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Zoho for businesses in SIPCOT Industrial Park, Vallam-Vadagal

This page is for owners, programme managers, quality heads and accounts teams at units in SIPCOT Vallam-Vadagal, including the TIDCO-SIPCOT Aerospace Park. We set up Zoho so that each part, its material certificates, its special processes and its invoice sit in one connected record.

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Who works in SIPCOT Industrial Park, Vallam-Vadagal

Vallam-Vadagal combines a general SIPCOT park for electronics and automobile components with an aerospace park developed by TIDCO and SIPCOT, whose foundation was laid in October 2017. Aerospace and defence suppliers here typically machine or assemble low-volume, high-value parts to customer drawings. Each part needs material certificates, first article and inspection records, and special processes such as heat treatment or surface finishing, often done by approved outside vendors as job work. Programmes run for months, with milestone billing. The auto component and electronics units nearby work at higher volume on delivery schedules, so the park mixes two very different operating rhythms.

Problems we hear from units here

  • Material certificates, inspection reports and process certificates for each part are kept in folders, and pulling a full pack for a customer audit takes days.
  • Parts sent to approved vendors for heat treatment, plating or NDT are tracked loosely, so returns and their certificates go missing.
  • Long programmes with milestone billing are hard to follow in a stock-and-invoice system alone, so cost overruns surface late.
  • Drawing revisions are not tied to work orders, so the shop floor sometimes builds to an old revision.
  • Mixed auto and aerospace work in one company means two ways of costing, kept in two sets of spreadsheets.

How a Zoho setup runs for a unit in SIPCOT Industrial Park, Vallam-Vadagal

  1. 1

    RFQ and programme

    Customer RFQs, drawing packs and programme milestones are logged, and quotes are prepared against part numbers and revisions.

    Zoho CRMZoho Projects
  2. 2

    Material purchase

    Raw material is bought against purchase orders, and each heat or lot is received with its mill certificate attached.

    Zoho InventoryZoho WorkDrive
  3. 3

    Work order and special processes

    A Creator app links each work order to the drawing revision, the material lot and any job work sent to approved process vendors.

    Zoho CreatorZoho Inventory
  4. 4

    Inspection and documentation

    Inspection results and certificates are attached to the part or serial number, building the documentation pack as work progresses.

    Zoho CreatorZoho WorkDrive
  5. 5

    Delivery and billing

    Dispatch raises the invoice, e-invoice and e-way bill, or a milestone invoice for programme work.

    Zoho Books
  6. 6

    Programme review

    Programme managers see hours, material and vendor costs against each milestone and the original quote.

    Zoho ProjectsZoho Analytics

The Zoho apps that usually fit

  • Zoho Creator

    Builds the traveller, work order and certificate register that aerospace work needs and generic stock tools lack.

  • Zoho Inventory

    Tracks material by heat or lot number and finished parts by serial number.

  • Zoho WorkDrive

    Keeps drawings, mill certificates and inspection reports in controlled folders with access rights.

  • Zoho Projects

    Follows long programmes, milestones and hours so cost against quote is visible early.

  • Zoho Books

    Handles GST invoicing, milestone billing, e-invoices and e-way bills, plus vendor payments.

  • Zoho Analytics

    Combines programme margins, vendor turnaround and receivables in one view.

Tax and compliance

We configure Zoho Books for GST invoicing, e-invoicing and e-way bills, and set up GST job work challans for parts sent to approved process vendors. Exports and imports of aerospace material need correct documentation, and we work through that with your customs agent. Payroll can cover PF, ESI, TDS and Tamil Nadu professional tax. Aerospace and defence quality standards and any export control obligations remain with your quality and compliance team, so we design records to support their audits. Current tax rules are confirmed with your chartered accountant.

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Questions from businesses in SIPCOT Industrial Park, Vallam-Vadagal

Can Zoho hold material and process certificates against each part?

Yes. We link each serial number or lot to its mill certificate, special process certificates and inspection report, so a full documentation pack can be pulled from one record.

Is Zoho good enough for an aerospace supplier, or do we need a specialist system?

Zoho with a custom Creator app covers orders, traceability, job work, documents and accounts well for small and mid-sized suppliers. If your customer mandates a specific quality or planning system, we connect Zoho to it rather than force a replacement.

How do you track parts sent to outside vendors for heat treatment or NDT?

Each dispatch goes on a GST job work challan linked to the work order. The return is recorded with the vendor's certificate, and anything overdue shows on a report.

We are out in Sriperumbudur taluk. Do we need to meet you in Chennai?

No. Most projects run over video calls, which work well for walking through drawings and records on screen. If you prefer meeting in person, we can arrange an appointment in Chennai.

How long does an implementation take for a unit like ours?

With Creator traceability, Projects and Books together, expect a multi-app rollout of six to twelve weeks. A simpler Books and Inventory setup with job work takes three to six weeks. See our pricing page or book a call for costs.

How working with Flowpeak works from SIPCOT Industrial Park, Vallam-Vadagal

We deliver remotely from Chennai, India, and have no offices elsewhere. Harikrishnan, our founder, worked at several Zoho partner companies on 600+ implementations before founding Flowpeak in July 2024. He scopes every project, and our certified consultants deliver it.

Meetings in your working hours

Calls run on Google Meet, bookable 7:00 to 23:30 India time, Monday to Friday. That covers the UAE and Saudi working day, UK and European mornings and afternoons, and US East Coast mornings.

Your data stays yours

Everything is built in your own Zoho account and data centre. We work with the access you grant, sign an NDA and a data processing agreement before work starts, and you can remove our access at any time.

30 days of fixes after go-live

Anything that does not work as agreed is fixed at no extra cost for 30 days after go-live. After that, ongoing support is optional.

Paid by milestone

You pay by milestones agreed in your written quote. If the scope grows, we tell you and quote it before doing anything extra.

Common worries, straight answers

“Staff will resist changing habits and the rollout will stall.”

We roll out one team at a time, train each role on its own screens, and keep the first version simple. People adopt a system that removes work, so we cut steps before we add fields.

“Migration of years of historical data looks risky and slow.”

We clean and map your data first, run a test import that you check, and only then move the full history. Your old system stays readable until you sign off.

“We already pay for tools that sort of work; switching seems disruptive mid-season.”

We pick a quiet cut-over date with you and can run old and new side by side for a short period. Tools that work well can stay and be connected instead of replaced.

“Our process is unusual and off-the-shelf software will not fit.”

Most unusual steps fit with Blueprint stage rules, custom modules or a small Creator app. If something does not fit, we tell you in the first call.

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