Coir runs on yield, moisture and the shipping calendar.
Coir is a business of variance. Husk quality changes with the supplier, the season and the rain. Fibre loses weight between the mill and the bale, and if you are not measuring that loss you are quietly giving margin away by the tonne.
We wire Business Central into the fibre line so yield variance, moisture loss and cost per bale are visible while the batch is still in the yard, not reconstructed from a spreadsheet after the container has sailed.
Know the cost of the bale before it leaves the yard.
From husk intake to export container, every batch costed and traced.
What makes Coir hard
The things a generic ERP quietly gets wrong.
- Yield variance between husk intake and finished fibre never quantified
- Moisture loss absorbed into overhead instead of costed to the batch
- Grading decisions made on the floor and recorded nowhere
- Export documentation rebuilt by hand for every shipment
- Cost per bale known only after the invoice is raised
What we configure
Business Central, set up for coir - not for a distribution template.
Batch costing from husk to bale
Intake weight, grade, moisture and mill output tied to one batch, so the true cost of a bale is a number in the system rather than an argument at month-end.
Yield and moisture variance
Expected versus actual yield per batch, with moisture loss tracked as its own line, the variance report a coir CFO actually needs.
Grading and quality holds
Grade captured at the point the decision is made, on the floor, with a hold that stops a downgraded batch being picked for a premium order.
Baling and warehouse control
Bale-level inventory with location, weight and grade, so a picker takes the right bale and the stock ledger stays true.
Export documentation
Packing lists, certificates of origin and container manifests generated from the shipment record, not retyped from it.
Built in-house
Where Business Central stops short of a coir floor, we already built the rest.
Production Portal
The shop floor, logged in.
Production Portal, used in Coir Products Manufacturing. ExploreProduction QR Code
Scan it. Post it. Trace it.
Production QR Code, used in Coir Products Manufacturing. ExploreProduction Planner
Finite capacity, visible weeks ahead.
Production Planner, used in Coir Products Manufacturing. Explore
Proof
What it looks like in practice
- Costing granularity, husk to container
- Per-batch
- Yield and moisture variance visibility
- Live
- Years in Sri Lankan manufacturing
- 15+
“We had always known we were losing fibre between the mill and the bale. Now we know how much, from which supplier, and what it costs us.”
Common questions
Coir, answered.
Can Business Central handle moisture and yield variance?
Not out of the box in the way coir needs. We configure batch-level costing with moisture as a tracked component, so loss between intake and bale is costed to the batch rather than buried in overhead.
Do you handle export documentation?
Yes. Packing lists, certificates of origin and container manifests are generated from the shipment record. The data is entered once, at the point it is known.
We grade on the floor. Can the system keep up?
That is exactly what our Production Portal and QR Code extensions are for: grade is captured on a tablet or a scan at the moment the call is made, not keyed in later from a clipboard.
Start here
Bring us your coir operation. We already speak the language.
A working session, not a sales call. You will leave with a straight answer on what Business Central can do for this operation, what it cannot, and what closing that gap actually costs.