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Also serving Palghat
Standard ERPNext rarely knows about moulds, shelf life or paddy moisture; Palakkad units need screens and reports shaped to how their own floor works.
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What does a rubber moulding unit in Kanjikode have in common with a snack maker in Ottapalam? Both can run on ERPNext, and neither will be happy with it straight out of the box. One needs mould life and compound batches on the job card. The other needs expiry dates, distributor schemes and van routes. The standard product covers accounts and stock. The last stretch is theirs alone.
Customisation is that last stretch. On the Frappe framework we add fields, forms, print formats, approval rules, reports and whole new modules, and we connect ERPNext to weighbridges, machines and other software. We do it in a way that survives upgrades, as a separate app and not as edits to the core. For a Palakkad business, the aim is simple: the screen should match the work.
Auto-component buyers in Coimbatore and Hosur ask for their own invoice layout, packing slip and inspection report with every dispatch. Staff end up retyping ERP data into Word. Custom print formats pull part numbers, batch numbers and inspection values straight from the transaction, so the paperwork leaves with the lorry.
At a mill gate, the weighbridge prints a slip and a clerk types the weight into the purchase entry later. Errors creep in and disputes follow. An integration reads gross and tare weight into ERPNext directly, links them to the supplier and lot, and leaves nothing to retype.
A purchase above a limit, a credit note, a price change for a dealer: in many Palghat firms these are approved by a message to the owner's phone. Workflow rules inside ERPNext route the document to the right person, record who approved it and when, and hold it until they do.
Automobile components and rubber goods
Mould and die registers with shot counts, compound batch traceability with shelf life, customer-specific labels and inspection reports, and schedule-based dispatch planning for buyers who release their orders weekly.
FMCG and food processing
Batch and expiry controls tightened beyond the standard, scheme and free-goods logic for distributors, a van sales screen for route staff, and production reports that compare planned and actual yield for each recipe.
Paddy and agriculture
Procurement screens for buying from farmers and agents with variety, moisture and deduction rules, advance and settlement tracking by farmer, and seasonal reports for input dealers who sell seed and fertiliser on credit until harvest.
Customisation work starts with someone from Kochi spending time at your premises in Palakkad, watching the transaction being done the present way. We then write a short specification you sign off, build on a test server you can log into, and move changes to your live system only after your users have tried them. Most development is remote. Walkthroughs and training are on site where the change touches the shop floor.
Case studies
Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL)
Kochi Metro (KMRL) — ERPNext Property & Lease Management, Zero Paper
Connect N Cabs Tours & Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Connect N Cabs — A Custom Travel ERP That Lifted Fleet Utilisation 35%
Della Fashions
Della Fashions — ERPNext POS Made Checkout 60% Faster Across Every Outlet
Not if it is done properly. We keep custom work in a separate Frappe app with its own version history, and avoid touching core files. Before any upgrade we test your customisations on a copy of your system.
Yes. We begin with a review of what exists: the version, the custom apps, any core changes and the state of the data. If earlier work was done in a risky way we tell you, and we agree whether to tidy it first.
Often, yes. Weighbridges, barcode and label printers, biometric attendance devices and machines that export counts or files can usually be connected through the Frappe API. We check what the equipment can send before promising anything. Where a machine offers no data output, a simple tablet entry screen at the workstation is the honest alternative.
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Kochi (Kadavanthra & Infopark) · Thiruvananthapuram · across India & overseas · In business since 2011