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B2B SaaS / ERP Operations

EliminatingkitchenpaperworkwithintelligentERPautomation.

CompanyVelfresh
YearVelfresh
TypeB2B SaaS / ERP Operations
RoleSenior Full Stack Engineer
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01 — Problem Statement

Kitchens were drowning in 4 hours of daily manual stock work.

Kitchen managers at restaurants and cloud kitchens ran daily inventory audits entirely on paper — walking the floor, counting stock, filling spreadsheets, then manually composing and emailing purchase orders to suppliers. This cycle consumed 4+ hours every morning before service even started. Without real-time inventory data, stockouts happened regularly during peak hours — kitchen staff discovered missing ingredients only when a dish couldn't be made, directly hitting revenue and customer ratings. Compliance documents (FSSAI, Fire NOC, GST) were tracked across disconnected files.

Key Metric latency
4 Hrs
Spent daily on manual stock audits per kitchen
02 — Solution Framework

Smart threshold reordering with real-time inventory ledgers.

Built a centralized multi-surface ERP — Customer Portal, Vendor Dashboard, Admin Panel, and Marketing Site — around an automated procurement core. Every ingredient has a configurable safety stock threshold. When stock drops below it, the system automatically drafts and dispatches a PO to the authorized supplier with zero human involvement. A live warehouse logging dashboard gives kitchen managers real-time visibility across all stock positions with full transaction history. A multi-warehouse sync engine aggregates inventory states across regional hubs, enabling split-routing of orders to the nearest supplier. Compliance workflows for FSSAI, Health Trade License, Fire NOC, GST Filing, and Labour Law are centralized in a dedicated module, reducing manual paperwork by 4+ hours per kitchen daily.

The Hypothesis

Replacing the paper audit loop with threshold-triggered automation saved kitchens 4 hours of daily paperwork, near-eliminated stockouts, and pushed fulfillment accuracy to 99.8%.

Engineering Core Principle

03 — Key Features

Architectural Highlights

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Smart Threshold Reordering

Each ingredient has a configurable depletion curve and safety stock level. The system models daily consumption patterns and triggers automated PO emails to authorized suppliers before stock hits zero — eliminating the stockout-during-service problem entirely.
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Event-Sourced Inventory Ledger

Every stock movement — additions, utilization, wastage, returns — is logged as an immutable event. Managers get full transaction history per ingredient, real-time running totals, and automatic variance detection. Supports multi-warehouse aggregation across regional hubs.
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Compliance Management Module

Centralizes FSSAI, Health Trade License, Fire NOC, GST Filing, and Labour Law documentation. Tracks expiry dates, sends renewal reminders, and generates pre-filled compliance reports — cutting the daily compliance admin burden from hours to minutes.
04 — Results & Impact

Measured outcomes.

99.8%
Order fulfillment accuracy
–4 Hrs
Daily paperwork eliminated per kitchen
~Zero
Ingredient stockouts during peak service
100+
HoReCa brands live on platform
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