Challenges
The manual work this trade still runs on, what it costs, and what changes.
The bulk milk bill to the union is written by hand.
- How it is done today
- The secretary copies litres, fat and SNF from the shift register onto a bill.
- Cost or risk
- The plant's fat and SNF readings do not match the society's, and nobody can show which figure is right.
- With Finocket
- A bill with milk type, shift, fat and SNF on each line, shared as a PDF.
Member details live in one register.
- How it is done today
- Member codes and villages are looked up in a book at the counter.
- Cost or risk
- A pour is credited to the wrong member.
- With Finocket
- Each member's code and village are kept on their party record.
The 10-day member bill is added up by hand.
- How it is done today
- The secretary adds up twenty shift entries per member with a calculator.
- Cost or risk
- A mistake in one member's bill erodes trust across the village.
- With Finocket
- Not built yet. Shift-wise collection entry, the fat/SNF rate chart and the member bill are planned. Today you record payments against each member's ledger.
Feed and advances given to members are kept in a notebook.
- How it is done today
- Cattle feed bags given on credit are noted and remembered at payment time.
- Cost or risk
- Feed given on credit is never recovered.
- With Finocket
- Bill the feed to the member so it sits in their ledger. Deducting it from the milk bill is not built yet.
Doorstep customers' monthly dues are kept in a diary.
- How it is done today
- The vendor writes daily deliveries in a diary and collects at month end.
- Cost or risk
- Dues are forgotten, and households dispute the month's total.
- With Finocket
- A recurring monthly bill for each household, plus a reminder you send from your phone. Day-by-day quantities are not built yet.
Parlour counter sales are not recorded.
- How it is done today
- Cash goes into a drawer and is counted at night.
- Cost or risk
- There is no record of what was sold or what is left.
- With Finocket
- Ring up counter sales on the till and close the day with a Z-report.
Milk, ghee and paneer carry different GST rates.
- How it is done today
- Every product goes on one bill at one rate, or with no tax at all.
- Cost or risk
- Tax is wrong on the products that do carry GST.
- With Finocket
- Set the GST rate on each item yourself. Returns are prepared from your bills.
The CA gets the society's books after the year closes.
- How it is done today
- Registers and bank passbooks go to the CA's office once a year.
- Cost or risk
- Audits are late, and errors are found after filing.
- With Finocket
- Invite your CA into the same books, and send the books across to Tally if they need it.