Product

Specifications for the garment factory OS

FabricIQ is a multi-tenant SaaS on Postgres, not a Flask demo. Each paying factory gets slug.fabriciq.ai, a hard subscription gate, and modules that take work from mill PO to brand Ready.

Production pipeline

Default garment stages, configurable per tenant, with QR and move/receive on every step.

CUTTINGSTITCHINGWASHINGQCPACKINGDISPATCH

Module deep-dive

MAKE IQ

Shop-floor MES with QR

Phase 1 MVP

Track every lot from cutting to dispatch. Phones scan QR labels; departments move and receive with quantity checks so missing pieces surface as ALERT, not as a WhatsApp argument.

  • Six-stage pipeline: CUTTING → STITCHING → WASHING → QC → PACKING → DISPATCH
  • QR label generation and phone scan history
  • Move / receive handshake with sent vs received qty
  • Typed defect logging (stitch, zip, fabric, shade)
  • Department boards, daily targets, TV / command dashboards
  • Roles: Admin, Supervisor, Operator, Inspector

BUY IQ

Fabric & trim procurement

Phase 2

Turn low stock and style demand into scored mill choices and issueable purchase orders, with WhatsApp to suppliers instead of spreadsheet chaos.

  • Requisitions → vendor score → formal PO
  • Fabric/trim item master (GSM, width, composition, mill)
  • WhatsApp / email issue to mills
  • Goods receipt (GRN) into inventory
  • BOM consume at cutting

INVENTORY IQ

Stock that cutting can trust

Phase 1 to 2

Ledger-based inventory with style BOM, reorder levels, and fabric attributes so the floor never guesses meters or shade.

  • IN / OUT / RESERVED stock ledger
  • Style bill of materials
  • Reorder levels + low-stock alerts
  • Roll / lot / shade / GSM fields
  • Locations and transfers as the product grows

DEMAND IQ

Reorder before the line stops

Phase 3

Safety stock and reorder recommendations from consumption and the open order book. Seasonal fabric planning without another Excel war.

  • Forecast / reorder from history + order book
  • Safety stock policies
  • Seasonality hooks for fabric programs
  • Feeds Buy IQ requisitions

RISK IQ

Know which mills will slip

Phase 3

Score suppliers on on-time delivery and quality from your own factory history before you place the next fabric PO.

  • Internal OTD and quality risk signals
  • Alerts on unreliable mills
  • Closes the loop after dispatch / defects

WHATSAPP OPS

Status where the factory already lives

Phase 1 to 2

Stage moves, low stock, and Ready-to-ship pings on WhatsApp. Supervisors and brands see progress without calling the office.

  • Meta Cloud templates: low_stock, stage_move, daily_brief
  • Buyer Ready notifications after DISPATCH
  • Inbound floor / vendor replies (Phase 2)
  • +91 first, India garment ops channel

BILLING & GST

Your SaaS fee + factory invoices

Phase 1 + 3

Factories subscribe at ₹5,000/mo with a hard access gate. Later, GST tax invoices close the sell-side loop to brands.

  • Razorpay monthly ₹5,000 / yearly ~₹50,000
  • 14-day trial then hard paywall
  • Tenant on xyz.fabriciq.ai
  • GST tax invoice / IRN / e-way (Phase 3)
  • Thin buyer portal for order status

Delivery roadmap

From the FabricIQ plan: first paid MVP ~8 weeks; full vision ~20 to 24 weeks.

Phase 0

Foundation

Weeks 1 to 2

Repos, Postgres, auth, subdomain stub, Razorpay sandbox

Phase 1

Shop-floor MVP

Weeks 3 to 8

First paying factory: MES + QR + stock/BOM + hard billing + WhatsApp alerts

Phase 2

Buy + WhatsApp ops

Weeks 9 to 14

Formal POs, fabric fields, inbound WhatsApp floor/vendor

Phase 3

Demand / Risk / GST

Weeks 15 to 20

Demand IQ, Risk IQ, GST invoices, buyer portal polish

Phase 4

Polish

Weeks 21 to 24

Yearly UX, PWA, hardening, optional Tally

Platform

  • Next.js UI + Express API + PostgreSQL + Redis
  • Tenant isolation on every query
  • Razorpay subscriptions (hard middleware)
  • WhatsApp Cloud + optional AI assist

Commercial

  • Monthly 5,000 / factory
  • Yearly ~50,000
  • 14-day trial then paywall
  • Add-ons later: plants, WA volume, GST NIC