A khata-first ERP for a Karachitimber and hardware trader

Neura Tajir is a multi-tenant ERP for traders of this kind, with Abdullah & Sons as its first client. Which modules a shop uses, for example WhatsApp intake, depends on its plan and configuration.

THE CHALLENGE

What a trading business needs that generic retail software skips

Generic point-of-sale tools assume a sale ends when the customer pays. In timber, board and hardware trading, many sales are on credit, so the real record of the business is the khata: who owes the shop, who the shop owes and how those balances moved. Stock is just as awkward. One panel or plank exists as several variants and may sit in more than one warehouse. If receipts, refunds, transfers and purchases are not tied to one stock ledger, the shelf and the book drift apart.

THE SOLUTION

One system for the counter, the ledger and the warehouse

At the counter, staff record cash or credit sales on a tablet. Each sale takes the next invoice number for the shop, updates stock and prints an 80 mm or 58 mm receipt. A credit sale also posts to the customer's khata. Behind the counter, the same stock ledger drives purchasing, transfers between warehouses and refunds. Refunds must reference the original receipt and cannot exceed the quantity still refundable, and purchase orders are received in a single step so stock and supplier balances move together.

Core Capabilities

Khata ledgers for customers and suppliers

Credit and payment entries with running balances computed in the database.

Multi-warehouse inventory with variants

Stock tracked per variant and warehouse, with a stock ledger and transfers between locations.

Counter sales with receipts

Cash and credit sales, per-shop invoice numbers and 80 mm / 58 mm receipts printed over WebUSB.

Refunds and purchase orders

Refunds tied to the original receipt and capped by what remains refundable; purchase orders received atomically.

Roles and tablet-first design

Owner, manager and salesperson roles and a touch-first interface with a pattern unlock for shared tablets.

WhatsApp intake (premium plan)

Staff can ask about stock, record entries by text or voice note, or photograph a supplier invoice; lines are staged for human confirmation before stock is booked in.