The ERP for the office

Run your whole press from one system.

Paper, plates, job cards, production and dispatch — tracked end to end, from inward to delivery challan.

A modular, print-first ERP that replaces registers, spreadsheets and WhatsApp with one source of truth.

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Paper

Rack

Job

Store

Dispatch

✓ Purpose-built for printing & job-work — not a generic ERP bent to fit

✓ Modular: adopt one Buddy or the whole suite

✓ Every record traceable, every create/edit/delete logged

✓ Financial-year aware IDs that reset cleanly each year

The Buddy suite

Modules that run the whole floor.

Issue stock to a job, track its plates, run it on the floor, bill it and dispatch — one thread of data.

Paper inventory

PaperBuddy

Every sheet accounted for — from the day it arrives to the job it goes out on.

01/ 07

Inward register by party, type, size and GSM, with multi-bundle entry
Paper Stock Register with opening and closing balances for any day, week, month or financial year
Stock issued against a job automatically, with a negative balance recorded when a party supplies its own paper
Stock adjustments for a recount, damage or write-off — dated, with a reason and the person who made it
Packaging slips grouped per pack size, printed single, duplicate or triplicate

Plate storage

RackBuddy

Every plate mapped to an exact rack location by your own series rules.

02/ 07

Rack visualisation and series masters
Search a plate ID and get the exact rack and slot
Active, missing, scrapped and incomplete-entry registers
Usage logs showing every time a plate left the rack
Replacement plates tracked against the original set

Job cards & production

JobBuddy

Job cards, a process route, and a live view of what is running right now.

03/ 07

Process route with machine, operator, finish and quantity produced
Live floor monitoring that refreshes on its own
Day scheduling, machine-wise schedule and a production calendar
Operator records and production reports by party, process and machine
Deleting a job asks whether its paper returns to stock — nothing moves silently

Raw material store

StoreBuddy

Films, inks and consumables — in, out, returned and scrapped.

04/ 07

Combination-wise stock for every material variant
Issue against a Job ID, with reuse returns booked back in
Inward, issue and return documents all editable and deletable, with stock corrected automatically
Scrap list kept per financial year
Deletions blocked when they would drive stock negative

Dispatch, billing & challans

DispatchBuddy

From a finished job to a billed, dispatched challan — and the record that it was invoiced.

05/ 07

One challan can bill several jobs of a party, grouped job by job
Charge a set of processes together at one rate, or bill on a minimum rate, minimum order quantity or minimum order value
Job status follows the work: complete, ready-to-ship, shipped, and invoiced
Un-invoiced Jobs screen shows work that has been dispatched but never billed
Party ledger: billed, dispatched, awaiting dispatch and unbilled, per customer
Pivot-style dispatch analysis — slice billed quantity and value by party, process or month

Books & audit

AuditReports

The questions an auditor asks first, answered from the data you already have.

06/ 07

Document numbering gaps found and cross-checked against the audit trail
Stock reconciliation: received less issued equals closing, on every line
Audit trail recording who changed what, with each field's old and new value
Financial year close that freezes a completed year against further edits
Every register searchable, sortable, filterable, printable and exportable

Masters & rates

MasterManagement

Everything defined once, and changed in bulk when it needs to change.

07/ 07

Parties, processes, machines, tools, operators and paper types
Rate lists down to each process, subtype and finish — per party, with a default
Download a master as a spreadsheet, edit it, upload it back
Permissions per screen and per action — view, create, edit, delete, print, export
Every screen reachable from both the sidebar and its module home

app.presstropic.com / paperbuddy/stock-register

Paper Stock RegisterOpening, inward, issued and closing per stock line, for any day, week, month or financial year.

app.presstropic.com / paperbuddy/paper-inward-register

Paper Inward RegisterEvery batch by party, type, size and GSM, with the bundle arithmetic behind each sheet count.

app.presstropic.com / rackbuddy/rack-visualization

Rack VisualizationHow full every slot of a rack is at a glance, and the exact plate sitting in each position.

