Gusto Gold: An End-to-End Enterprise ERP for Jewelry Manufacturing
Gusto Gold manufactures gold and diamond jewelry for retail chains and wholesalers around the world. We built them an enterprise production ERP that brings the whole operation — from bullion intake to finished-goods shipping — into a single system. It is in active use and still being developed.
In short: Gusto Gold (Özname Kuyumculuk San. ve Tic. A.Ş.) is a large Istanbul-based manufacturer of gold and diamond jewelry. Off-the-shelf ERP packages could not handle the gram, fine gold and karat logic of jewelry production, so Skysoft built an enterprise production ERP covering the entire process from bullion intake to finished-goods shipping. Manufacturing, pricing and shipping are now tracked in one system; the software is live and still being extended.
Jewelry manufacturing does not fit standard ERPs.
Most ERP packages count products in units. In jewelry, the language of the operation is different from the outset: stock is measured in grams and fine gold content, not in pieces. The same model becomes an entirely different product depending on its karat and width; change the length and the weight, and therefore the price, changes with it. On top of that, price moves along with an exchange rate and a fine gold value that shift through the day.
Then comes the reality of production itself. Weight, karat and wastage have to be tracked at every stage from bullion intake to finished-goods shipping, and it must be possible to see how much gold went from which bullion into which job. Packaged software tries to patch these rules in after the fact, and the result is familiar: the operation's critical calculations end up scattered across Excel files and the memories of a handful of people.
- The stock unit is not the piece; it is gram, fine gold and millesimal fineness
- A single model opens into dozens of variants through karat × width × length
- Price changes through the day with the exchange rate and the fine gold value
- Weight, karat and wastage must be recorded at every stage
- Customer-specific prices and hallmark / karat compliance rules
We wrote the industry's rules into the core of the software.
Skysoft followed Gusto Gold's processes on site and built an end-to-end production ERP. Every module was designed around the logic of jewelry manufacturing itself.
Bullion intake and FIFO allocation
Bullion receipts are recorded in the system and allocated to production jobs on a FIFO basis. How much gold went from which bullion into which job is on record.
Fine gold, fineness and karat engine
Gram, fine gold and millesimal fineness conversions are defined centrally in a single calculation engine; the same calculation returns the same result on every screen.
Model and variant management
One model opens into variants through karat, width and length combinations. The same product family is managed from a single card instead of fragmenting.
Order and production tracking
Work orders, production stages and shipping move through the same flow. The stage an order has reached is visible in the system at any moment.
Pricing and reference control
Customer-specific prices are defined, and a reference price control screen makes deviations visible. The source and the breakdown of a price are shown openly on screen.
Current account and consignment
Current account movements and consignment shipments are tracked separately, so goods sitting at a customer never get mixed up with goods that have been sold.
Hallmark and karat compliance check
Order lines are checked automatically against the customer's hallmark and karat match; a non-compliant record is caught before it reaches production.
Excel-based bulk operations
High-volume model and order lists are imported, updated and exported in bulk through Excel.
Permissions, training and B2B flow
User-level screen permissions, an in-app training and announcement system, and a notification flow for orders arriving from the B2B channel.
One single system instead of scattered spreadsheets.
The project was run not as a one-off installation but as continuous development aimed at making the entire operation visible. Today the whole process from manufacturing to shipping is tracked in the same system, and gram- and fine-gold-based calculations have moved out of hand-kept spreadsheets and into the software.
Because customer-specific prices and production status are managed from a single source, records that gave different answers to the same question on different screens are gone. The system is still in active use and continues to be developed as new needs arise.
- The whole operation, from manufacturing to shipping, is traceable in one system
- Gram and fine gold calculations moved into the software, reducing reliance on individuals
- Customer-specific prices are managed from a single source
- Bullion, weight and wastage movements are all on record
- Repetitive manual routines have been automated
How was the system built?
To keep the rules from scattering, the calculation logic was gathered into a central layer, and the user interface was built on top of it.
| Layer | Scope |
|---|---|
| Application | Web-based enterprise application; secure access from the corporate network and remotely |
| Data layer | Microsoft SQL Server; calculation and validation rules managed centrally in stored procedures |
| Calculation engine | Gram, fine gold, millesimal fineness and karat conversions; price breakdown including stone and labour items |
| Data transfer | Excel-based bulk import and export; large lists processed in a single pass |
| Access management | User- and role-based screen permissions; in-app training and announcement system |
| Deployment | Automated build and release pipeline; versioning of database changes |
The services behind this project
The Gusto Gold project brought several areas of expertise together in one system. If you have a similar need, the topics below are a good place to start.
- ERP Software — manufacturing, stock, order and current account processes
- Custom Software — moving industry-specific rules into software
- Jewelry Solutions — systems that run on gram, fine gold and karat logic
- B2B Dealer Portal — dealer orders flowing straight into the ERP
- Integrations — exchanging data with external systems
Common questions about jewelry ERP
Can an off-the-shelf ERP package not be used for jewelry manufacturing?
How are gram, fine gold and millesimal fineness calculations handled in the software?
How is traceability from bullion to finished piece achieved?
Could a similar production ERP be developed for our own business?
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