Your customers
- Offset printing presses
- Book publishers
- Mono carton makers
- Calendar and diary printers
- School and exam printers
Printing, packaging and media · Makers and factories
MatruOS for a binding and print finishing unit
Set up the way a binding and print finishing unit runs: job charges per 1,000 folds, per book bound, per sheet laminated, per 1,000 die-cut impressions; foiling, UV and spiral binding. 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 binding and print finishing unit deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Piece-rate wages for 20-40 workers worked out by hand. Finished jobs not billed for weeks; GST rate on job bills confused.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 8 licences for a binding and print finishing unit, 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.
- Publisher or brand
- printing press
- binding and finishing job worker
- press or publisher
- market
Your suppliers
- Lamination film dealer
- Hot-melt and PVA glue dealer
- Stitching wire dealer
- Die maker
- Contract labour
Credit and cash
Presses pay monthly, often 45-90 days; publishers 60-120 days; film and glue dealers 15-30 days; workers paid weekly
Labour and film are paid weekly while presses pay in 45-90 days. The textbook season brings the most work and the longest dues.
Your screens use your words
CustomerPressOrderJob cardItemJobInvoiceJob billproductOperationSupplierFilm dealer
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a binding and print finishing unit
Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.
- Describe the business in one lineFor example "Binding and print finishing unit", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a binding and print finishing unitRoutines, 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 binding and print finishing unit
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.
Totals each worker's pieces by operation at piece rates, deducts advances and prepares the weekly wage list with PF and ESI where covered
Asks you before paying
Prepares job bills for finished job cards at agreed rates with the right GST (5% or 18%), ages dues and drafts reminders
Asks you before sending
Adds up machine hours for promised jobs by machine and week, flags overloads and suggests extra shifts or labour
Works it out and shows you
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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 amCount in sheets with job card
- 1Count sheets and overs received against job card
- 2Note shortages or damaged bundles to press same day
10:30 amFirst copy approval on each machine
- 1Page sequence, fold and trim checked on first copy
- 2Lamination adhesion: tape test
- 3Die-cut registration within 0.5 mm
7:00 pmCount out, spoilage and piece book
- 1Delivered vs ordered; spoilage within overs
- 2Piece book entries per worker
Every week
Mon 11:00 amWeekly job bills and dues
- 1Bill finished job cards at agreed rates with 5% or 18% GST
- 2Dues by press and age; reminders
Sat 5:00 pmWeekly piece-rate wages
- 1Wages from piece book, less advances
- 2Pay and sign; PF and ESI where covered
Every month
25thMonthly machine load and season plan
- 1Jobs promised by presses for next month vs machine hours
- 2Decide second shift and extra labour
Every year
JunAnnual fire and machine safety check
- 1Fire extinguishers refilled; paper stack aisles clear
- 2Guillotine and die-cutter guards working
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.
Job card to payment
- 1Sheets counted in
- 2First copy approvedNeeds approval
- 3Finished
- 4Counted out and delivered
- 5Billed and paid
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.
Job cards
Worker piece book
Press ledger
Count and spoilage control
Deliver the right count and keep spoilage within overs
Finishing quality and safety
Books and cartons that hold and machines run safely
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Folding (per 1,000 folds) | 998912 | 5% |
| Saddle stitching (per book) | 998912 | 5% |
| Perfect binding (per book, up to 200 pages) | 998912 | 5% |
| Section sewing and case binding (hardbound) | 998912 | 5% |
| Thermal BOPP lamination (gloss or matt, 18x23 inch) | 998912 | 18% |
| Die-cutting and creasing (per 1,000 impressions) | 998912 | 5% |
| Hot-foil stamping (per 1,000) | 998912 | 18% |
| Spot UV coating | 998912 | 18% |
| Spiral or wiro binding | 998912 | 18% |
| Three-knife trimming and packing | 998912 | 5% |
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- GST registration
- Factory licenceIf it applies
- Shops and Establishments registrationIf it applies
- Contract labour licenceIf it applies
- PF registration (EPFO)If it applies
- ESI registration (ESIC)If it applies
- Fire NOCIf 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.
OwnerTakes jobs from presses, quotes rates, collects dues, pays labour.
Floor supervisorPlans machines, checks first copies, counts in and out, records spoilage.
Machine operatorRuns folder, binder, laminator or die-cutter.
HelperGathering, stacking, packing, loading.
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 binding and print finishing unit?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Binding and print finishing unit". 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.
Printing, packaging and media
Other makers and factories in printing, packaging and media
Run a binding and print finishing unit 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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