This product can cater to three different segments of "Gem and Jewelry" Industry with different functionality as its own versions.

Manufacturer’s Version.

This product helps in defining design information for each design uniquely, right from 2D design specifications. Once the design information is captured and authenticated, it can move into manufacturing process, where the manufacturing process can start from 3D CAD Design, Master Model Making and all the casting processes until finishing stage where the final finished product comes out.

The manufacturing stages can be defined for each design for each of its work order from each of its customers. The entire WIP tracking is provided for each work order, which will even facilitate information capture regarding wastage, cost of “labour, materials and processes” etc (estimated and actual), time frame to complete each task (estimated and actual), skill set required to handle each task, the specific manpower allocated to each task etc.

This product is linked to an Image Processing Solution (built-in) where a box comes fitted with camera and necessary lights. Using this, at each stage of manufacturing, the output is placed inside the box and the still image of this output is c aptured and added to database. This is used to verify the quality of output from the image itself. The images captured are from various views that would make the quality check feasible even from a remote location.

Once the finished product comes out of the last stage, the image captured of the finished product gets added to a gallery/catalogue.

If any manufacturer would have its own distributed network of retail outlets, then these images of finished product is made available on-line through internet connectivity with periodic auto downloads (in the background) of design information with images, where each retail outlet will run the retailer version of this product.

Manufacturer’s/Gem Stone Trader’s Version.

This product using unique Image Processing Technique, can identity each stone by its characteristics such size, color, shape, texture pattern etc. This product helps in adding images of different possible stones (differs by its different characteristics) into database as different stone master records, as a one-time activity. During this exercise, each stone image along with information on characteristics gets added to database against a unique id.

Subsequently, any stone that need to be identified when placed inside the Image Processing Box, the software captures an image and does intelligent image processing by which the relevant/corresponding stone information from the database is retrieved that matches the characteristics of the stone placed inside the box. This helps stone sorting department of any Gem Stone Dealer/trader or a Jewelry Manufacturer in a great zeal. We are also in the process of working out a mechanical conveyer belt sorter, which can automatically take stones to relevant pockets/chamber based on the characteristics identified through software.

The "manufacturer's version" of this software could be used by "Gem Stone Processing" Units, where they would have different processes to arrive at a final cut and finished stone.

Retailer’s Version

The latest designs are available on-line in the form a gallery/catalogue by any retailer to sell their products efficiently, even if the physical may not be available in the outlet. Customers, who walk into any "retail" outlet can browse themselves through the various designs of their choice with a help of touch-sensitive monitors.

Customers can also look up designs that best fit their budgets too. If design chosen by any customer will not be physically available at the outlet, no sweat! Customers can give a photo shot of the relevant profile of their body (either face up to bust) or the hands. This software can integrate their profile photos with the designs chosen by them and give customer a feel of how the chosen designs look on them, be it Necklace, Ear Rings, Rings or Bangles. This virtual feel of designs (although it is just 2D) on customers is a great feature from the point of view retailers, not losing their customers just because they are unable to impress any customer in the absence of a physical piece at the outlet.

We are working on the Sales Promotions and on the regular POS functions with an integration of daily sales by each POS to its Head Quarters.