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Metals and engineering · Traders and distributors
MatruOS for a steel stockist and dealer
Set up the way a steel stockist and dealer runs: margin per tonne over mill or distributor price; mill schemes and rate differences; cutting, bending and delivery 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 steel stockist and dealer deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Contractors take 60-120 days and bad debts follow when projects stall. Prices change daily and old quotes are honoured, so margin goes.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 2 workflows, 4 registers and 8 licences for a steel stockist and dealer, 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.
- Mill
- distributor
- stockist
- site or fabricator
Your suppliers
- Primary and secondary steel mills
- Main distributors and C&F agents
- Pipe and sheet makers
- Transporters
Credit and cash
Buys on advance or 15-30 days; sells cash to known walk-ins and 30-120 days to contractors and builders; post-dated cheques common; interest on late payment seldom charged
15-45 days stock plus 30-120 days contractor credit on a bank cash-credit limit; schemes come later by credit note
Your screens use your words
CustomerPartyItemSizeInvoiceBillproductSteel itemSupplierMill or distributor
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a steel stockist and dealer
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 stockist and dealer", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a steel stockist and dealerRoutines, 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 stockist and dealer
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.
Drafts the day's rate list by item and size, sends it on approval, and marks quotes older than a day as expired
Asks you before sending
Ages dues by party and site, drafts WhatsApp statements, and flags parties slow across sites before new dispatch
Asks you before sending
Shows sell-through by size, compares book and counted stock, and suggests the next truckload mix
Works it out and shows you
Works out scheme and rate-difference amounts due and weight shortages, and drafts claim notes
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
10:00 amMorning rate list by size
- 1Read mill, distributor and association rates for the day
- 2Set base selling rate and size extras
- 3Send rate list to regular contractors and fabricators on approval
- 4Expire yesterday's open quotes
11:30 amOrders, weighing and site dispatch
- 1Pick by size and brand; count pieces
- 2Weigh on weighbridge or calculate standard weight; write basis on bill
- 3Invoice and e-way bill before truck leaves
6:30 pmEvening collections, POD and cash
- 1Enter cheques, RTGS and cash against site ledger
- 2Check POD photo for every delivery
- 3List cheques to deposit tomorrow
Every week
MonWeekly dues statements and calls
- 1Ageing by party and site
- 2Send statements; call parties over credit days
- 3Owner decides holds on new dispatch for slow payers
ThuWeekly size stock count and mill booking
- 1Count pieces by size; compare with book stock
- 2Plan next truckload by fast-moving sizes
- 3Book with mill at day rate
Every month
5thMill scheme and weight difference claims
- 1Total tonnes per mill and scheme slab reached
- 2List weight shortages on receipt with weighbridge slips
- 3Draft claim and chase credit notes
Every year
OctDiwali new books and balance confirmations
- 1Chopda pujan and opening of new books
- 2Send balance confirmations to all parties
- 3Write off or file suits for dead dues on advice
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 delivery and collection
- 1Rate quoted and order taken
- 2Credit approvedNeeds approval
- 3Picked weighed and cut
- 4Invoiced with e-way bill
- 5Delivered with POD photo
- 6Paid in full
Mill booking to scheme credit
- 1Booked at day rateNeeds approval
- 2Truck received and weighed
- 3Purchase invoice checked
- 4Scheme credit note received
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
Site-wise credit ledger
Size-wise yard stock
Mill bookings and schemes
Weight basis on every bill
No weight disputes with sites
Sell only BIS-marked steel
Stay legal under the steel QCO
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TMT bar Fe 500D (mixed sizes) | 7214 | 18% |
| MS angle | 7216 | 18% |
| MS channel | 7216 | 18% |
| MS beam (joist) | 7216 | 18% |
| MS flat | 7214 | 18% |
| HR sheet and plate | 7208 | 18% |
| CR sheet | 7209 | 18% |
| GP or GC sheet | 7210 | 18% |
| Chequered plate | 7208 | 18% |
| MS ERW pipe | 7306 | 18% |
| GI pipe | 7306 | 18% |
| Binding wire | 7217 | 18% |
- GST registration
- Shops and Establishments registration
- Trade licence
- Weighing scale stamping
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- PF registration (EPFO)If it applies
- ESI registration (ESIC)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 (seth)Books from mills, sets selling rates, approves credit and discounts.
Counter salesmanQuotes, takes orders on phone and WhatsApp, explains weight basis.
Munim (accountant)Invoices, e-way bills, ledgers, collections, GST.
Yard in-chargeStacks by size and brand, picks orders, cutting and bending, weighbridge.
HamalLoading and unloading, cutting.
Driver and delivery coordinatorSite deliveries, POD photo.
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 stockist and dealer?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Steel stockist and dealer". 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 steel stockist and dealer 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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