Solapur is known for terry towels and the Solapuri chaddar, both with geographical indication status. Its powerloom and shuttleless units sell to domestic wholesalers, institutions and export buyers, competing on weight, design and price.
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Production
YarnCount-wise purchase, dyeing and stock
Warping and weavingLoom-wise production with design
ProcessingBleaching, dyeing and finishing
Cutting and stitchingHemming and labels, often piece-rate
Checking and packingGrades, sets and bales
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Sold by weight and size
A towel is specified by size and grams per square metre. Costing depends on yarn weight per piece; small overweights give away margin on every piece.
Ten grams extra per towel is a tonne of yarn across a large order.
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Sales
Wholesale dealersInstitutional and hotel supplyExport orders and inspectionDesign catalogueOutstanding
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AI
Weight variance alerts by loom and design demand trends.
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Cost
One-time cost, first-year AMC free.
One-time
Development cost, agreed before work starts
1 year
Of AMC included free after go-live
Yours
Source code and data, with no per-user fee
