Manufacturing
Metals, mining and raw materials
Weight, grade and scale-ticket sales. Core selling, stock and cash fit; gaps: manufacturing planning, enterprise accounting.
Good fit, some gaps Planned NAICS 21 / 331 / 212
Status
Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.
How the industry works
Operating characteristics
- extraction or smelting at scale
- weighbridge tickets
- grade-based pricing
- scrap yards
- long-term contracts
Typical roles
- weighbridge operator
- yard hand
- buyer
- sales
- compliance
Day-to-day flows
- weigh incoming loads
- grade
- pay sellers
- stock
- sell by weight to buyers
- invoice on contract prices
Tenders and payments seen
- cash to sellers (scrap)
- invoice to buyers
- bank transfers
Inventory and assets
- stock by grade and weight
- stockpiles
- scrap categories
Reports they ask for
- tonnage and grade
- purchases by seller
- margin
- yard stock
Integrations they need
- weighbridge scales
- accounting
- carriers
A day in the life (illustrative scenario)
What the catalog covers
Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, DLV, CONN, LOGI, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR.
| Capability | Status | Catalog modules |
|---|---|---|
| Selling and checkout | C Catalogued | SALE, TKT |
| Inventory, lots, purchasing | C Catalogued | INV |
| Pricing, discounts, tax rules | C Catalogued | PRC, DISC |
| Returns, credit, special sales | C Catalogued | RET |
| Delivery, waybills, logistics | C Catalogued | DLV, CONN, LOGI |
| Cash drawer, shifts, safe | C Catalogued | CASH |
| Tender types and payments | C Catalogued | PAY |
| Customers, loyalty, gift cards | C Catalogued | CRM, LOYL, GIFT |
| Staff, time clock, payroll basics | C Catalogued | EMP |
| Bookkeeping and ledger | C Catalogued | BK, LITE |
| Reports and analytics | C Catalogued | RPT, ANL |
| Multi-store, multi-register, sync | C Catalogued | MULTI |
| Security, audit, backup, failsafes | C Catalogued | SEC, DATA, FAIL |
| Hardware and peripherals | P Partial | HW |
| Integrations, API, settings | P Partial | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Regulated goods (age, licence, traceability) | P Partial | no dedicated module |
| Manufacturing planning (routings, work centres) | G Gap | no dedicated module |
| Enterprise accounting (consolidation, intercompany) | G Gap | no dedicated module |
Gaps
- mine planning and processing are out of scope
- scale-ticket purchasing from sellers and sale by weight fit the catalog's scale items only in part
- no weighbridge integration or grade pricing is documented
Closest catalog items
Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.
- Recipe / BOM definition KDSKitchen display system: a screen that replaces or supplements kitchen printers. Glossary-0029
- Production batch (prep) KDS-0034
- Composite / bundle products INV-0006
- Ingredient auto-deduction on sale KDS-0033
- Double-entry journal BK-0008
- Multi-currency ledger BK-0027
- Cost centers / classes / locations BK-0030
- Cross-outlet reports MULTI-0012
- Fixed assets register BK-0083
- Age-restricted item prompt SALE-0045
- Product age restriction flag INV-0041
- Product expiry tracking INV-0033
- Batch / lot tracking INV-0034
- Batch recall INV-0063
- Customer ID capture for boleta > [amount omitted] SALE-0077
- ISC (selective consumption) PRC-0025
Sub-verticals
Scrap and recycling yard
buying from many individuals
Open →Sub-verticalAggregates and quarry sales
weighed loads
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- mining and environmental permits
- scrap and metals dealer record rules
- export controls (themes to verify)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- moisture deduction
- contaminated load
- price index changes
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 21 / 331 / 212 (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 21, 31-33
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Metals; Mining, Crude-Oil Production
- Fit
- Good fit, some gaps
Public references consulted
- Grain scale ticketing and cooperative settlements (CloudAgg, Agvance, AgVision) (excerpt)
Questions
Is Simca ready for metals, mining and raw materials today?
What is missing for metals, mining and raw materials?
Does this page give tax or regulatory advice?
Is your industry here?
Tell us what your business needs. We will say honestly whether the plan covers it.