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MatruOS for a turmeric boiling and polishing business

Set up the way a turmeric boiling and polishing business runs: value added by curing, polishing and grading over fresh-turmeric cost; turmeric powder; boiling and polishing charges for farmers; gains from holding stock. 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
  • 2workflows with approvals
  • 2SOPs and checks
  • 3registers of your own
  • 4jobs for your AI team
  • 8licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What a turmeric boiling and polishing business deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Dry recovery (15-25% of fresh) not known per lot, so buying prices are guesses. Rain on the drying yard spoils lots.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 2 workflows, 3 registers and 8 licences for a turmeric boiling and polishing 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. boiler-processor
  3. regulated market or exporter
  4. grinder
  5. consumer

Your customers

  • Yard traders and commission agents
  • Masala grinders
  • Exporters
  • Curcumin extractors
  • Ayurveda makers
  • Households (powder)

Your suppliers

  • Turmeric farmers
  • Firewood and fuel sellers
  • Labour gangs
  • Boiler and polisher makers
  • Bag sellers
  • NABL labs

Credit and cash

Farmers paid cash or within a week for fresh turmeric; job work paid per quintal; yard sales paid in 7-15 days through the commission agent; grinders 15-30 days

All buying, fuel and labour in Feb-Apr; stock held for months for a better price; warehouse receipt loans against stored turmeric

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerTrader
  • OrderLot
  • ItemBag
  • InvoiceSale patti
  • productTurmeric
  • SupplierFarmer

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for a turmeric boiling and polishing 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 "Turmeric boiling and polishing", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as a turmeric boiling and polishing 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 turmeric boiling and polishing 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

Each morning and at each boiling day, compares lots on the yard with the 3-day rain forecast and suggests how many batches to boil and when to cover

Reads boiling and drying log and weather forecast

Works it out and shows you

Accountant

Works out dry recovery and grade mix per lot and variety, ranks villages, and prepares the gang wage sheet by quintals

Reads fresh turmeric intake, boiling and drying log, polishing and grading and sale

Asks you before paying

Sales executive

Sends a twice-weekly digest of prices at Erode, Sangli, Nizamabad and NCDEX with the value of stock held and a sell or hold suggestion

Reads market modal prices, NCDEX turmeric and stock by grade

Works it out and shows you

Operations head

Keeps a test register of curcumin, lead and adulterant results by lot, reminds when lots are sold without a report, and attaches the report to the buyer's sale patti

Reads polishing, grading and sale and lab reports

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

  • 6:00 amMorning weather check and boiling planOwner or processor · 2 steps
    1. 1Look at the 3-day rain forecast
    2. 2Boil only what can be dried before rain; keep covers ready
  • 9:00 amDrying yard turning and rain coverDrying yard workers · 3 steps
    1. 1Spread 5-7 cm thick; turn 3-4 times a day
    2. 2Cover heaps with tarpaulin at night and before rain
    3. 3Snap test on old lots: dry fingers break with a metallic sound
  • 2:00 pmPolishing and gradingPolisher operator · 3 steps
    1. 1Polish in drums until skin and roots are off
    2. 2Only turmeric powder for colour, never any chemical colour
    3. 3Grade into fingers, bulbs and splits; weigh each

Every week2

  • SatWeekly lot recovery and wage sheetOwner or processor · 2 steps
    1. 1Dry recovery % per lot and per variety
    2. 2Gang wages by quintals boiled and polished
  • Mon, ThuWeekly sell-or-hold decisionOwner or processor · 2 steps
    1. 1Check modal prices at Erode, Sangli, Nizamabad and NCDEX
    2. 2Decide lots to sell through the agent and lots to hold

Every month1

  • 10thMonthly storage checkOwner or processor · 2 steps
    1. 1Check stored bags or pits for moisture and insects
    2. 2Stock by grade and value at today's price

Every year1

  • JanAnnual FSSAI renewal and lab testsOwner or processor · 2 steps
    1. 1Renew FSSAI registration or licence
    2. 2Test sample lots for curcumin, lead and lead chromate at a NABL lab

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.

Fresh lot to sale

  1. 1Fresh lot bought and weighedOwner or processor
  2. 2BoiledBoiling gang leader (maistry)
  3. 3DriedDrying yard workers
  4. 4Polished and gradedPolisher operator
  5. 5Sold or put in storageOwner or processorNeeds approval
  6. 6Paid by agentCommission agent (mandi)

Job boiling for a farmer

  1. 1Farmer's lot receivedOwner or processor
  2. 2Boiled and driedBoiling gang leader (maistry)
  3. 3Returned with weight and chargeOwner or processor

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.

  • Fresh turmeric intake

    Lot number · Farmer · Phone · Village · Variety · Fresh quintals · Own purchase or job work · Rate per quintal

  • Boiling and drying log

    Lot number · Boiled on · Batches · Boiling minutes · Days on yard · Rain cover used · Dry quintals · Dry recovery %

  • Polishing, grading and sale

    Lot number · Fingers quintals · Bulbs quintals · Splits quintals · Curcumin % · Sold at · Sale rate · Sale amount

  • Curing and drying

    Even colour and full recovery without spoilage

    4 steps with checks

  • No adulteration and powder standard

    Clean turmeric that passes any FSSAI test

    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
Polished turmeric finger (Erode or Salem type) · quintal091030205%
Polished turmeric finger (Rajapuri, Sangli) · quintal091030205%
Turmeric bulb (gatha) · quintal091030205%
Turmeric splits and pieces · quintal091030205%
Turmeric powder · kg091030305%
Turmeric powder 200 g pouch · pouch091030305%
Boiling and polishing job charge · quintal9988175%
Polishing dust (for cattle feed and incense) · kg230890000%
  • FSSAI food licenceFSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)
  • APMC mandi licenceAPMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee)If it applies
  • Weighing scale stampingLegal Metrology department
  • Packaged commodities registration (Legal Metrology)Legal Metrology department (Packaged Commodities Rules)If it applies
  • Pollution consent (CTO)State Pollution Control BoardIf it applies
  • Factory licenceState factories departmentIf 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.

Owner or processorBuys fresh turmeric, plans boiling, decides when and where to sell, finance.
Boiling gang leader (maistry)Runs boilers, judges doneness, manages gang.
Drying yard workersSpread, turn and cover, gather dry turmeric.
Polisher operatorDrum polishing, colour finish, grading by sieve and hand.
Commission agent (mandi)Sells lots at the regulated market, pays after deduction.

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 turmeric boiling and polishing business?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Turmeric boiling and polishing". 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 turmeric boiling and polishing 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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