Your customers
- Umbrella distributors and wholesalers
- General and bag shops
- Schools and students (season)
- Companies (printed umbrellas)
- Online sellers
Gifts, home and everyday services · Makers and factories
MatruOS for an umbrella maker
Set up the way an umbrella maker runs: folding (2 and 3 fold), long and kids' umbrellas under own brand or for traders; printed promotional umbrellas for companies; garden umbrellas; re-canopy repairs. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.
Ready when you sign up
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What this solves
What an umbrella maker deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Season stock built blind; late monsoon leaves unsold umbrellas. Distributor dues stretch to Diwali; next season's purchase delayed.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 10 routines, 1 workflow, 4 registers and 7 licences for an umbrella 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.
- Frame and fabric suppliers
- umbrella maker
- distributor
- shop
- user
Your suppliers
- Frame importers and Indian frame makers
- Fabric mills and traders
- Handle and fittings makers
- Printers
- Packaging suppliers
- Home stitchers
Credit and cash
Frames and fabric often paid in advance or 15-30 days; distributors pay after the season (60-120 days) or with pre-booking advances; promotional orders 50% advance
All purchase and wages Jan-May; sales Jun-Aug; collections Sep-Nov; working-capital loans common
Your screens use your words
CustomerDistributorItemUmbrellaInvoiceBillemployeeKarigar
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for an umbrella 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 "Umbrella maker", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as an umbrella 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 an umbrella 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.
Shows frames issued, canopies with stitchers, umbrellas made and rejects by model each evening and flags gaps
Works it out and shows you
Totals canopies and assembly pieces per karigar for the week and prepares the pay list
Asks you before paying
Compares bookings with last season by distributor and model, drafts pre-booking reminders and suggests the production plan
Asks you before sending
Lists distributor dues and returns after the season and drafts reminders in order of amount and age
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 day
9:00 amFabric cutting
- 1Lay fabric in plies; cut 8 panels per canopy with the template
- 2Cutting waste kept below the norm
10:00 amStitching and assembly
- 1Stitch panels; fix canopy to ribs at every tip and the top cap
- 2Fit handle and tie strap
4:00 pmOpen-close and water test
- 1Open and close each umbrella 5 times
- 2Water spray test on 1 in 50 for seam leaks
6:00 pmDaily output and balance
- 1Frames issued vs umbrellas made vs rejects by model
- 2Canopies with home stitchers
Every week
SatWeekly stitcher and karigar pay
- 1Canopies returned times rate per stitcher
- 2Assembly piece counts per karigar
Every month
5thDistributor pre-booking
- 1Bookings vs last season by distributor and model
- 2Advances received; production plan adjusted
Every year
NovNext season design selection
- 1Best and worst models of the season
- 2New prints and colours chosen; samples to distributors
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.
Distributor season order
- 1Pre-booking with advanceNeeds approval
- 2Produced and tested
- 3Dispatched in lots
- 4Unsold returns settled
- 5Paid in full
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.
Production batches
Stitching job work
Dealer bookings and dues
Frame and fabric stock
Umbrella assembly quality check
No umbrella fails in the customer's hand
Fabric cutting
Right panel size with low waste
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3-fold umbrella | 6601 | 5% |
| 2-fold umbrella | 6601 | 5% |
| Long (straight) umbrella | 6601 | 5% |
| Kids umbrella | 6601 | 5% |
| Black cotton large umbrella | 6601 | 5% |
| Printed promotional umbrella | 6601 | 5% |
| Garden or patio umbrella | 6601 | 5% |
| Umbrella re-canopy repair | 998729 | 18% |
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- GST registration
- Factory licenceIf it applies
- TrademarkIf it applies
- Packaged commodities registration (Legal Metrology)If it applies
- Import Export Code (IEC)If it applies
- EPR registration for plastic packagingIf 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.
OwnerChooses designs, buys frames and fabric, books distributors, finances the season.
Production supervisorCutting plan, issues work, quality check, daily output.
CutterLays fabric, cuts panels with templates.
KarigarStitches canopies, fixes canopy to frame, fits tips and handle.
PackerOpen-close test, sleeves, cartons, dispatch.
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 an umbrella maker?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Umbrella 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.
Gifts, home and everyday services
Other makers and factories in gifts, home and everyday services
Run an umbrella maker 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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