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Order, booking and export records for Alappuzha’s coir, houseboat and seafood businesses.

Alappuzha’s businesses include coir units in Cherthala, houseboats at Punnamada and seafood exporters at Aroor. Orders, bookings and lots are often recorded in notebooks and phone calendars. GullySystem provides order, booking and processing software linked to Tally, delivered remotely from Bengaluru. One calendar per boat. One ledger per weaver.

At a glance

Coir units in Cherthala and Kalavoor take orders by design, size and colour, often from export agents who ask for samples first. Each order moves through spinning, weaving and finishing, and some of that work is done by outside workers. The order book and the job-work register are kept separately.

Houseboat owners at Punnamada and the boat jetties take bookings from travel agents, online sites and walk-ins. Aroor and Chandiroor, at the northern edge of the district, have units that peel and pack shrimp for buyers abroad. Both trades run on dates and lots.

Around Alappuzha

The areas, estates and markets that matter in Alappuzha.

Cherthala and Kalavoor

Coir spinning, mat and matting units, both co-operative and private, take orders through yarn issue, weaving and finishing. Much of that happens outside the main shed.

Punnamada and the houseboat jetties

Houseboat owners, crews and booking agents track availability on a phone calendar, and each agent may be quoted a different rate. Rates need to sit against the booking.

Aroor and Chandiroor

Seafood peeling sheds and processing plants packing for export need a record for raw material receipts, grading, freezing and every shipment lot. Buyers abroad may ask for any of them after the shipment has left.

Kuttanad

Paddy is farmed below sea level, alongside agri-input dealers, boat services and farm stays that sell to farmers on credit from sowing to harvest. Credit balances are tracked by season.

Mullakkal and the town centre

Textile shops, jewellers, clinics and professional offices in the old town hold counter billing and festival stock in Tally and on paper. Reconciling the two is a manual job.

How software gets chosen

How Alappuzha businesses pick and use software.

The coir trade runs through co-operative societies and small private units, and some owners have met software only through an export agent’s portal. A screen showing their own orders, yarn issued and stock is a practical place to begin.

Houseboat owners often list on several booking sites and channel apps. The task there is keeping every channel consistent with one calendar, with rates and agent commissions recorded against each booking.

Where it breaks

Where Alappuzha businesses lose time and money.

One houseboat booked through two channels

Bookings arrive by phone through agents and through travel sites, so without one calendar per boat the same date can be taken twice. Availability needs a single source.

Yarn issued to weavers is not reconciled

Coir yarn goes to outside weavers by weight and comes back as mats by piece, and without a job-work ledger the difference between the two is never settled. Each weaver needs a running balance.

Export lots need a file per buyer

Seafood and coir buyers abroad ask for packing lists, grade details and certificates for every shipment, and these are often assembled from scattered sheets. Holding them against each lot shortens that step.

How it works

How the work runs from Bengaluru for Alappuzha.

  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 Alappuzha. 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 Alappuzha owners ask before they call.

Can one calendar hold bookings from agents, websites and walk-ins?

Yes. Every booking, whatever its source, is recorded on one calendar for that boat. Agent rates and commissions sit beside each booking. Availability can be passed to channels that allow it.

Can you track coir yarn sent to outside weavers?

Yes. Yarn issued by weight and mats returned by piece are recorded against each weaver, with the expected conversion. A shortfall shows before payment is made.

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 Alappuzha 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