For the Ichalkaranji weaving cluster
Looma turns the job-work messages you already send on WhatsApp into clear specs, collected quotes and a ready Job Contract. You still negotiate. Looma does the typing, tracking and paperwork.
Built in Ichalkaranji by a working fabric trader. Starting with a small pilot.
A message you already send
Illustrative example
The problem
It works because people know each other. It costs hours because every deal is typed, chased and remembered by hand.
The same fabric spec is rewritten for every agent and every group, with small differences each time.
Rates and replies are scattered across threads. Comparing them means scrolling and asking again.
Once a rate is agreed, someone still has to assemble the Job Contract field by field.
How it works
Forward the trader's message, a photo or a paper. Type it the way you always do.
Looma structures it into a clean job. You check it, correct anything, then approve. Nothing goes out without you.
The job is posted to your weaver group, and every reply is collected side by side.
You talk to the weaver as you always have. Tell Looma what was agreed and the Job Contract is ready to share.
You stay in charge
Looma never negotiates, picks a weaver or accepts a rate. It handles the repetitive parts and leaves every judgement to you.
Who it is for
Your weavers, your traders, your brokerage. Looma works around them, not instead of them.
Stop retyping specs and chasing quotes across threads. Keep every relationship and every negotiation, and let Looma keep the record.
Post a requirement once and see where it stands. Fewer mistakes in specs, and a written contract for every job.
Receive clear job specs, quote when you have capacity, and hold a written contract before the yarn moves.
The Job Contract
Looma follows the Job Contract layout already used in Ichalkaranji, with weaver, trader and broker details, quality, quantity, rate, payment days, schedule and the AIRLOA and ISLOA arbitration clause.
You review every field before it is shared. Nothing is sent on its own.
Governed by the rules of AIRLOA and ISLOA, Ichalkaranji.
Pilot
We are starting with a small group of job agents and traders in Ichalkaranji. Message us on WhatsApp and we will set you up. There is no app to install.
We will call or message you to get started.
Questions
No. It is built for them. Agents keep their relationships, their negotiation and their brokerage. Looma handles the typing, tracking and paperwork around the deal.
Never. Rates, the choice of weaver and the final confirmation are always a person's decision. Looma records what people say and does the formatting.
No. It works inside WhatsApp, where job agents already work. A simple web view of your open jobs comes next.
Only the people involved in that deal. One trader's rates are not shown to another, and your contacts stay yours.
Pricing has not been set. Pilot participants will help us work out what is fair and what is actually worth paying for.