Use case: manufacturing SME on Oflync
Meet Arjun, owner of Precision Parts Co. — a light manufacturing SME with two plants (Peenya and Hosur road), one shared bank account, and operators who work day / evening / night patterns.
This is a day-in-the-life story for factory and workshop SMEs — not a feature dump. By evening, Arjun has used the same Oflync products a salon would, mapped to plants, dispatches, and shifts.
If you run one or more plants/units, invoice from a counter or office, share one bank across locations, and struggle with “who is on tonight?” — start here.
The business (quick snapshot)
| Business | Precision Parts Co. (CNC + assembly) |
| Locations | Plant A (Peenya) · Plant B (Hosur road) — both as Outlets in Oflync |
| Bank | One current account for both plants |
| Team | Operators, supervisors, dispatch clerk, office |
| Pain before Oflync | WhatsApp shift swaps, Excel cash by plant, hiring on sticky notes |
Chat: Arjun explains it to a supplier
Suresh (supplier)
You opened Hosur and still answer every shift message yourself?
Arjun
Not anymore. Plants are outlets on Oflync. Staff → Shifts has Mon–Fri day/evening and a Sunday lean crew. I export CSV to the supervisors.
Suresh
And cash? Bank is still one account for both sheds.
Arjun
Fund Treasury for opening/closing per plant. Cashflow for material bills and customer receipts. I don’t type the same number twice.
One working day — products in a plant rhythm
7:30 — Staff → Shifts (handover)
Arjun opens Staff → Shifts, selects Plant A. Coverage shows clear for Day; Evening still had a gap yesterday — he replaces a temp with a permanent operator. He downloads CSV and sends it to both plant supervisors before the first machine starts.
→ Product: Staff Management
9:00 — Appointments (vendor & sample slots)
Not every manufacturer books haircuts — but Arjun uses Appointments for vendor visits, sample approvals, and customer plant tours. Front office blocks 11:00 for a buyer walkthrough so the shop floor is not interrupted ad hoc.
→ Product: Appointments
11:30 — Invoices (dispatch invoice)
A finished lot ships to a buyer in another state. Dispatch raises a GST tax invoice in Invoices for Plant A with the buyer's GSTIN and HSN codes; the place of supply means IGST is charged. The receipt is tracked in Cashflow against that outlet.
→ Product: Invoices · comes with Cashflow
13:00 — Cashflow (materials & scrap)
Accounts logs a tool purchase and scrap sale under the right plant. Arjun sees lunchtime net without opening three WhatsApp groups.
14:00 — Financial Threads (plant maintenance budget)
He opens Financial Threads, checks the monthly line maintenance thread, and approves an expenditure against the repair allocation.
→ Product: Financial Threads
15:30 — Fund Treasury (two plants, one bank)
He opens Fund Treasury, day view: Plant A and Plant B opening balances, Cashflow net suggestions, closing figures to match the shared bank later.
Treat each plant (or warehouse + plant) as an outlet. Treasury answers “cash position by location”; Cashflow answers “what moved”.
→ Product: Fund Treasury
16:30 — Recruitments (night crew)
Plant B needs another night operator. Arjun adds a referral to Recruitments, status Interview. When hired, they move into Staff with an employee ID and get a standing shift assignment.
→ Product: Recruitments
18:00 — Journal
Arjun reads a Journal piece on plant cash discipline — same Help Center guides salon owners use.
→ Oflync Journal · Fund Treasury
Product checklist from this story
| Time | Product | Manufacturing angle |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 | Staff / Shifts | Day·evening·weekend coverage + CSV to supervisors |
| 9:00 | Appointments | Vendor / sample / tour slots |
| 11:30 | Invoices | GST dispatch invoices (IGST / CGST + SGST) |
| 13:00 | Cashflow | Materials, scrap, receipts by plant |
| 14:00 | Financial Threads | Maintenance budget, audit logs |
| 15:30 | Fund Treasury | Opening/closing per plant on one bank |
| 16:30 | Recruitments | Operator pipeline |
| 18:00 | Journal / Help Center | Owner learning |
How Arjun set this up
- Partner sign-up — add Plant A and Plant B as outlets
- Activate a plan or voucher
- Add operators in Staff, then define Shifts per plant
- Use Fund Treasury on the same plan when plants share one bank account
Furniture workshops, food processing units, garment job-works — rhythm stays: cover shifts → book critical visits → invoice → track cash by unit → hire.