Your customers
- Grey and SG iron foundries
- Steel foundries
- Investment casters
- Non-ferrous foundries
Metals and engineering · Traders and distributors
MatruOS for a foundry raw material supplier
Set up the way a foundry raw material supplier runs: trading margin per tonne on pig iron and per kg on ferro-alloys and consumables; plant commission on direct dispatches; freight margin. 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 foundry raw material supplier deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Foundries pay in 60-90 days and some default. Rates change weekly but old quotes get honoured.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 9 routines, 1 workflow, 4 registers and 5 licences for a foundry raw material supplier, 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.
- Plant or mine
- trader
- foundry melt and sand shop
Your suppliers
- Pig iron plants
- Ferro-alloy plants
- Bentonite and silica sand mines
- Refractory and ramming mass makers
- Importers of inoculants
Credit and cash
Pays plants in advance or LC; gives foundries 30-60 days, often stretched to 90; post-dated cheques common
Advance to plants vs 30-90 day credit to foundries; one default can wipe out a year's margin
Your screens use your words
CustomerFoundryItemMaterialInvoiceBillproductMaterialemployeeSalesman
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a foundry raw material supplier
Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.
- Describe the business in one lineFor example "Foundry raw material supplier", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a foundry raw material supplierRoutines, 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 foundry raw material supplier
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.
Prepares the morning rate list with validity for each foundry buyer group and drafts the WhatsApp broadcast
Asks you before sending
Lists foundries over limit or past 60 days before dispatch, suggests holds, flags missing test certificates and bill-to-ship-to errors, and drafts reminders
Asks you before sending
Compares stock with reorder levels and recent sales, and drafts purchase orders to mines and plants
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
9:30 amMorning rate list
- 1Plant price changes and market rates; set sell rates with validity
- 2Rate list sent to foundry buyers
10:00 amCredit check before dispatch
- 1Foundries over limit or past credit days listed; dispatch hold suggested
11:00 amOrders, dispatch and e-way bills
- 1Check foundry credit status before loading
- 2Bill-to-ship-to e-way bill for direct plant dispatch
- 3Test certificate for each lot attached
Every week
Tue, FriCollection round
- 1Visit foundries with dues past 30 days; collect cheques or UPI
MonGodown reorder
- 1Stock vs reorder level for 30+ consumables
- 2Orders to mines and plants
Every month
5thMonthly margin and plant reconciliation
- 1Margin per product and per foundry; plant ledger reconciled; quantity discounts due
Every year
MarYear-end balance confirmations
- 1Balance confirmations from all foundries and plants
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.
Order to collection
- 1Order taken
- 2Credit approvedNeeds approval
- 3Dispatched with test certificate
- 4Billed
- 5Collected
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.
Daily rate list
Order and dispatch book
Foundry credit ledger
Godown stock
Credit control
Keep foundry defaults small
Lot quality and certificate
No dispute over grade
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Foundry-grade pig iron | 7201 | 18% |
| SG-grade (low Mn) pig iron | 7201 | 18% |
| Ferro-silicon 70-75% | 7202 | 18% |
| Ferro-manganese high carbon | 7202 | 18% |
| Ferro-silicon-magnesium (nodulariser) | 7202 | 18% |
| Inoculant (Ca-Ba-Si) | 7202 | 18% |
| Recarburiser (CPC) | 2713 | 18% |
| Bentonite (sodium) | 2508 | 5% |
| Silica sand (washed and graded) | 2505 | 5% |
| Coal dust (lustrous carbon) | 2701 | 18% |
| Silica ramming mass | 3816 | 18% |
| Refractory bricks | 6902 | 18% |
- GST registration
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- Shops and Establishments registrationIf it applies
- Trade licenceIf it applies
- Import Export Code (IEC)If 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.
OwnerBuys from plants and mines, sets rates, approves credit, collects big dues.
SalesmanVisits foundries, takes orders, collects cheques, handles complaints.
Dispatch and godown clerkLoads trucks, e-way bills, stock, test certificates.
AccountantBills, ledger, cheque banking, GST.
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 foundry raw material supplier?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Foundry raw material supplier". 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
Other traders and distributors in metals and engineering
Run a foundry raw material supplier 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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