Who buys steel in Ludhiana
Ludhiana is often called the industrial capital of Punjab, and much of its steel goes into manufacturing rather than construction. The district industrial profile from the MSME Development Institute lists cycle parts, fasteners, hand tools, auto parts, sewing-machine parts, agricultural implements, steel furniture and rolling shutters among its main products, with units spread across Focal Point Phases I to VIII, Industrial Area A and B, and the Industrial Estate. Hero and Avon, two of India's best-known cycle brands, started here.
Forging is one of the biggest buyers. TERI's cluster profile counts about 500 forging units around Daba Road, Sahnewal–Dehlon Road, Focal Point and Industrial Areas A, B and C, making crankshafts, connecting rods, brake drums and spanners. Their raw material is long bars and billets of mild, carbon, alloy and stainless steel, and the profile names the rolling mills of Mandi Gobindgarh as the main source. Special-steel bar is also rolled locally: Vardhman Special Steels, at Focal Point, supplies hot-rolled and bright bars to automotive, tractor and bearing makers, and has announced a 500,000-tonne-a-year greenfield plant in Ludhiana district with Japan's Aichi Steel.
A trader between those mills and those factories sells by weight, in many grades and sizes, often in part-lots. Here is how SteelERP handles that work.
Billed on actual weight
Every order line carries the ordered weight and the actual weight loaded. The challan and bill use the actual figure, so a forging shop pays for the bars that left your yard.
One order, several lorries
Split an order into delivery sub-orders by unit type (kg, metre or piece), each with its own loading, challan and delivery status.
Mill supplies in part-lots
A purchase order takes several purchase advices when a mill ships in instalments. Goods are received per advice into the godown that unloaded them, with an optional Security truck-in step at the gate.
Stock by godown
Stock is kept per warehouse, and each user can be limited to their own godown. The catalogue holds product, category, size and HSN code, with low-stock reporting.
GST on the order line
CGST and SGST for sales inside Punjab, IGST for buyers in other states, computed per line against HSN codes, plus TCS reporting.
Reports by grade and buyer
Sales by category, top customers and stock movement by product and sub-category, with drill-down and Excel export. Reorder suggestions are advisory and never place an order.
Moving steel in and out of Ludhiana
Freight links out of the city are improving. The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor begins at Ludhiana (Dhandari Kalan), and DFCCIL lists finished steel among the cargo it is meant to carry. On 29 August 2026, CONCOR started an express export train from its ICD at Dhandari Kalan to JN Port, Mumbai, for the city's engineering-goods, bicycle and machinery exporters. SteelERP does not book freight. It records every outgoing lorry as its own sub-order, so you can see what has left the yard, what is loaded but not yet on a challan, and for how long.
Your accounts can stay in Tally. Tally pulls every printed delivery and purchase challan from SteelERP through an authenticated API, and SteelERP pushes to a webhook endpoint you provide. Challan PDFs and status messages go to buyers on WhatsApp from your own WhatsApp Business account. Upcoming: credit-limit and outstanding-balance tracking. Today each customer record carries its credit period in days.
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Steel ERP in Ludhiana — FAQs
Is there steel ERP software for traders in Ludhiana?
Yes. SteelERP is a cloud ERP for steel and metal traders and stockists, used through the browser on your own subdomain, so there is nothing to install at a Focal Point or Industrial Area godown. It records ordered and actual loaded weight on every line, splits an order across lorries, keeps stock by godown, computes CGST, SGST or IGST against HSN codes, and exchanges challans with Tally.
Can SteelERP handle bars and billets sold to Ludhiana forging units by weight?
Yes. Each order line holds the ordered weight and the actual weight loaded on the lorry, and the challan and bill use the actual figure. That suits forging raw material, which TERI's Ludhiana cluster profile describes as long bars and billets of mild, carbon, alloy and stainless steel. The loaded weight is entered by your staff at the time of loading.
Does SteelERP work with Tally for a Ludhiana steel business?
Yes, in both directions. Tally pulls every printed delivery challan and purchase challan from SteelERP through an authenticated API, in the shape of the printed document, and SteelERP pushes to a webhook endpoint you provide. Your accountant keeps working in Tally.
How much does steel ERP software cost in Ludhiana?
The same as anywhere in India. The Starter plan is Rs 10,000 per month for up to 10 users and one stockyard. Growth and Enterprise plans, for more users or several yards, are priced on a custom quote. GST (18%) and a one-time setup charge are billed separately.
Where is a Ludhiana trader's data stored?
On Amazon Web Services in Mumbai (ap-south-1). Each customer gets a separate database, served over HTTPS on its own subdomain, with optional daily backups to Amazon S3.
Other steel centres in North India
See our pages for Mandi Gobindgarh, Hisar, Faridabad and Ghaziabad. See all locations →