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Metals and engineering · Makers and factories
MatruOS for a steel fabrication workshop
Set up the way a steel fabrication workshop runs: rate per MT for supply, fabrication and erection, or labour rate per MT on free-issue steel; extra items (sheeting, painting, grouting) per BOQ. 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 a steel fabrication workshop deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
RA bills go late because mark lists and measurement backup are not ready. Retention is forgotten after DLP.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 9 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 11 licences for a steel fabrication workshop, 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.
- Client or EPC
- structural fabricator
- (laser or galvanising job work)
- erection at site
Your suppliers
- Steel stockists and mills
- Bolt and fastener dealers
- Paint and primer dealers
- Electrode and gas suppliers
- Crane hire firms
- Erection labour contractors
Credit and cash
RA bills paid 30-90 days after certification less 5-10% retention, TDS and GST TDS; mobilisation advance 10% on some jobs against bank guarantee; steel from stockists on 15-30 days
Steel, labour and crane paid before RA bill certification; 60-120 days from fabrication to cash; retention locked 12-24 months
Your screens use your words
CustomerClientOrderWork orderItemMark numberInvoiceRA billproductBOQ item
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a steel fabrication workshop
Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.
- Describe the business in one lineFor example "Steel fabrication workshop", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a steel fabrication workshopRoutines, 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 steel fabrication workshop
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.
Updates fabricated, dispatched and erected status per mark number, shows what site needs next, and sends a daily progress note to the client on approval
Asks you before sending
Drafts the RA bill from tonnage erected since the last bill with mark lists and weights as backup, and checks contractor PF and ESI challans are on file
Asks you before sending
Reconciles steel received, fabricated and scrapped per project against the allowance and flags overruns early
Works it out and shows you
Ages certified bills, lists retention due for release after DLP, and drafts release and reminder letters
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 amShop day plan by mark numbers
- 1Pick mark numbers needed by site erection sequence
- 2Issue steel from stock by project; note heat numbers
- 3Welders' qualification valid for the job
8:30 amSite toolbox talk and height permit
- 1Toolbox talk on the day's lifts
- 2Harness, lifelines and safety nets checked
- 3Crane load chart and rigging checked
6:00 pmDaily fabrication and erection progress
- 1Mark numbers fabricated, dispatched and erected today
- 2Photo of erected bays
- 3Update mark tracker
Every week
FriWeekly RA bill draft from tonnage erected
- 1Total tonnage erected per BOQ item since last bill
- 2Attach mark lists, weights and measurement sheets
- 3Submit to client engineer for certification
SatWeekly labour contractor payment and CLRA records
- 1Check attendance and tonnage done by each gang
- 2Pay contractor after seeing wage register and PF and ESI challans
Every month
28thMonthly steel reconciliation per project
- 1Steel received vs fabricated vs scrap per project
- 2Wastage against allowance; plan reuse of offcuts
- 3Sell scrap and record GST TDS
10thRetention and dues review
- 1List certified bills unpaid past terms
- 2List retention with DLP ended and draft release letters
Every year
MarMarch billing push and registrations
- 1Push clients to certify and pay before year end
- 2Renew contractor registrations and insurance
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.
Tender to final bill and retention release
- 1BOQ priced and bid
- 2Work order acceptedNeeds approval
- 3Shop drawings approvedNeeds approval
- 4Fabricated and inspected
- 5Dispatched by mark number
- 6Erected and measured
- 7RA bill certifiedNeeds approval
- 8Final bill and DLP
- 9Retention released
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.
Projects and RA bills
Mark number tracker
Steel issue and reconciliation
Fabrication and weld quality
Pass client inspection and build a safe frame
Erection and work at height
No falls and no dropped loads
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Supply fabrication and erection of structural steel | 7308 | 18% |
| Fabrication and erection on free-issue steel | 998873 | 18% |
| Erection only | 995468 | 18% |
| Roof and wall sheeting fixing | 995468 | 18% |
| Painting (primer and two coats) | 995468 | 18% |
| Fabricated steel structures (supply only) | 7308 | 18% |
| Fabrication scrap and offcuts | 7204 | 18% |
- GST registration
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- Factory licence
- PF registration (EPFO)
- ESI registration (ESIC)
- Government contractor registration
- Contract labour licence
- Professional tax registration
- Insurance policy
- Pollution consent (CTO)If it applies
- 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.
Owner and project headTenders and BOQ pricing, client meetings, RA bill certification follow-up.
Draughtsman or detailerShop drawings, mark lists, bolt lists.
Shop supervisorCutting plan, fit-up, welding and painting progress.
Welder and fitterFit-up and welding to drawing.
QC engineerFit-up and weld inspection, DPT or UT, paint DFT, inspection reports.
Site engineerErection plan, crane and gang, measurement, RA bill backup.
Erection gang leaderLifts and bolts members, works under permit.
AccountantRA bills, retention, TDS, labour payments, CLRA records.
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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 steel fabrication workshop?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Steel fabrication workshop". 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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