Contractor credit, supplier orders and real margins
Hardware runs on trade credit in both directions. Khata tracks what contractors owe you, what you owe suppliers, and whether the job was actually worth doing.
What gets in the way
- Contractors buy on credit and settle weeks later, if you remember to chase
- Deliveries arrive in parts and nobody records what is still outstanding
- Prices move, so you no longer know your real margin on a line
- Goods sell by metre, kilo, box and piece from the same shelf
How Khata handles it
Every point below is something you can check in the app on the day you install it.
Credit limits and terms
Set a credit limit and a credit period in days per party, so a contractor's exposure is a number you decided rather than one you discover.
Purchase orders that track delivery
Raise a PO, approve it, and record what actually arrived. Partial deliveries are recorded against the order, so you can see what is still owed to you.
Margins on moving cost
Purchase price and running average cost are held per item, so the profit report reflects what you really paid, not last year's price.
Units that match the shelf
Metre, centimetre, kilo, box, piece and dozen, so cable, cement and fittings all bill correctly from one catalogue.
Both sides of the ledger
Customer dues and supplier payables sit in the same system, so your working-capital position is one view rather than two notebooks.
Staff who cannot see cost
Counter staff can bill and check stock while purchase prices and margins stay restricted to you.
What Khata does not do for hardware & building materials
Worth knowing before you move your books across.
- There is no per-item serial-number tracking.
- Rate contracts and customer-specific price lists are not supported; special pricing is applied per bill.
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