Be ready before the first rain, not after.
Umbrella making has a short selling season, many models and prints, and most stitching and assembly done by outside job workers on piece rate. Kreon has a product built for this trade, Umbrella Manufacturing ERP. It keeps track of every component lying outside your factory and plans production against the bookings dealers place before the monsoon.
The details generic software gets wrong.
Material lives outside
Cloth, frames and handles sit with many job workers. Without challan-wise balances, shortages surface only when the season has started.
A year in few weeks
Most dispatches happen just before the rains. Bookings, production and stock must be planned well ahead, model by model.
Sets must match
An umbrella needs cloth, frame, handle, tips and cover together. One missing part holds up the whole lot.
Returns after the season
Dealers send back unsold and damaged stock when the rains end. Each return must be matched to the dealer's bills and schemes.
The parts that matter here.
Job work and sub-contracting
Sends material to outside processors on a job work challan and receives finished goods back, showing what is still…
About this module ManufacturingProduction planning
Turns sales orders and stock targets into work orders, checks material availability and loads them onto machines,…
About this module ManufacturingBill of materials and recipes
Holds what goes into each product: a multi-level BOM for assembled goods, or a recipe by percentage and weight for…
About this module ManufacturingQuality control
Sets inspection checks for incoming material, in-process stages and finished goods, and records results against the…
About this module ManufacturingWastage, scrap and yield
Compares input with output for every batch, heat or work order and shows where material was lost: burning loss,…
About this module Inventory and warehouseBarcode, RFID and label printing
Prints barcode, QR or RFID labels for raw material, work in progress, finished goods, bundles and cartons, in the…
About this module Inventory and warehouseMulti-godown stock and transfers
Keeps separate stock for each factory, godown, shop floor store and job worker location.
About this module Inventory and warehouseWarehouse (bins, picking, dispatch)
Maps the godown into racks and bins and tells staff where to put away and where to pick from.
About this module ManufacturingProduction costing
Works out the cost of each item, batch or job from material consumed, job work charges, labour, power and overheads.
About this moduleClose to yours.
Questions, answered.
Can piece-rate wages be calculated automatically?
Yes. When finished pieces are received from a job worker, the wage is worked out from the quantity accepted and the rate for that model and operation. Rejected pieces and material shortages can be deducted before payment.
We also make raincoats or other seasonal goods. Will it work?
The same pattern applies to other goods made through job workers and sold in a season: BOM, challans, piece rates and dealer bookings. Tell us your range and we will show how it maps.
Can salesmen book dealer orders from the market?
Yes. Your sales team can book orders on a mobile app during dealer visits, see the dealer's outstanding and check stock by model. Orders come straight into dispatch planning.
Which Kreon products fit umbrellas?
Umbrella Manufacturing ERP. Each can be shaped to the way your business works, and they share the same records when used together.
In umbrellas? Let us talk.
We will tell you, honestly, whether software can fix it. If it cannot, we will say so.