Your customers
- Fabrication and welding shops
- Steel furniture makers
- Aluminium window and façade fabricators
- Electrical panel and enclosure makers
- Rack and storage system makers
- Automobile accessory makers
Metals and engineering · Makers and factories
MatruOS for a powder coating job shop
Set up the way a powder coating job shop runs: coating charges per sq ft, per kg, per running foot or per piece on customers' parts, with extra for special shades, texture, primer coats and urgent work; stripping and recoating charges. 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 powder coating job shop deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Powder wasted at every colour change and in an unrecovered booth; 10-15% more powder than the job needs. Nobody knows powder kg per job, so odd parts are underpriced.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 10 licences for a powder coating job shop, 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.
- fabricator or OEM
- powder coater (job work)
- fabricator, OEM or site
Your suppliers
- Powder coating makers and dealers
- Pre-treatment chemical suppliers
- LPG or diesel suppliers
- Hook and jig makers
Credit and cash
Powder on 15-30 days from dealers; fabricators pay 15-45 days on a monthly statement; small walk-ins pay cash on delivery; OEMs 45-60 days
Powder and chemicals are bought monthly; billing is monthly to regulars, who pay 30-60 days later; colour stock of 20-40 shades ties up ₹3-10 lakh
Your screens use your words
CustomerPartyOrderLotItemPartInvoiceCoating bill
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a powder coating job shop
Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.
- Describe the business in one lineFor example "Powder coating job shop", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a powder coating job shopRoutines, 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 powder coating job 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.
Groups waiting lots by shade and finish, orders them light to dark, puts due-today lots first and lists shades short of powder
Works it out and shows you
Works out powder kg per 100 sq ft by shade and party, flags lots above the norm and suggests a rate for odd parts from the real area and powder used
Works it out and shows you
Builds each party's monthly bill from lots returned, drafts statements and reminders, and lists lots to hold for parties over their limit
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 amPre-treatment bath titration
- 1Degreaser temperature
- 2Phosphate total acidity
- 3Final rinse conductivity
- 4Add chemicals and record in tank log
8:30 amMorning colour sequence plan
- 1List lots waiting by shade, finish and due date
- 2Order shades light to dark to cut booth cleaning
- 3Check powder in stock for each shade
3:00 pmLot DFT and adhesion check
- 1DFT on 5 points of a sample piece
- 2Cross-hatch on test panel
- 3Shade against approved panel
6:30 pmDaily powder use by lot
- 1Weigh opened boxes and recovered powder at day end
- 2Enter kg used against lots coated
- 3Powder used per 100 sq ft
Every week
Sun 9:00 amWeekly booth, cyclone and oven clean
- 1Clean cyclone and filter cartridges
- 2Check oven burner and temperature recorder
- 3Earth continuity of guns and hangers
Every month
1stMonthly coating bills and statements
- 1Bill every lot out last month by sq ft, kg or piece
- 2Send statements and list dues over 45 days
- 3Owner approves holding lots of parties over the limit
20thMonthly phosphate sludge and ETP record
- 1Drain and weigh phosphate sludge
- 2Store in the hazardous waste area for TSDF pick-up
- 3ETP outlet pH
Every year
JunConsent, hazardous waste return and fire check
- 1File hazardous waste annual return (Form 4) by 30 June
- 2Renew consent to operate if due
- 3Refill extinguishers near the booth and oven
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 from inward to return
- 1Lot received and counted
- 2Shade and finish confirmedNeeds approval
- 3Pre-treated
- 4Sprayed and cured
- 5QC passed
- 6Returned 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.
Lot inward and outward book
Pre-treatment tank log
Coating QC record
Pre-treatment control
Clean, phosphated metal so the powder holds and does not peel or rust
Coating quality acceptance
Coating thickness, cure, adhesion and shade meet the order
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Powder coating of MS fabricated parts | 998873 | 18% |
| Powder coating of aluminium sections | 998873 | 18% |
| Powder coating of aluminium sections (running foot) | 998873 | 18% |
| Powder coating of steel furniture frames | 998873 | 18% |
| Powder coating of electrical enclosures | 998873 | 18% |
| Texture or special shade surcharge | 998873 | 18% |
| Stripping and recoating | 998873 | 18% |
- GST registration
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- Pollution consent (CTO)
- Hazardous waste authorisation
- Factory licenceIf it applies
- Fire NOCIf it applies
- PF registration (EPFO)If it applies
- ESI registration (ESIC)If it applies
- Professional tax registrationIf it applies
- Trade licenceIf 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.
OwnerQuotes rates, buys powder and chemicals, approves credit, handles party complaints.
SupervisorPlans the day's colour sequence, hangs lots, watches oven, signs QC.
Pre-treatment operatorRuns tanks, titrates baths, adds chemicals, drains sludge.
Spray operatorSprays, cleans booth on colour change, recovers powder.
Packing and dispatch helperUnhooks, wraps, counts and returns parts.
AccountantMonthly bills, party statements, GST, powder accounts.
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 powder coating job shop?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Powder coating job 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.
Metals and engineering
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Run a powder coating job shop 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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