Custom ERP · Build vs Buy
ArchFlow does custom ERP development in India for mid-size manufacturers who have outgrown Excel but dread an 18-month off-the-shelf rollout. One platform shaped to your exact workflow — first module live in 1–2 weeks, deployed by week 4 — replacing scattered sheets, WhatsApp threads and rigid module suites.
Where it breaks
Enquiries in one sheet, quotations in another, order status on WhatsApp. Dispatch details re-typed into Tally for GST invoicing. When a director asks how many orders are stuck in production, someone spends half a day finding out.
Generic ERPs sell modules; your business runs on workflows. Your quotation logic, your BOM structure, your approval chain get bent to fit someone else's forms. Rollouts stretch 12–18 months — and midway through, staff quietly go back to Excel.
Every new hire needs a new licence, so supervisors share logins and half the factory stays off the system. The software meant to be your single source of truth ends up seeing only half the truth.
What we build for you
Every order lives on a single timeline — enquiry, quotation, order, production, dispatch, installation, service. Anyone can open it and see exactly which stage it is sitting at, and why.
Quotes are built from your actual bill of materials and pricing rules, not a blank spreadsheet — so complex, multi-item quotations can go out the same day, with nothing missed or under-priced.
Sales, production, stores, dispatch, accounts, service — each department gets its own queue and screens, and every handoff is recorded. Nothing gets dropped between desks or lost in a forwarded email.
Order data flows into GST-ready invoices and syncs with Tally, so accounts stops re-typing what sales already entered. One entry, everywhere it is needed, matching at month-end.
Dealer enquiries, site measurements, payment reminders — every follow-up gets an owner and a date inside the platform. A multi-state dealer network stops depending on whoever remembers the chat thread.
Custom MIS development is part of every build: orders by stage, overdue quotations, pending dispatches, department workloads — live, on your phone, without asking anyone to compile a sheet.
The ArchFlow spine — enquiry to installation across 14 stages, BOM-aware quoting, ten departments on one platform — was built for Pranav Doors & Windows, a premium fenestration manufacturer in Chandigarh with 100+ employees and operations across 5+ states. Deployed by week 4, it has run their full order lifecycle daily since 2024. Every new build is custom-made for its vertical, on that proven spine.
Common questions
Every ArchFlow project is scoped individually — no price lists, no per-seat licences, no module menus. You pay for a platform built around your workflow, then add users and departments freely as you grow. Deploying in weeks rather than months also removes much of the consulting overhead that inflates typical ERP budgets. Share your workflow and we will give you a clear, fixed scope.
Usually, yes — when your workflow does not match standard modules, custom is the stronger option. Off-the-shelf ERPs offer broad feature lists and a known product, but rollouts commonly run 12–18 months, customisation is charged per change request, and per-seat pricing grows with headcount. A custom ERP is built to your exact stages and documents, deploys in weeks, and changes when your business changes.
With ArchFlow, the first working module is live in one to two weeks and full deployment lands by week 4. We start with the stage that hurts most — usually quotations or order tracking — so your team is using the platform while the rest is built around them. That is the point of building custom: you do not wait for a big-bang go-live.
Yes. The ArchFlow spine — enquiry-to-installation tracking, BOM-aware quoting, multi-department handoffs — was built and battle-tested in fenestration manufacturing, and those bones fit most made-to-order manufacturers. Each deployment is custom-built for the client's vertical: your stages, your documents, your approval chains. If your business runs enquiry to quotation to production to dispatch, the spine already speaks your language.
ArchFlow is a two-founder company based in Chandigarh that builds custom ERP and MIS platforms for Indian manufacturers. Harsh Dhankhar leads engineering; Tanishq Trehan, a director at Pranav Doors & Windows, leads industry and strategy — so the software is shaped by someone who has run a factory's chaos, not just written code. We work with manufacturers across India, on-site where it matters.
A 30-minute call with a founder. We'll walk through what we built for Pranav and map what your version looks like.