Your customers
- Pipe and sanitary dealers
- Borewell and irrigation contractors
- Scaffolding and fabrication firms
- Construction contractors
- Government water tenders
Metals and engineering · Makers and factories
MatruOS for an ERW pipe and tube mill
Set up the way an ERW pipe and tube mill runs: margin per tonne of pipe over coil and zinc cost; size and class premiums; galvanising premium. 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 an ERW pipe and tube mill deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Size x class x finish stock is unknown and dealers wait. Zinc use per tonne of GI creeps up unseen.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 11 licences for an ERW pipe and tube mill, 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.
- Steel mill (HR coil)
- ERW pipe mill
- pipe dealer
- contractor or farmer
Your suppliers
- HR coil mills and stockists
- Zinc ingot dealers
- Slitting service centres
- Transporters
Credit and cash
Coils on advance or LC; zinc on advance; dealers 30 days with schemes; tenders 60-90 days
Coil and zinc paid up front; 15-30 days of pipe stock across many sizes; 30-day dealer credit
Your screens use your words
CustomerDealerItemPipe sizeInvoiceBillproductSize and classBatchLot
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for an ERW pipe and tube mill
Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.
- Describe the business in one lineFor example "ERW pipe and tube mill", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as an ERW pipe and tube millRoutines, 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 ERW pipe and tube mill
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.
Keeps stock by size, class and finish, lists sizes below reorder, and groups the next runs to cut roll changes
Works it out and shows you
Works out yield and hydro failures per size and mill and zinc per tonne of GI; flags shifts above norm
Works it out and shows you
Recomputes the dealer price list from coil and zinc cost, drafts it, and lists dealers past credit days
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
8:00 amDaily size schedule and roll change plan
- 1Pick sizes from dealer orders and stock below reorder
- 2Group sizes on the same roll set
- 3Issue slit coils by width
11:00 amHydro test and dimension checks every shift
- 1Every pipe hydro tested at IS 1239 pressure (5 MPa for 15-150 NB)
- 2OD and wall thickness on samples
- 3Flattening and bend test per lot
7:00 pmShift yield and galvanising zinc use
- 1Strip in vs good pipe and scrap per mill
- 2Zinc kg per tonne GI from the galvanising log
Every week
MonWeekly dealer price list
- 1Check HR coil and zinc rates
- 2Set base price per tonne and size and class extras
- 3Send to dealers on approval
Every month
3rdMonthly BIS test records and marking fee
- 1Check test register complete for all lots marked
- 2Total quantity marked for BIS fee
12thSpent acid and zinc dross disposal
- 1Record spent acid and dross sent with manifests
- 2Check stock on site within consent limit
Every year
FebBIS licence renewal and UTM calibration
- 1Calibrate pressure gauges and UTM
- 2Renew licence and file annual return
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.
Coil to pipe dispatch
- 1Coil slit to strip
- 2Formed welded and cut
- 3Hydro tested and releasedNeeds approval
- 4Galvanised if ordered
- 5Marked bundled and billed
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.
Mill production log
Galvanising log
Size x class stock
Pipe quality to IS 1239 and IS 3589
Keep the BIS licence and stop leak claims
Galvanising bath and acid safety
Avoid zinc splashes and acid burns
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MS ERW pipe IS 1239 medium (15-50 NB) | 7306 | 18% |
| MS ERW pipe IS 1239 heavy | 7306 | 18% |
| GI pipe IS 1239 medium | 7306 | 18% |
| Large diameter pipe IS 3589 | 7306 | 18% |
| Square and rectangular hollow section | 7306 | 18% |
| Borewell column pipe | 7306 | 18% |
| Furniture and conduit tube | 7306 | 18% |
| End cuts and scrap pipe | 7204 | 18% |
| Zinc ash and dross | 2620 | 18% |
- GST registration
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- Factory licence
- Pollution consent (CTO)
- Hazardous waste authorisation
- BIS licence (ISI mark)
- PF registration (EPFO)
- ESI registration (ESIC)
- Fire NOC
- Weighing scale stamping
- GeM seller 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.
OwnerCoil and zinc buying, dealer price list, tenders, BIS licence.
Mill in-chargeSize schedule, roll changes, weld settings.
Mill operatorRuns forming, welding and cut-off.
QC and hydro testerHydro test, dimensions, flattening test, BIS records.
Galvanising supervisorPickling, fluxing, zinc bath, coating checks.
Dispatch and accountsBundling, loading, bills, dealer dues.
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 ERW pipe and tube mill?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "ERW pipe and tube mill". 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.
Metals and engineering
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Run an ERW pipe and tube mill 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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