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Processing, payroll and harbour records for Kollam’s cashew factories and fishing ports.

Kollam’s cashew factories run on piece-rate wages recorded in registers, with raw nut lots tracked by hand. GullySystem provides processing, payroll and export software linked to Tally, working from Bengaluru. The Neendakara and Sakthikulangara harbours settle catches in notebooks. Payroll is a common place to begin.

At a glance

A cashew factory here may employ a large workforce paid by the kilo for shelling, peeling and grading. The wage register, the PF and ESI records and the yield from each lot of raw nut all have to agree. Reconciling them is done by hand.

On the coast, boat owners, auctioneers and seafood processors at Neendakara and Sakthikulangara trade early each morning. Chinnakada and the town centre carry the retail, jewellery and hospital business.

Around Kollam

The areas, estates and markets that matter in Kollam.

Cashew factories around Kollam and Kundara

Processing units, many of them decades old, shell, peel, grade and pack kernels, and attendance, output per worker and lot yield decide the profit. All three are kept by hand in factory office books.

Neendakara and Sakthikulangara harbours

Boat owners, auctioneers, ice plants and seafood buyers do business in the hours after a boat lands. Catch, advances to crews and buyer payments are settled in cash and in notebooks.

Chavara

The mineral sands belt has contractors, transporters and suppliers working for the plants there, and contract bills and trip records are the main paperwork. Trip sheets link to bills.

Chinnakada and the town centre

Textile showrooms, jewellers, hospitals and professional offices around the clock tower serve the town. Billing and customer credit sit in Tally and in a counter diary.

Karunagappally

A trading town to the north, with wholesale grocery, building-material and hardware shops supplying the surrounding panchayats on credit. Credit balances run by shop.

How software gets chosen

How Kollam businesses pick and use software.

Cashew families have kept books the same way for decades, and several factories have changed hands. A floor supervisor should be able to use the system with very little training.

Labour records carry particular weight in this trade. Wage, PF and ESI registers need to be easy to produce for an inspector. Sales dashboards are secondary.

Where it breaks

Where Kollam businesses lose time and money.

Piece-rate wages are prepared from the weighing book

Output is weighed per worker per day and wages come from the weighing book, so with a large workforce one wrong entry means complaints on payday. Weights entered daily shorten the work.

Yield by lot of raw nut is not known

Raw nut from different origins gives different kernel outturn and grades, and when lots are mixed on the floor the factory cannot tell which purchase performed well. Lot-wise records show it.

Harbour auctions run on cash and a notebook

Boats land early and fish is sold quickly. Advances to crews are adjusted later in the day, so a boat owner sees what a trip earned only when the auctioneer’s book is read. A running account shows it at settlement.

How it works

How the work runs from Bengaluru for Kollam.

  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 Kollam. 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 Kollam owners ask before they call.

Can the software calculate piece-rate wages from daily output?

Yes. Output entered per worker per day, from a weighing scale or a supervisor’s tablet, produces the week’s wages with PF and ESI deductions. That register prints for inspection.

Can it show kernel outturn for each lot of raw cashew?

Yes. Each raw nut lot keeps its origin, weight and cost, and the kernels, grades and shells from it are recorded as they come off the line. Outturn and cost per kilo of kernel then show for every lot.

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 Kollam 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