Karkhana
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ERP for Indian workshops

Follow one steel bar from the supplier’s truck to your customer’s invoice.

Karkhana is built for workshops that buy by the kilo, count by the piece and sell by the litre. Scroll to follow one bar through eight stops.

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Stop 01 · Order

It starts as 2,000 kg on a purchase order.

Your supplier sells by the kilo. Karkhana turns that into bars straight away, so you know exactly what will fill the rack.

Buy in any unitGST from the supplier’s GSTINPrice lists per supplier
Purchase order P-92Bharat Steel Stockists
Steel round bar 32 mm · ₹84 per kg
0kg
That is about0 bars
CGST 9% + SGST 9% · Maharashtra₹30,240.00
Total₹0
Stop 02 · Weigh

40 bars. 762.4 kg. Real weight, recorded at the gate.

Count the bars, enter the weighbridge weight. Karkhana works out 19.06 kg per bar and warns you if a lot is more than 2% off the usual 18.94 kg.

Weighed receiptsLot number from mill certificate2% tolerance check
Stop 03 · Store

Every bar gets an address.

Rack R3, Row B. Anyone can press Ctrl K from any screen, type “bar 32”, and see the stock and the exact rack.

Plant › store › rack › shelfOne search box for everything
Steel round bar 32 mm186 bars in stock · Rack R3 · Row B
Plant 1 › Steel yard › Rack R3 › Row B
Stop 04 · Make

The bar becomes 120 flanges.

Issue 8 bars to Job 311. See progress from every machine, and know before the lathe insert needs a new edge.

Jobs with stepsMachine scheduleTool wear warnings
Stop 05 · Paint

Bought in kilos. Used in litres. No sums.

A 200 kg drum of grey primer fills 5 buckets and 10 tins. Karkhana uses this lot’s own weight per litre (1.41 kg) and records the 1.84 L lost in filling.

Litres ↔ kg per lotUse-before datesWastage recorded
Stop 06 · Cost

See what the job really cost, while it’s still running.

Job 311 is 5.5% over plan. The screen tells you why: a heavier steel lot and five extra lathe hours. You find out on the job, not at year end.

Planned vs actualCost per pieceReal weights from the gate
Job cost · Job 3115.5% over plan
Cost per flange₹1,471.00
Steel Lot 4471 was 0.4% heavier than usual, and the lathe took 51.5 hours instead of 46.
Stop 07 · Sell

One invoice. Four units. GST done.

Flanges by the piece, primer by the bucket, bar by the kilo, bolts by weight. The customer is in Gujarat, so IGST applies automatically, and the total is written in words.

Any unit on any lineCGST + SGST or IGSTHSN on every line
IGST 18%
Tax invoiceOrder S-151 · 03-Oct-2026
Sabarmati Pumps LLPAhmedabad, Gujarat (24)
Flange 100 mmHSN 7307
40 pcs₹58,000.00
Grey primer paint= 60 L · HSN 3208
3 × Bucket 20 L₹23,400.00
Steel round bar 32 mm= 13.2 bars · HSN 7214
250 kg₹23,000.00
Bolt M12 × 50= about 448 pcs · HSN 7318
25 kg₹4,251.25
IGST 18%₹19,557.23
Total₹0
Rupees One Lakh Twenty Eight Thousand Two Hundred Eight Only
Stop 08 · See it all

The owner sees the whole journey on one screen.

Sales, money still to collect, and what needs attention today. Every alert opens the screen that fixes it, on a laptop, a big monitor or a phone.

Four numbers that matterAlerts that open the fix
Sales this month₹38.43 lakh▲ 12% vs August
Money to collect₹14.90 lakh₹3.12 lakh late
Sales each month · ₹ lakh
Red top-coat paint, Lot R-511 expires in 49 daysExpiring
Press die D-04 needs sharpening soonTool
Job 309 is behind scheduleProduction
BAR-032
LOT 4533
Now atSupplier’s yard, Pune
StatusWaiting to be ordered
Count—
That was one bar

Your workshop has thousands of journeys like it.

Karkhana keeps every one of them straight: in pieces, kilos and litres, on every rack, through every job, onto every invoice.

Machine shopsFabrication unitsTool & die makersPaint & coating shopsHardware tradersPress shops
Features

Named the way your team talks.

No “UoM”, no “GRN”, no “FEFO”. Screens say bars, kilos, buckets, racks and jobs.

One search box

Press Ctrl K anywhere. Find items, sizes, racks, orders, customers and actions.

Pieces, weight and litres

Every item has its own units. Karkhana shows the conversion on every line.

1 bar18.94 kg
1 L primer1.41 kg
1 box inserts10 pcs

Weighed lots

Real kg per bar and kg per litre for every lot, with the difference from usual in colour.

Lot 4533 +0.6%Lot 4471 +0.4%Lot G-109 1.41 kg/L

Racks and shelves

Every item shows exactly where it lives. Scan the shelf label to confirm a pick.

Steel yard › R3 › Row B

Tool wear

Strokes, minutes or holes used, with a warning before sharpening is due.

Press die D-0474%
Drill bit 10 mm78%

GST picked for you

HSN on every line. The delivery state decides the tax, and the total is written in words.

Pune → NashikCGST 9% + SGST 9%
Pune → AhmedabadIGST 18%

Fast for Tally users

Keyboard shortcuts for every common task, with the keys printed on the buttons.

Ctrl KAlt 1–6/Ctrl SEsc

Every screen size

From a 1366 × 768 office laptop to a wide monitor, and a tablet at each machine.

In pilot

Move from Tally or Excel

Bring items, customers, suppliers and opening stock across from Excel files.

Planned

E-invoice and e-way bill

Generate the IRN and e-way bill straight from the invoice screen.

FAQ

Questions workshops ask us.

We use Tally today. Do we have to stop?

No. Many workshops keep Tally for final accounts. Bring items, customers, suppliers and opening stock into Karkhana from Excel, and run both side by side while your team settles in.

Can it handle items we buy by kg and sell by piece?

Yes. That is what Karkhana is built for. Each item has its own units, such as bar and kg, or litre, kg and bucket. The usual conversion is stored, and each lot’s real weight is recorded on arrival.

Does it work on a tablet or phone?

Yes. Screens adjust to the space available. Supervisors can record progress on a tablet at each machine, and owners can check the home screen on a phone.

How is GST handled?

Each item carries its HSN code and GST rate. Karkhana applies CGST + SGST or IGST from the delivery state and prints the total in words. E-invoice and e-way bill are on the roadmap.

Who can see prices and costs?

You decide by role. For example, stores can see quantities and racks but not cost prices, while accounts can see everything.

Contact

Show us your 10 trickiest items.

We’ll set them up in Karkhana and walk you through their journey on a 30-minute call. We usually reply within one working day.

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