Manufacturing and Industrial
Metal, Steel and Aluminium
Weight-based metal trade and processing with grade, section and heat-number traceability.
Also covers: Steel · Aluminium · Metal Trading · Rolling Mill · Metal Fabrication
About this industry
Metal is traded and processed by weight, in grades and sections where substitution is not acceptable. Heat numbers and mill test certificates travel with the material for structural applications. Cutting and processing generate offcuts and scrap that carry real value and must be accounted for.
Common operational problems
- Grade and section substitution is unacceptable but easy to get wrong manually
- Heat numbers and test certificates must follow the material
- Cutting produces offcuts and scrap with recoverable value
- Weight-based pricing moves with volatile metal rates
- Theoretical versus actual weight differs and must be reconciled
Example workflows
Grade, section and heat-number tracked stock
Weighbridge capture at inward and outward
Cutting and processing with offcut and scrap recovery
Mill test certificate linked to the material lot
Rate-linked pricing with theoretical and actual weight reconciliation
Needs no product covers yet
On RequestWhere a ready product does not reach far enough, these are the needs this industry raises most often. We do not build to order; telling us which of these you need is what shapes what we build next.
- Heat number and test certificate management
- Cutting optimisation and offcut inventory
- Rate-linked pricing with daily metal rates
Recommended solutions
The capabilities that matter most in this industry, the features inside each, and which product delivers it.
Manufacturing and Production Management
Materials, production, quality and costing connected to the sales and finance side of the business.
- Multi-level BOM with versions and wastage
- Production planning against demand and capacity
- Work orders with assignment and progress
- Material issue, consumption and WIP tracking
- Quality checks with defects and corrective action
- Job work and subcontracting
- Production costing with standard versus actual
- Batch, lot and serial traceability
Inventory and Purchase Management
Know what you hold, what it cost and what needs ordering — across locations, batches and units.
- Real-time stock with low-stock alerts
- Batch and expiry tracking, and serial-number tracking
- Barcode scanning for receipt, billing and stock-take
- Product variants and multiple units with conversions
- Multi-warehouse and godown transfers
- Purchase orders, quotations, returns and supplier ledgers
- Stock valuation and outstanding-payment tracking
Business Management and ERP
One connected system across branches, users and workflows, so operational data is entered once and read everywhere.
- Connected sales, purchase, inventory and accounting on shared master data
- Multiple branches, godowns and business locations
- Users, roles and permission control over what each person can see and do
- Configurable approval workflows for discounts, purchases and expenses
- Central master data for products, customers, suppliers and tax rates
- Consolidated reporting across the whole business or one branch
GST and Compliance
Tax-correct documents at the point of billing, so compliance is a by-product rather than a monthly scramble.
- GST invoices with multiple slabs applied per item
- HSN and SAC code management on product masters
- Cess support where applicable
- GST reports for return preparation
- e-Invoice workflows
- e-Way Bill workflows
Billing and Accounting
Invoices, payments, expenses and ledgers that stay in agreement without a month-end rebuild.
- GST-ready invoices with multiple formats and print sizes
- Customer and supplier ledgers with running balances
- Receivables and payables with ageing
- Cash and bank accounts with payment tracking
- Expense recording and categorisation
- Cash book and business reports including profit insights
Integration opportunities
Connections that commonly matter in this industry. Each carries its own honest status.
Talk to us about metal, steel and aluminium
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