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MatruOS for a plating and powder-coating shop

Set up the way a plating and powder-coating shop runs: per-kg plating charge by finish and thickness; per-piece rates for rack plating; stripping and re-plating at the customer's cost where the fault is not the plater's. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.

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Metals and engineeringReady when you sign up

  • 9routines on a timetable
  • 2workflows with approvals
  • 3SOPs 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 plating and powder-coating shop deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Nickel and tin cost per kg plated rises but rates to parties are not revised. Pollution board inspection finds incomplete ETP logs and sludge manifests.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 9 routines, 2 workflows, 3 registers and 8 licences for a plating and powder-coating shop, 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. Turning, operations and tumbling
  2. plating
  3. sorting and packing
  4. principal

Your customers

  • Brass parts principals and exporters
  • CNC and forging units
  • Parts traders

Your suppliers

  • Plating chemical and brightener dealers
  • Nickel, tin and silver anode dealers
  • Acid and alkali sellers
  • TSDF operator
  • Power utility

Credit and cash

Paid 45-90 days by principals; chemicals and anodes bought on 15-30 days, anodes often cash; TSDF paid per trip

Nickel and tin stock in baths and anodes is real capital; chemicals and power paid monthly; job-work bills realised in 45-90 days

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerParty
  • OrderLot
  • ItemPart
  • InvoicePlating bill
  • productFinish

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for a plating and powder-coating shop

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 "Plating and powder-coating shop", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as a plating and powder-coating shopRoutines, 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 plating and powder-coating shop

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

Builds the day's line plan by finish and party due date, tags lots so they are not mixed, and lists lots waiting more than 2 days

Reads plating lot

Works it out and shows you

Operations head

Links bath readings, amp-hours and additions to lots later rejected for peel-off or dull finish, and suggests additions or filtering before the day's first load

Reads bath analysis and additions and plating lot

Works it out and shows you

Operations head

Keeps the daily ETP log from photos, flags missing days or out-of-range pH, tracks sludge stock against TSDF trips and manifests, and reminds of consent and Form 4 dates

Reads ETP and hazardous waste log and bath analysis and additions

Asks you before signing

Accountant

Works out chemical and anode cost per kg by finish, drafts revised rate cards when metal prices move, and prepares party statements and reminders

Reads plating lot, bath analysis and additions and chemical purchases

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 day5

  • 8:00 amBath check before the first loadOwner-plating master · 3 steps
    1. 1Nickel bath temperature
    2. 2Nickel bath pH
    3. 3Hull cell test when finish looks dull; add brightener as needed
  • 8:30 amWeigh in lots and plan the lineMunim · 2 steps
    1. 1Weigh each lot in and note finish and thickness
    2. 2Group lots by finish; urgent export lots first
  • 9:00 amRun lots through the lineLine supervisor · 4 steps
    1. 1Clean, acid dip and rinse before plating
    2. 2Plating time and current per lot noted
    3. 3Dry parts fully; no water stains
    4. 4Thickness spot check on 5 pieces per lot
  • 5:00 pmETP run and logETP operator · 4 steps
    1. 1Chrome rinse reduced at pH 2-3 before mixing
    2. 2Final effluent pH before discharge
    3. 3Sludge from filter press weighed and stored under cover
    4. 4Photo of ETP log page
  • 6:30 pmWeigh out and challanMunim · 2 steps
    1. 1Weigh each lot out; kg out against kg in
    2. 2Outward challan with finish and thickness

Every week1

  • SatChemical and anode use per kg platedOwner-plating master · 2 steps
    1. 1Nickel salts, anodes and brightener used this week
    2. 2Kg plated by finish

Every month1

  • 1stMonthly plating bills and duesMunim · 2 steps
    1. 1Bill each party by finish and kg
    2. 2Statements and reminders for bills past 60 days

Every year1

  • May, JunConsent renewal and hazardous waste returnOwner-plating master · 2 steps
    1. 1Annual hazardous waste return (Form 4) by 30 June
    2. 2Consent to operate renewal and stack or effluent test reports

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.

Lot plating to payment

  1. 1Lot weighed in with finish specMunim
  2. 2Sample finish approved by partyOwner-plating masterNeeds approval
  3. 3Plated and driedLine supervisor
  4. 4Thickness checkedLine supervisor
  5. 5Weighed out on challanMunim
  6. 6Billed and paidMunim

Sludge to TSDF

  1. 1Sludge dried and baggedETP operator
  2. 2TSDF trip bookedOwner-plating masterNeeds approval
  3. 3Manifest filled and sentETP operator
  4. 4TSDF receipt filedMunim

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.

  • Plating lot (kg in and out)

    Date · Party · Challan number · Part · Finish · Thickness µm ordered · Kg in · Kg out

  • Bath analysis and additions

    Date · Tank · Temperature °C · pH · Hull cell result · Additions · Amp-hours

  • ETP and hazardous waste log

    Date · Effluent treated litres · Final pH · Chrome reduction done · Sludge kg · Sludge sent to TSDF kg · Manifest number · Photo of log

  • Plating bath control

    Adherent, bright plating of the ordered thickness

    4 steps with checks

  • Effluent and sludge

    Discharge within limits and dispose of sludge lawfully

    4 steps with checks

  • Chemical handling safety

    Prevent burns and poisoning

    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
Bright nickel barrel plating on brass · kg99889818%
Bright tin plating · kg99889818%
Nickel-chrome rack plating · pcs99889818%
Silver plating (per kg of parts) · kg99889818%
Stripping and re-plating · kg99889818%
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)
  • Pollution consent (CTO)State Pollution Control Board
  • Hazardous waste authorisationState Pollution Control Board (Hazardous Waste Rules 2016)
  • Factory licenceState factories department
  • Fire NOCState fire and emergency servicesIf it applies
  • PF registration (EPFO)EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund Organisation)If it applies
  • ESI registration (ESIC)ESIC (Employees' State Insurance Corporation)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.

Owner-plating masterSets rates by finish, controls bath chemistry, handles parties, signs consent papers.
Line supervisorPlans lots by finish, loads barrels and racks, times each tank, spot-checks finish.
Line workerLoads and moves barrels, rinses, unloads and dries parts.
ETP operatorDoses chemicals, logs pH, dries sludge, keeps manifests.
MunimWeighs lots in and out, challans and bills, chemical purchase, 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 a plating and powder-coating shop?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Plating and powder-coating shop". 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.

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