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ShilaTeq

vs generic ERP

ERPs are built for identical widgets. Your blocks are one of a kind.

Generic ERPs are serious software — powerful, proven, and right for factories that make ten thousand identical things a day. If you run one well, you have our respect: it isn't easy.

The trouble starts with a single assumption buried in every generic ERP: that a product is a SKU — one of many identical units. A stone block is the opposite of that. It is singular, irregular, divisible, and aging — and no amount of configuration makes a SKU behave like a stone.

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Built for identical widgets, not one-of-a-kind stone.

Inventory

  • QR block identity

    Scan any stone to pull its full record — even without logging in.

    Generic ERP

    Depends

    Custom fields only imitate it.

    StoneX

    Included

    A permanent QR identity, minted at intake.

    StoneX advantage

  • Find any block

    Stop losing sales while a buyer waits on the phone.

    Generic ERP

    Depends

    Only if a consultant modelled it.

    StoneX

    Included

    Typo-tolerant search + scan, from any phone.

    StoneX advantage

  • Cutting recovery & remnants

    Know the true yield of every gangsaw cut.

    Generic ERP

    Depends

    A foreign concept; customization imitates.

    StoneX

    Included

    Recovery %, wastage, auto remnant, cut ledger.

    StoneX advantage

  • Aging & carrying cost

    Surface dead capital before it silently drains cash.

    Generic ERP

    Depends

    With enough configuration.

    StoneX

    Included

    Fresh / amber / red aging + carrying-cost alerts.

    StoneX advantage

Sales & Money

  • Stop double-selling

    The same block can never be promised to two buyers.

    Generic ERP

    Depends

    Possible, with the right config.

    StoneX

    Included

    Atomic reservation; reserved stock disappears.

    StoneX advantage

  • True margin after wastage

    Never sell a slab below its real cost by accident.

    Generic ERP

    Depends

    If block cost is modelled correctly.

    StoneX

    Included

    Sale-time COGS from wastage-adjusted cost.

    StoneX advantage

  • GST invoicing

    Compliance becomes a tap, not a month-end deadline.

    Generic ERP

    Included

    With the tax module configured.

    StoneX

    Included

    One tap: CGST/SGST/IGST, HSN 6802, ₹ in words.

    Matched

  • Payment gate

    Nothing leaves the yard until a payment is confirmed.

    Generic ERP

    Depends

    Approval chains, if they're built.

    StoneX

    Included

    No confirmed payment, nothing dispatches.

    StoneX advantage

  • Statutory books & filing

    Keep your accountant's system — and feed it the truth.

    Generic ERP

    Included

    Full books & compliance modules.

    Generic ERP wins here

    StoneX

    Partial

    Exports clean numbers to it — isn't a books system.

Floor & People

  • Works offline on the floor

    A dropped signal never stalls a cut or a delivery.

    Generic ERP

    Manual

    A terminal in an office.

    StoneX

    Included

    The worker app logs work offline, syncs later.

    StoneX advantage

  • Worker app — Hindi & payroll

    The shop floor actually adopts it — that's where software dies.

    Generic ERP

    Manual

    English, dense, desktop-first.

    StoneX

    Included

    Bilingual EN/हिंदी app; attendance, wages, advances.

    StoneX advantage

  • Dispatch & delivery tracking

    Goods leave and arrive on the record, not on trust.

    Generic ERP

    Depends

    A logistics module, if licensed.

    StoneX

    Included

    Gate pass + tracking QR; driver app; public link.

    StoneX advantage

Growth

  • Showroom, leads & customers

    Turn web visitors into quote requests — without building a website.

    Generic ERP

    Manual

    Rarely, and never stone-native.

    StoneX

    Included

    Per-yard 3D showroom, price-gated, leads inbox.

    StoneX advantage

  • Reports & analytics

    Run the business on evidence instead of memory.

    Generic ERP

    Included

    Strong BI — a genuine strength.

    StoneX

    Included

    Dashboard KPIs + P&L, profitability, receivables.

    Matched

  • Multi-branch rollups

    A consolidated group view across several locations.

    Generic ERP

    Included

    Consolidation across branches.

    Generic ERP wins here

    StoneX

    Planned

    One yard per account today; rollups on the roadmap.

IncludedPartialManualDependsPlanned

Honest concession

Where a generic ERP honestly wins

  • Multi-branch consolidation and group rollups.
  • Granular roles and approval chains.
  • Deep integration ecosystems; more configurable.

The honest trade-offs

  • Multi-yard groups hit our ceiling first.Roadmap

    One yard per account today. If you need consolidated rollups across branches now, a generic ERP genuinely serves that better — rollups are on our roadmap, and we'd rather tell you than sell you.

  • Roles are simple by design.Roadmap

    Admin and worker — least-privilege and easy to reason about. Granular permission tiers for larger teams are on the roadmap.

Depth where the trade needs it. Simplicity where the user needs it.

Asked honestly, answered honestly

Is ShilaTeq an ERP?

It does what a yard would want from one — inventory, sales, procurement, payroll, dispatch, GST — but it isn't a generic ERP you configure into shape. It's built stone-native, and the worker app is half the point.

We're a large processor with multiple units. Should we still talk?

Honestly: if consolidated multi-branch rollups are your first requirement, we're not there yet — that's on the roadmap. Many groups start with their busiest yard as its own account. Ask us on WhatsApp and we'll tell you plainly whether we fit today.

What about e-invoicing (IRN) thresholds?

ShilaTeq generates compliant GST invoices; government e-invoice and e-way-bill API integration is on the roadmap. If your turnover mandates IRN today, tell us — we'd rather set the expectation straight.

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