Karigars & contractors

Karigar management software where the balance is in grams

A karigar or a contractor is an account, not a page in a diary. Metal out on Karigar Issue, metal back on Karigar Return, the balance in weight, the work on the productions screens, the loss against his own allowed limit, and the pay worked out from the rate on his master. Part of Valenza Manufacturing.
Balance in weightLoss against a limitPay from the recordPrice on request

Karigar · R. Soni

Grinding · rate per gram

Active

Metal with him

86.420 g

Bags open

7

Pieces this month

164

Loss vs allowed

0.41% / 0.60%

Karigar Issue · 124.000 g out

Karigar Return · 37.580 g back

Work Payment Voucher · pending

Illustration — your own karigars appear here.

2

sides to every account — issue and return

4

pay screens: two reports, plus voucher and balance

3

Open Jobwork screens for lots sent outside

4

chain karigar and contractor screens of their own

The account

What he holds, what he did, what he lost

Three questions a factory should be able to answer about any karigar at any hour. These are the screens that answer them.

Karigar Issue & Karigar Return

Metal goes out at a weight and comes back at a weight. The balance is what the two sides say — in grams, not in goodwill.

Karigar Productions

What each karigar actually finished, by day and by department, against what he was given.

Contractor Productions

The same for a contractor, so outside work is measured the way inside work is.

Department Karigar & Contractor

Who is working for which department right now, on the department head’s own screen.

Loss per karigar

Loss is the difference on his own issue and return, measured against the allowed loss in Loss Master — and Loss Approval is where anything past the limit has to be signed off.

What is overdue with him

Department Delayed and My Pending Bags show which of his bags have been out too long, before the order is late.

Targets

Assign Target and Department Target set what is owed; the productions screens show what came.

Karigar & Contractor Master

Profiles, categories and rates, set once and used by every issue, return and pay report after that.

The money

Pay worked out from the record, not from a slip

The rate sits on Karigar Master or Contractor Master. The work sits on the productions screens and the returns. Karigar Pay Report and Contractor Pay Reports put the two together, and Work Payment Voucher pays it against the report it came from — so a payment always has something behind it.
  • Rates and categories on Karigar Master and Contractor Master
  • Karigar Pay Report and Contractor Pay Reports for any period
  • Work Payment Voucher against the report that produced it
  • Balance Analysis and Contractor Analysis in Data Insights
  • Every issue, return and edit on the Activity Log with the user and the time
Karigar & Contractor Pay ReportThis month
WhoDepartmentPiecesWeight gRate basis
R. SoniGrinding1641,284.600per gram
M. PrajapatSetting92486.120per piece
Shree Jewels (contractor)Polish3102,104.880per gram

Payable comes from the rate on Karigar Master or Contractor Master and the work on the record; Work Payment Voucher pays it.Illustration — amounts depend on your own rates.

The books

Reports that settle it, not start an argument

Karigar and contractor reports read the transactions the floor made. If a report has to be typed, it is an opinion.

Karigar Reports

Everything a karigar was issued, returned and produced, over any period.

Contractor Report

The same view for each contractor, with their lots and their balances.

Karigar Pay Report

What is payable, worked out from the rate on his master and the work on the record — not from a slip of paper.

Contractor Pay Reports

Contractor payable on the same basis, per contractor and per period.

Work Payment Voucher

The voucher that actually pays the work, against the report it came from.

Balance Analysis

In Data Insights: outstanding balances as an analysis rather than an argument.

Contractor Analysis

Which contractors carry what, cost what and lose what — read from their own transactions.

Activity Log

Every issue, return, edit and deletion carries the user and the time. Nobody switches it on; nobody can switch it off.

Outside the gate

Work sent out, still on your books

A lot that leaves the premises should not leave the system. Open Jobwork, the chain balances, box stock validation and the gate screens keep it accounted for.

Issue Lot

Open Jobwork: a lot sent out to a contractor, recorded as a lot rather than as a pile of bags.

Received Lot

The lot coming back, weighed, against the issue that sent it.

Received Job Work

The finished jobwork received, so a contractor’s account closes on a record and not on a phone call.

Chain Karigar & Contractor

Chain works on lots, so it has Chain Karigar, Chain Contractor, Chain Karigar Balance and Chain Contractor Balance of its own.

Box & stock validation

Box Stock Map and Stock Validation with Validation History check what is physically there against what the system says.

Gate pass on the way out

Gate Pass, Factory Out and External Outward mean metal leaving the premises is on a record at the gate too.

Control

Each head sees his own karigars

A factory of a hundred people cannot have every user looking at every account. My Department scopes a head to his own floor, and per-screen rights do the rest.
  • My Department: received bags, pending bags, stock, target, delays, loss, QC rejects, karigars and contractors — his own only
  • Create, edit, delete and export rights set per screen, per role
  • Every write on the Activity Log with the user and the time
  • Stock Validation and Validation History for a physical count against the system
  • Gate Pass, Factory Out and External Outward for metal leaving the premises

Per-screen rights

Exactly the screens the role allows.

My Department

One floor, its own karigars.

Gate pass

What left, and on whose authority.

Activity Log

Who changed what, and when.

