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MatruOS for a seed spice cleaning and sortex business

Set up the way a seed spice cleaning and sortex business runs: price premium of cleaned and sortexed seed over the yard price; export realisation; job cleaning charges; sale of cleaning by-products (dust, splits, light seed) to grinders and cattle feed. 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
  • 4registers of your own
  • 4jobs for your AI team
  • 13licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What a seed spice cleaning and sortex business deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

A container rejected for ETO or pesticide residue costs Rs 10-40 lakh. Jeera prices swing 30-50% a season and stock is unhedged.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 9 routines, 2 workflows, 4 registers and 13 licences for a seed spice cleaning and sortex business, 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. Farmer
  2. APMC yard via arhtiya
  3. cleaner-exporter
  4. importer or grinder
  5. consumer

Your customers

  • Importers in the Gulf
  • Bangladesh
  • China
  • Europe and the US
  • Merchant exporters
  • Domestic masala grinders and brands
  • Wholesalers (S-449)

Your suppliers

  • Farmers' lots through kachha arhtiyas at APMC yards
  • Steam sterilisation units
  • NABL labs
  • Bag and liner suppliers
  • Freight forwarders and CHAs

Credit and cash

Pays arhtiyas same day to 7 days; exports on LC at sight to 90 days, CAD or advance; domestic grinders 15-30 days; job cleaning paid per lot

Heavy buying Feb-May on cash credit and packing credit; stock held and sold through the year; export proceeds in 30-90 days with drawback and RoDTEP claims; hedge margins on NCDEX

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerBuyer
  • OrderContract
  • ItemLot
  • productSpice
  • SupplierArhtiya

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for a seed spice cleaning and sortex business

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 "Seed spice cleaning and sortex", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as a seed spice cleaning and sortex businessRoutines, 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 seed spice cleaning and sortex business

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

Keeps every lot on hold until all tests for its destination pass; refuses allocation of held lots to a container; keeps residue history by village and arhtiya

Reads lot tests and COA and export shipments

Works it out and shows you

Store keeper

Values stock at today's yard rate, nets open contracts and NCDEX positions, shows exposure per spice, and suggests the day's buying limit

Reads yard lot purchase, cleaning yield, export shipments and NCDEX prices

Works it out and shows you

Operations head

Works out yield % per lot and per arhtiya and ranks agents; drafts claims for lots with excess dust or stones

Reads cleaning and sortex yield and yard lot purchase

Asks you before sending

Accountant

Drafts invoice, packing list and certificate requests; tracks realisation, e-BRC and RoDTEP claims and reminds on delays

Reads export shipments and lot tests and COA

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 day4

  • 8:00 amCleaning and sortex shiftPlant supervisor · 3 steps
    1. 1Load the planned lots; set sieves, gravity and sortex for the grade
    2. 2Purity check every 2 hours
    3. 3Weigh output, splits and dust per lot
  • 11:00 amLot sampling for NABL testsLab chemist · 2 steps
    1. 1Draw samples from lots meant for export and seal them for the NABL lab
    2. 2Update results as they arrive; hold any lot without a passing report
  • 5:30 pmDaily stock value and hedge positionOwner or exporter · 3 steps
    1. 1Stock by spice and grade at today's yard rate
    2. 2Open export contracts and NCDEX positions
    3. 3Net exposure per spice
  • 6:00 pmDaily lot yield reportPlant supervisor · 2 steps
    1. 1Yield % per lot and per arhtiya
    2. 2Flag lots with high dust or stones for agent claims

Every week2

  • Mon, ThuWeekly shipment documents and realisation follow-upExport documentation executive · 2 steps
    1. 1Prepare invoice, packing list, COO, phyto and Spices Board papers for this week's containers
    2. 2Follow up bank realisation, e-BRC and RoDTEP claims
  • SatWeekly arhtiya account reconciliationOwner or exporter · 2 steps
    1. 1Match yard bills with payments to each arhtiya
    2. 2Raise claims for lots short in weight or high in dust

Every year1

  • MarAnnual RCMC, FSSAI and APMC licence renewalsExport documentation executive · 2 steps
    1. 1Renew the Spices Board registration (CRES) and FSSAI central licence
    2. 2Renew the APMC trader licence and LUT for exports

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.

Yard lot to export container

  1. 1Lot bought and paid through arhtiyaKachha arhtiya (yard agent)
  2. 2Cleaned and gradedPlant supervisor
  3. 3Tested and clearedLab chemistNeeds approval
  4. 4Buyer pre-shipment sample approvedOwner or exporterNeeds approval
  5. 5Stuffed and shippedExport documentation executive
  6. 6Payment realised and incentives claimedExport documentation executive

Job cleaning for a trader

  1. 1Lot received and weighedPlant supervisor
  2. 2Cleaned to the asked gradeSortex operator
  3. 3Output and rejects handed back with billPlant supervisor

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.

  • Yard lot purchase

    Lot number · Date · Yard · Arhtiya · Spice · Quintals · Rate per quintal · Moisture %

  • Cleaning and sortex yield

    Lot number · Input kg · Grade made · Output kg · Splits and light seed kg · Dust and stones kg · Yield % · Purity %

  • Lot tests and COA

    Lot number · Moisture % · Volatile oil % · Pesticide residue result · ETO result · Aflatoxin and salmonella result · Steam sterilised · NABL report number

  • Export shipments

    Contract number · Buyer and country · Tonnes · Lots allocated · Payment terms · Shipping bill date · Invoice value · Realised on

  • Cleaning and grading

    Make the grade promised with the least loss

    4 steps with checks

  • Export lot release

    No lot ships without passing tests for its market

    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
Cumin seed machine-cleaned 99% · kg090931295%
Cumin seed sortex 99.5% (Europe quality) · kg090931295%
Fennel seed (saunf) cleaned · kg090961315%
Coriander seed (eagle or badami) · kg090921905%
Ajwain seed · kg091099125%
Fenugreek seed (methi) · kg091099125%
Dill or nigella seed · kg091099905%
Cleaning by-products (splits and light seed) · kg090931295%
Job cleaning and sortex charges · kg9988175%
  • FSSAI food licenceFSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)
  • Import Export Code (IEC)DGFT (Import Export Code)
  • Export council membership (RCMC)Export promotion council (via DGFT)
  • APMC mandi licenceAPMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee)
  • Weighing scale stampingLegal Metrology department
  • Factory licenceState factories departmentIf it applies
  • Pollution consent (CTO)State Pollution Control BoardIf it applies
  • Agmark certificate of authorisationDirectorate of Marketing and Inspection (Agmark)If it applies
  • GST Letter of Undertaking (LUT) for exportsGST department (Form GST RFD-11)If it applies
  • PF registration (EPFO)EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund Organisation)
  • ESI registration (ESIC)ESIC (Employees' State Insurance Corporation)

Your people

The people who run it, each with their own login

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

Owner or exporterYard buying calls, export contracts, pricing, NCDEX hedging, bank limits.
Kachha arhtiya (yard agent)Bids on lots, yard bill, gate pass, pays farmers.
Plant supervisorCleaning line, sortex settings, purity checks, bagging and marking.
Lab chemistMoisture, purity, volatile oil, sampling for NABL, COA.
Export documentation executiveContracts, shipping documents, Spices Board, phyto, COO, e-BRC, RoDTEP.
Sortex operatorMachine calibration, reject checks.

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 seed spice cleaning and sortex business?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Seed spice cleaning and sortex". 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 seed spice cleaning and sortex business 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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