How the chain
actually works
One batch of raw material passes through three job workers before it becomes a finished product. Here is exactly what happens at each handoff, and who is who along the way.
The cast
Who is who in the chain
These are the terms used throughout WON. The same structure applies whether your chain has one job worker or five.
COMPANY 1
The principal. Owns the raw material and every material derived from it, at every stage, even while it physically sits at a job worker's premises. Defines the recipe.
JOB WORKER 1, 2, 3
Independently owned companies that process material on Company 1's behalf. Each has its own login and only sees the part of the chain relevant to it.
RAW MATERIAL
What Company 1 starts with and sends to Job Worker 1.
WASTE AND SCRAP
What leaves the chain without becoming product: trim, rejects, process loss. Who owns it is a decision rather than an assumption: scrap the principal keeps is taxed differently from scrap the job worker keeps, so WON records that per reason rather than guessing.
SEMI-FINISHED MATERIAL 1 AND 2
The intermediate outputs of Job Worker 1 and Job Worker 2, each becoming the input for the next job worker in the chain.
FINISHED PRODUCT
The output of Job Worker 3. From here, Company 1 decides whether it returns to Company 1's own warehouse or ships directly to Company 1's customer.
Principal
Company 1
Owns the material and sends it out on a delivery challan.
Starts as
Polypropylene granules
Extrusion
Job Worker 1
Spins the granules into fabric and sends it straight on to the printer.
Arrives
Polypropylene granules
Leaves as
Non-woven fabric roll, 70 GSM
Printing
Job Worker 2
Prints the roll and passes it sideways to the stitcher, never back through the gate.
Arrives
Non-woven fabric roll, 70 GSM
Leaves as
Printed fabric roll
Cutting and stitching
Job Worker 3
Cuts and stitches the roll into finished bags.
Arrives
Printed fabric roll
Leaves as
D-cut carry bags
Back to the principal
Company 1
The finished goods come home, or ship straight to the customer from the last job worker.
Arrives
D-cut carry bags
Ends as
Delivered to the customer
Step by step
Every handoff repeats the same pattern: paperwork, compliance check, notification, receipt. The ledger updates at both ends.
01 / DISPATCH
Company 1 sends Raw Material to Job Worker 1
A delivery challan is generated automatically, the e-way bill requirement is checked against value and distance, and Job Worker 1 is notified the material is in transit.
02 / RECEIVE
Job Worker 1 confirms what actually arrived
Received, short and damaged are recorded separately at the gate, so a discrepancy is a number on the challan rather than an argument three weeks later.
03 / CONVERT
Job Worker 1 produces Semi-Finished Material 1
Job Worker 1 logs a production entry against Company 1's recipe, by lot, serial or quantity, and the ledger updates stock at that location while ownership stays with Company 1.
04 / RELAY
Material relays through Job Worker 2 and Job Worker 3
Each handoff repeats the same pattern: challan, compliance check, notification, receipt, with full traceability back to the original lot of Raw Material.
05 / DECIDE
Company 1 routes the Finished Product
Once Job Worker 3 completes the Finished Product, Company 1 decides where it goes next: back to its own warehouse, or shipped straight to Company 1's customer.
Get started
See this workflow running on your own products
Registration takes about two minutes. Your job worker partners can join right after, each with their own login and their own view of the chain.
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