From a DOS-era system to one platform.
Kottex Industries, Surat.

Yarn and fabric process savings

Since moving to MobiOffice, Kottex has seen approximately 1% savings in yarn consumption across both the weaving and fabric dyeing processes. For a unit running 150+ looms and 30 fabric dyeing machines across three shifts, even a 1% improvement in material yield compounds significantly over a full year of production.

Dye and chemical consumption

Before MobiOffice, dye and chemical usage was tracked using a parchi system — handwritten slips that recorded what was issued to each batch. The system had no validation layer. Quantities could be entered without checks, and there was no easy way to compare actual consumption against the standard recipe for a given fabric or shade.

After MobiOffice, consumption is tracked digitally at the batch level with system controls in place. The result has been approximately 5% reduction in dye and chemical spend — a meaningful saving per month at this scale of dyeing operation.

Machine downtime visibility

The previous software had no machine downtime reporting. Supervisors had no system-level way to know which machines were idle, when they stopped, or for how long. This made it difficult to distinguish planned stoppages from unplanned ones and nearly impossible to benchmark machine-level productivity over time.

MobiOffice now provides machine-wise production reports, downtime tracking, and comparison data across machines and shifts. Management can identify underperforming machines, spot recurring downtime patterns, and take corrective action with data backing — not floor observation alone.

On-demand production planning

Production at Kottex is now planned on demand using MobiOffice. When an order comes in, the planning team can immediately check inventory, assess machine availability across all four processes, and generate a production plan without waiting for manual data compilation from individual departments. The General Manager noted that overall production efficiency has increased as a direct result of faster and more reliable planning.

Automated reporting and faster deliveries

MobiOffice's automated email reporting was one of the features Kottex specifically moved towards when leaving the old system. Reports that previously required manual compilation are now sent automatically to the relevant people. The operational impact is a faster feedback loop: when a report flags a delay or a shortfall, the team acts on it immediately rather than at the next scheduled review.

GST compliance and accounts

GST compliance previously required a dedicated team. Multiple people were involved in reconciliation, data entry, and filing across the organisation's four business processes. After MobiOffice, the same work is handled by a single person. The manual oversight that consumed the rest of the team's time has been largely eliminated.

Bottleneck identification across four processes

Running four interdependent processes — yarn dyeing feeding into weaving, fabric dyeing running in parallel, twisting as a finishing step — means a delay in one area can cascade across the rest of the operation. Identifying where the slowdown is happening used to require floor visits, phone calls between supervisors, and manual cross-checking of production records.

With MobiOffice, Kottex now identifies bottlenecks directly from the reporting layer. The General Manager, Madan Mohan Sharma, described this as one of the clearest operational changes since the transition. When a process is running behind, the system surfaces it before it becomes a delivery problem — not after.