Compare

A karigar account vs a karigar diary

Most factories keep karigar work in a register and the money in somebody’s head. Here is what changes.
What you getValenza ManufacturingOld factory softwareDiary + Excel
Metal balance per karigar, in weight
Every issue and return weighed on the transaction
Allowed loss per karigar, with approval above the limit
Work measured per karigar and per contractor
Rates on a master, pay worked out from the record
Work Payment Voucher against the pay report
Lots issued and received for outside jobwork
Chain karigar and contractor balances kept separately
Department head sees only his own karigars
Every change on an audit trail with user and time

A general comparison of the kinds of tools jewellers use today, not of any named product.

Pricing

One plan for the whole factory — karigars and contractors included

There is no separate licence for karigar management: all 416 screens come in one plan, with unlimited users, unlimited departments and unlimited units, and your rates, categories and loss limits set up before go-live. The first-time setup is quoted on your factory’s data and hardware rather than published, because it depends on how much data has to come across, how many departments and units you run and which scales, printers, scanners or RFID readers you use. After that it is a monthly AMC. Running a showroom rather than a factory? Valenza Retail has its own Karigar Issue and Receipt screens, at its own published price.

All-in-one

Valenza Manufacturing

The whole factory, all-in-one — every module, no limits.

₹85,000 / month AMC

One-time setup, quoted on your factory data and hardware

Final price, no GST added on top. The setup is quoted on your factory’s data and hardware — book a demo and we will scope it with you.

  • Every module included — orders, CAD/CAM, wax, casting, grinding, QC, karigars, chain, polki, stock, accounts, CRM and MIS
  • Unlimited users, unlimited departments, unlimited units — no per-seat fee
  • Setup covers data migration and your factory data set up ready to run
  • Your team trained on the screens they will use, before you go live
  • AI tools that read a photograph of a piece, on your own AI key
  • AMC includes support, updates and new features

The AI tools, WhatsApp Business API and SMS with DLT-approved templates run on accounts in your own name and are billed to you by those providers. Valenza integrates and tests them.

FAQ

Karigar management software — questions factories ask

What is karigar management software?+

Software that treats a karigar as an account rather than a page in a diary. It records the metal issued to him and returned by him in weight, the work he finished, the loss on his own transactions against the limit you allow, and what is payable at the rate on his master — so what he holds and what he is owed are two numbers from the same records.

How does Valenza keep a karigar’s metal balance?+

Karigar Issue records metal going out at a weight and Karigar Return records it coming back at a weight, against the same bag and order. The balance is the difference, in grams. Karigar Reports shows the whole history over any period, and the Issue / Return Reports and Metal Transfer Reports read the same transactions.

Can I hold a karigar to an allowed loss?+

Yes. Loss Master holds the allowed loss per process and metal, so the loss on a karigar’s own issue and return is measured against a limit rather than accepted as wastage. Loss Approval is where anything past the limit has to be signed off by a person, and the Loss Report shows loss by karigar, department and metal.

How is karigar pay worked out?+

From the rate on Karigar Master and the work on the record. Karigar Pay Report produces what is payable for a period, Contractor Pay Reports does the same for contractors, and Work Payment Voucher is the voucher that pays it against the report it came from. Nothing has to be re-typed from a slip.

Does it manage contractors and outside jobwork?+

Yes. Contractor Master holds the rates, Contractor Productions and Contractor Report show the work, and Contractor Pay Reports settle it. For lots sent outside, Open Jobwork adds Issue Lot, Received Lot and Received Job Work, and Gate Pass, Factory Out and External Outward record metal actually leaving the premises.

Is chain jobwork handled separately?+

Yes, because chain works on lots rather than bags. Chain Karigar, Chain Contractor, Chain Karigar Balance and Chain Contractor Balance are their own screens in the chain department, alongside Lots Split, Lot Group, Lot Transfer, Lot Bulk Transfer and Chain Department Target.

Can a department head see only his own karigars?+

Yes. My Department gives a head his received bags, pending bags, department stock, target, delays, loss, QC rejects, karigars and contractors — and nothing from another department. Each user gets exactly the screens their role allows, with create, edit, delete and export rights set per screen.

What stops a karigar account being quietly adjusted?+

Every create, edit and delete is on the Activity Log with the user and the time, and it is not a setting anyone can switch off. Stock Validation and Validation History let you set a physical count against the system, and Balance Analysis in Data Insights reads the balances rather than being typed.

Is karigar management sold as a separate module?+

No. It is part of Valenza Manufacturing, one module covering the whole factory — 416 screens across 55 department menus. No department is sold as an add-on. If you run a showroom rather than a factory, Valenza Retail has its own Karigar Issue and Receipt screens for showroom jobwork.

How much does it cost?+

One all-in-one plan: every module, unlimited users, unlimited departments and unlimited units. There is a one-time setup charge, quoted on your own factory data and hardware, and then a monthly AMC that covers support, updates and new features. The setup is quoted rather than published because it depends on how much data has to come across, how many departments and units you run, and which scales, printers, scanners or RFID readers you use — so book a demo and we will scope it with you. The AMC figure is on the pricing page.

Bring one karigar account and we will settle it on screen

What he was issued, what he returned, what he produced, what he lost and what he is owed — from the same records.