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Surat’s textile and diamond trades both depend on lot, challan and credit records across many hands.

Surat has textile traders on Ring Road, processing houses in Sachin and Pandesara, and diamond units in Varachha and Katargam. Goods pass through many hands, and tracking is split across Tally, notebooks and WhatsApp. GullySystem provides job-work ledgers, lot tracking and agent order apps, delivered remotely from Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. Each item changes hands often.

At a glance

A Surat saree can pass through weaving, processing, embroidery and lace work before a Ring Road shop sells it through agents to retailers across India. At each step it moves on a challan. At the end it is sold on credit with returns possible, so the chain of records has to hold from the first process to the invoice.

Diamonds move in packets in a similar way. Rough is sorted, planned, cut and polished by karigars in Katargam and Varachha, and traded in Mahidharpura and at the Diamond Bourse in Khajod. Weight changes at every stage.

Around Surat

The areas, estates and markets that matter in Surat.

Ring Road textile markets

Wholesale sarees, dress materials and fabrics sold through agents to retailers in other states. Agent-wise orders, goods returns and long credit make up much of the daily paperwork.

Sachin, Pandesara and Udhna

Weaving, dyeing, printing and processing units working on job work for traders, each receiving grey cloth by lot and returning finished metres after several process stages. Lot records come first.

Varachha, Katargam and Mahidharpura

Diamond cutting and polishing units and traders. Packets issued to karigars, weight before and after, and trade on memo all need exact records, and weight is counted in carats.

Hazira

Steel, port and heavy industry, with contractors, fabricators and transporters serving them, and material moving on gate passes from one site to another across the estate. Each pass is a record.

Adajan, Vesu and Piplod

Newer residential areas with clinics, coaching classes, interior designers and showrooms. Appointments, billing and follow-up are the records.

How software gets chosen

How Surat businesses pick and use software.

Textile traders in Surat usually want software that agents can use on a phone, since agents take the orders and not the office. Speed matters. Whoever sits in Kolkata or Jaipur needs the catalogue, the current rate and the party’s available credit in front of them while taking the order.

Diamond firms are private businesses. Questions about where data is kept and who can see it usually come first. Features come after.

Where it breaks

Where Surat businesses lose time and money.

Agents book orders across India and the office sees them on WhatsApp

Orders arrive as photos and voice notes. Some are missed. An agent order app with the catalogue and the current rate list puts every order into one queue that the office can work through.

Goods returns and discounts are not linked to the original sale

Returned pieces and after-sale discounts are adjusted in Tally without a link to the original bill, which hides how much each party actually costs to serve over a season. Tracking returns against each bill and agent shows which parties are profitable. Margins become visible.

Grey fabric goes to the mill and comes back short

Metres sent and metres received are written on different challans. A job-work ledger matches them lot by lot and flags a shortage while the claim can still be raised.

Diamond packets move between karigars and weight is reconciled by hand

Each stage changes the weight, and the manager checks it in a register each evening. Packet-wise records with the weight at each stage show the loss for each karigar.

How it works

How the work runs from Bengaluru for Surat.

  1. 1

    The audit, by call

    A screen-share and a look at the sheets, accounting reports and WhatsApp groups your team uses. No travel needed.

  2. 2

    A written proposal

    Scope, what we build first and the cost, agreed in writing before anything starts.

  3. 3

    Build in short rounds

    Working screens shared every few weeks. Your team tests them from your own office.

  4. 4

    Go-live, in person when it helps

    For data migration and training we can come to Surat. Travel is agreed in advance.

  5. 5

    Support online

    Fixes, changes and hosting handled remotely by the same team that built it.

Common questions

Questions Surat owners ask before they call.

Can agents across India take orders from a catalogue on their phone?

Yes. The agent app carries designs, rates and stock, and the orders go straight to the office queue. Each agent sees only their own parties and commission. Voice notes can still be received and logged by the office.

Where is sensitive diamond data stored?

It depends on the decision the firm makes. Options include a private Indian cloud server or a machine in the firm’s own office, with each role seeing only what it needs. That question is settled before any development starts.

What happens after I share my requirements?

An engineer reads what you send and replies within one business day. We then look at the software, spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups your business runs on today and write down what works, what slows your team down and what is missing. A demo login, a screen-share or a few screenshots are enough. You get a short written summary ordered by priority, with no obligation to hire us afterwards.

How much will the software cost?

We don’t publish a price, because it depends on what the system has to do. That first review settles the scope, and the cost goes into a written proposal before any work starts.

Talk to us

Tell us what your Surat business runs on today.

Send a short note on the spreadsheets, software or WhatsApp groups your team depends on. We reply the same working day.

What happens after you share your requirements

  1. A senior engineer reads your answers. Nobody phones first.
  2. Within one business day you get a written note: what we understood, what we would start with, and the questions we still have.
  3. If it fits, a proposal follows with the order of work, what we need from you and what you receive at each step.
  4. No call is booked and nothing is paid until you have read the note. Your details stay with us.

Start with your requirements

Seven short steps that tell us what you need. A senior engineer reads them before anyone gets in touch.

Share your requirements