Guides
Run your yard better — with or without us.
The stone trade has never had much written down for the people who run it. These guides are our attempt to change that: practical, honest, and useful whether or not you ever open the demo. If you leave knowing one thing more than you arrived with, they’ve done their job.
All guides
Working capital
Dead capital: the cost of stone that sits
Aged stock doesn't announce itself — it just quietly ties up cash. How to see it, measure its carrying cost, and act before it drains a season's profit.
3 min read
Sales & credit
Selling on credit without the bad debts
Udhaar is how the stone trade works — and where it leaks. How to extend credit confidently: exposure limits, payment discipline, and collections that don't cost you the relationship.
3 min read
Cutting
Gangsaw recovery: the maths of cutting
Cutting is where yards silently lose money. How to measure recovery and wastage on every cut — and why wastage has to be priced into the slabs that survive.
3 min read
Compliance
GST for stone businesses: a plain guide
The essentials of GST invoicing for a stone yard — HSN codes, the CGST/SGST vs IGST split, and what makes an invoice compliant. Written plainly. Not tax advice.
3 min read
Sales & credit
The double-sell problem
Two salesmen, one block, two promises. Why it happens, what it costs, and how to make selling the same stone twice structurally impossible.
2 min read
Cutting
Pricing a block honestly
How to price stone so you never sell below cost by accident — true cost basis, wastage from cutting, and why an unknown cost should stay unknown, not become a fake margin.
3 min read
Going digital
Taking your yard online — safely
A showroom buyers can browse, without exposing your prices to competitors. What to show, what to keep private, and how web enquiries become real leads.
3 min read
Going digital
Getting the shop floor to actually use software
The best system is worthless if the cutter won't touch it. What actually drives adoption on a low-literacy, phone-only shop floor — and what quietly kills it.
3 min read