By industry
Rice mills and agri-processing
Agri units buy raw produce in bulk, process it into a main product and several by-products, and sell some in packs and some loose.
Who uses it: Rice, dal, oil and flour mills, and cold-storage based processors.
Common problems without an ERP
- Yield from paddy to rice is guessed.
- By-products are not valued.
- Packed and loose sales carry different GST.
What the company gains
- Yield and by-product output per batch.
- Stock by godown.
- The right GST on packed and loose sales.
Numbers to watch
- Yield per tonne
- By-product revenue
- Stock by godown
Government rules to follow
- GST on rice
- Pre-packaged and labelled rice (a retail pack of 25 kg or less) is 5%; the brand does not decide it.
- FSSAI
- Licence category by turnover: ₹1.5 crore and ₹50 crore bands from 1 April 2026.
- Wheat stock
- Stockists declare wheat stock every Friday on the Food Ministry portal.
- E-way bill
- Above ₹50,000 consignment value.
In ARUKZ ERP today
Try it free- Bills of materials with by-products
- Inventory across godowns
- Purchase
- GST invoices
Rules checked on 7 November 2026. Laws and limits change; confirm with your CA before you act on them.