Ariyalur runs on cement despatches and limestone lorries. Its records should not stop at the weighbridge slip.
Ariyalur lives off cement plants, limestone quarries and the contractors and transporters who feed them, with cashew orchards around Jayankondam and Sendurai. Most of that work is recorded on weighbridge slips, lorry trip sheets and a Tally company only the accountant opens. GullySystem builds despatch, trip and contractor billing software for these firms, starting with a free technology audit run from Bengaluru.
A cement lorry leaving Ariyalur carries a weighbridge slip, an invoice and a dealer name, and the same load is weighed again at the buyer’s end. The difference between the two weights is argued over on the phone days later.
The district’s other money comes from cashew orchards around Jayankondam and Sendurai, and from heritage visitors to the Chola temple at Gangaikonda Cholapuram. Both are seasonal, and both are run from a notebook.
The areas, estates and markets that matter in Ariyalur.
The cement plant belt
Plants and the limestone quarries feeding them, with contractors, transporters and spares suppliers working against plant purchase orders and gate passes.
Jayankondam
The district’s second market town, ringed by cashew orchards, where growers sell raw nuts and kernels through traders who settle after the season.
Sendurai and the farming blocks
Cashew and groundnut villages where input dealers give credit at sowing and recover it when the crop is sold.
Gangaikonda Cholapuram
The Chola temple that brings heritage travellers, with guides, small lodges and eateries along the Jayankondam road.
How Ariyalur businesses pick and use software.
Ariyalur owners buy software the way they buy a tipper: after watching it work for someone they know, usually a fellow transporter or a contractor at the same plant. A demonstration on a real trip sheet does more than a brochure.
Most firms here are the owner and one clerk, and the nearest software vendor is in Tiruchirappalli. Anything that needs a visit for every small change is dropped within a season.
Where Ariyalur businesses lose time and money.
Two weighbridges, two weights, one argument
The load is weighed at the plant and again at the buyer’s godown. Nobody keeps both figures against the same trip, so shortage claims are settled from memory.
We pay lorry owners from a diary
Trips, diesel, driver advances and detention are noted in a diary and totalled at month end. Hire owners dispute the total, and the clerk rereads a month of pages.
The cashew trader settles once, later
Growers and small processors deliver through the season and are paid at the end of it. Without a running account per grower, that settlement is argued rather than checked.
Plant purchase orders sit in one man’s phone
Order copies, gate passes and rate revisions arrive on WhatsApp. When he is on leave, nobody can say what was approved at what rate.
What we would build for Ariyalur businesses.
Usually in this order, starting with whatever the audit ranks first.
Business Process Automation
Approvals, reminders, follow-ups and reports that run on their own instead of on someone remembering.
Learn moreERP, CRM and Business Software Implementation
One record of stock, orders, customers and accounts, set up so your team opens it every day.
Learn moreWeb and Mobile Application Development
Web and mobile apps for customers, field staff and dealers, built to work on ordinary phones.
Learn moreData Engineering and Business Intelligence
Dashboards that answer the owner’s Monday questions without anyone building an Excel sheet first.
Learn moreHow the work runs from Bengaluru for Ariyalur.
- 01
The audit, by call
A screen-share and a look at the sheets, Tally reports and WhatsApp groups your team uses. No travel needed.
- 02
A written proposal
Scope, what we build first and the cost, agreed in writing before anything starts.
- 03
Build in short rounds
Working screens shared every few weeks. Your team tests them from your own office.
- 04
Go-live, in person when it helps
For data migration and training we can come to Ariyalur. Travel is agreed in advance.
- 05
Support online
Fixes, changes and hosting handled remotely by the same team that built it.
Software we have built and run.
We don’t claim Ariyalur clients we don’t have. These are systems our team built; the way we work is the same wherever you are.
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Read the case studyQuestions Ariyalur owners ask before they call.
Can the weighbridge clerk and the driver enter a trip from a phone?
Yes. The trip opens at the weighbridge with the vehicle, the load weight and the destination, and the driver’s copy prints or goes out on WhatsApp. Diesel and advances are added to the same trip, so the hire bill builds itself.
Can it keep a running account for each cashew grower?
Yes. Every delivery with its weight and grade, and every advance paid, posts against the grower. The settlement at the end of the season is then a printed statement instead of a discussion.
What happens in the free technology audit?
We 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 to start. You get a report ordered by priority, and there is 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. The audit settles the scope, and the cost goes into a written proposal before any work starts.
Industries we build for in Ariyalur.
Tell us what your Ariyalur 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.
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