app.presstropic.com / rackbuddy/active-plates

Active PlatesEvery plate set on the racks, with its location, the colours present and the plate size.

app.presstropic.com / jobbuddy/live-floor

Live FloorWhat each machine is running right now, who is on it and how far the job has got.

app.presstropic.com / jobbuddy/job-register

Job RegisterEvery job with its processes, sizes and quantities — searchable, sortable and printable.

app.presstropic.com / storebuddy/stock-register

Store Stock RegisterCombination-wise stock with opening and closing for the period, and anything below its minimum flagged for reorder.

app.presstropic.com / storebuddy/outward-register

Issue RegisterEvery issue slip against a job and machine, with roll IDs picked first in, first out.

app.presstropic.com / dispatchbuddy/dispatch-register/1

Delivery ChallanSeveral jobs of one party on a single challan, billed process by process, with the tax invoice recorded against it.

app.presstropic.com / dispatchbuddy/party-ledger

Party LedgerBilled, dispatched, awaiting dispatch and unbilled work for every customer.

app.presstropic.com / global/audit-reports

Audit ReportsStock reconciled line by line, and every break in a document sequence traced to the deletion that caused it.

app.presstropic.com / admin/activity-logs

Activity LogWho changed what and when, on every screen — with deleted records kept for restore.

app.presstropic.com / master-management

Master ManagementEvery master in one place, grouped and counted, reachable from a single screen.

app.presstropic.com / master-management/process-rates

Rate MasterParty-wise rates for each process, subtype and finish, with minimum per sheet, MOQ and MOV.

How it connects

One job, end to end.

Every step writes to the same system — so nothing is re-keyed, and everything is traceable.

Material in

Paper & store stock recorded on inward.

Job card

Created with its full process route.

On the floor

Runs process by process, live.

Plates tracked

Located & checked by series.

Dispatched

Challan closes the loop.

Control & trust

Built-in governance, not bolted on.

The controls that make one source of truth actually trustworthy.

2FA & device control

Company login with authenticator-app 2FA, backup codes, and named devices you can revoke on the spot.

Activity logs

Every create, edit and delete recorded with who and when.

Backups & export

Database backups and CSV/Excel export keep data safe and portable.

Roles & access

Screen-level permissions so each person sees only what they should.

Master-driven

Parties, machines & series defined once and reused everywhere.

FAQ

Presstropic ERP — common questions.

What the ERP does, who it is for, and how it fits a working press.

What is the Presstropic ERP?

The Presstropic ERP is printing press and job-work management software for the office. It runs paper inward, plate tracking, job cards, production, store and dispatch challans from one system, so a press can replace its paper registers, spreadsheets and WhatsApp updates with a single source of truth.

Does it handle job cards and job work?

Yes. Every job gets a job card with its processes, sizes, quantities, machines and operators. You can track production and wastage per process, see live floor status, and know exactly where each job stands — from scheduling to finishing.

Can it generate dispatch challans?

Yes. The ERP creates delivery challans with party, job and rate details, tracks ready-to-ship and dispatched status, and lets you revise rates on existing challans party-wise — for one challan or in bulk. Party-, process- and month-wise dispatch reports are built in.

Does it replace registers and spreadsheets?

That is the point. Masters, paper stock, plates, jobs, production and dispatch live in one place with activity logs, role-based access and backups, so nothing is lost and everyone sees the same numbers.

Can we adopt one module at a time?

Yes. Each module — PaperBuddy, RackBuddy, JobBuddy, StoreBuddy and DispatchBuddy — works on its own and links to the others as you add them.

How does it work with the ShopFloor app?

Jobs scheduled in the ERP appear on the ShopFloor tablets of the machines they are scheduled on. What operators start, complete and produce on the floor flows straight back into the job in the ERP.

The rest of the platform

Works even better together.

Every Presstropic app reads and writes the same records, so work moves between the office, the floor and your customers without being typed twice.

ShopFloor AndroidThe operators' tablet app for the day's work, online or offline.

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Presstropic CRM Coming soonBranded order forms that turn customer orders into jobs.

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