The January-March Trap: Carrying Old WIP Into a New Financial Year
For many Indian manufacturers, what happens between January and March often decides whether your audit is smooth or painful when the financial year closes on March 31. Hence January doesn’t feel like a fresh start. It feels like the beginning...
Vendor Monopolies: Understanding the Risks of Deep Supplier Dependence
Vendor dependence doesn’t hit you like a crisis. It builds slowly, quietly, year after year. A supplier meets your quality standards.They deliver on time.Your team prefers them because coordination feels effortless. And before anyone realises it, one supplier becomes the...
Industry 5.0: The Comeback of Human Intelligence in Manufacturing
Everyone today talks about automation, smart machines, AI-driven production lines, and factories that supposedly run themselves. For the past decade, Industry 4.0 has dominated every conversation and pushed manufacturers toward sensors, IoT dashboards, predictive maintenance, and data-driven workflows. But amid...
When One Person Holds the Process: Risks of Tribal Knowledge in Manufacturing
In every factory, there’s that one person. The go-to expert. The one who knows which machine needs a tap before starting. Which supplier delivers faster if you call after lunch. How to bypass a glitch in the invoice system. They’re...
Swadeshi ERP: Why Local Solutions Are India’s Key to Global Leadership
India is not just a large market; it’s one of the largest in the world for almost any product or brand. That scale is both an opportunity and a responsibility. Recent global trade developments, such as the high tariffs imposed...
Tackling the ₹80 Lakh Crore Credit Crunch: Make Your MSME Lender-Ready with ERP
In 2025, Indian MSMEs are caught between rising demand and limited access to credit. The August 2025 Manufacturing PMI hit a 17-year high of 59.3. That is clearly signaling robust demand across sectors. With GST 2.0’s simplified tax slabs soon...
GST 2.0: What Indian Manufacturers Need to Know and How ERP Can Help
On September 3, 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced GST 2.0, a major reform of India’s Goods and Services Tax system. It will be in effect from September 22, 2025. The new system simplifies to three tax slabs: 0% (exempt),...
The Hidden Cost of Outdated HR Systems, and How Modern HRMS Solutions Can Fix It
In the hum of a mid-sized factory gearing up for a large export order, HR often operates in the background. Dozens of new recruits arrive, shift rosters change by the hour, and month-end payroll feels like climbing Everest on paper....
Why Global ERP Falls Short for Many Indian Manufacturers – and the Best Alternative
No two Indian manufacturers operate the same way. One company might schedule production around the availability of seasonal labor. Another may rely on a small but highly skilled in-house team. A factory in Gujarat might maintain its own spare-parts workshop...
Emergency Purchases: The Profit-Draining Pattern and How to Break It
In manufacturing, no matter how well you plan, there are days when things go off-script. Unexpected things can happen. A supplier misses a committed delivery. A critical machine stops working without warning. A raw material runs out faster than your...