1Oil temperature at the set point (about 170-180°C)
- 2Log every fresh oil top-up in kg
- 3TPC reading at shift end; discard at 25%
- 4Enter output kg per batch card
10:00 amPacking line checks (hourly)
- 1Net weight of 10 packs every hour
- 2Seal and nitrogen flush on a squeeze test
- 3Batch, packing date, best-before and MRP print readable
6:00 pmEvening dispatch and local collections
- 1Load orders with bill, e-way bill and transport receipt (LR)
- 2Collect cash and UPI from local sweet shops
Every week
MonWeekly besan and oil buying and recipe cost
- 1Check stock days of besan, oil, film and cartons
- 2Buy on this week's rate; note rate per kg
- 3Recost each SKU per kg and per ₹5 and ₹10 pack
Every month
7thMonthly scheme and return claims settlement
- 1Collect each distributor's scheme and expiry claims
- 2Check claims against scheme circulars and bills
- 3Issue credit notes for approved claims; chase dues past 30 days
1stKarigar and packer wages and attendance
- 1Total attendance, piece rates and overtime
- 2Prepare wage sheet, PF and ESI where applicable, and UPI batch
Every year
AprYearly licences, lab tests and EPR return
- 1Renew FSSAI licence and file the annual return (Form D1) by 31 May
- 2Factory licence, fire NOC and Legal Metrology registration
- 3NABL test of top SKUs; file the plastic EPR annual return
- 4Medical fitness of food handlers
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.
Production batch to finished goods
- 1Batch card issued
- 2Material issued
- 3Fried and seasoned
- 4Taste and moisture releaseNeeds approval
- 5Packed and in FG store
Distributor order to payment
- 1Order received
- 2Credit limit and scheme approvedNeeds approval
- 3Dispatched with bill and LR
- 4Claims checked and credit note
- 5Paid
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 cards
Frying oil log
Distributor orders and claims
Frying oil quality
Keep oil safe and cost under control
Pack check (weight, seal, label)
Pass Legal Metrology and FSSAI checks and keep packs crisp
Plant hygiene
Clean plant, no pests, fit workers
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aloo bhujia | 21069099 | 5% |
| Bikaneri bhujia | 21069099 | 5% |
| Navratan or khatta meetha mixture | 21069099 | 5% |
| Moong dal namkeen | 21069099 | 5% |
| Poha chivda | 21069099 | 5% |
| Bhavnagari gathiya | 21069099 | 5% |
| Ratlami sev | 21069099 | 5% |
| Masala peanuts | 20081100 | 5% |
| Namkeen ₹10 pack (to distributor) | 21069099 | 5% |
| Namkeen ₹5 pack (to distributor) | 21069099 | 5% |
| Loose namkeen tin (15 kg) for sweet shops | 21069099 | 5% |
| Diwali gift pack (assorted 1 kg) | 21069099 | 5% |
- FSSAI food licence
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- GST registration
- Weighing scale stamping
- Factory licence
- Fire NOC
- Pollution consent (CTO)If it applies
- EPR registration for plastic packaging
- PF registration (EPFO)If it applies
- ESI registration (ESIC)If it applies
- TrademarkIf it applies
- Import Export Code (IEC)If it applies
- Professional tax registrationIf 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.
OwnerRecipes, oil and besan buying, prices and schemes, distributor network, bank limit.
Production in-charge (head karigar)Daily plan by SKU, dough and masala, fryer settings, taste release.
Fryer operatorsRun sev machines, extruders and fryers, log oil top-up, clean dies.
Packing supervisorWeigh-fill-seal, nitrogen flush, batch and MRP printing, carton count.
QC in-chargeMoisture, oil TPC, net weight sampling, shelf-life samples, lab tests.
Store keeperIssue by batch card, film and carton stock, finished goods.
Sales managerDistributor orders, beats, schemes, returns.
AccountantGST, distributor ledgers, scheme claims, payroll.
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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 namkeen and snacks maker?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Namkeen and snacks maker". 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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