Guides for water-jar businesses
Practical, owner-to-owner guides on credit, empties, billing, routes and drivers. Written to be useful whether or not you ever use Pyaau.
Driver Accountability Without Micromanaging: A Guide for Jar Owners
What to measure for each driver every day, fair rules, how to run a close-of-day review, and how to settle a dispute with a driver without losing a good man.
8 min read ›JarsEmpty jar tracking: how to stop losing jars
Why empty jars go missing and how to stop it: count at the door, keep a bottle balance per route, reconcile each night, and deal with customers holding extra jars.
8 min read ›CreditHow to Read a Dues Ageing Report for a Jar Business
What the 0-30, 31-60 and 60+ day buckets mean, who to call first, a weekly collection routine, and when to pause deliveries to a customer who owes.
8 min read ›CreditHow to stop credit leakage in a water jar business
Find where credit leaks in a jar business, set a weekly routine and simple credit rules, handle slow payers, and measure leakage with your own numbers.
8 min read ›BasicsProfit basics for a 20-litre jar delivery business
Learn how to think about margin per jar: the cost buckets, a simple formula, a worked example with made-up numbers, and the places where profit quietly leaks.
8 min read ›BillingMonth-end billing for water suppliers without disputes
Why jar-delivery bills get disputed and how to avoid it: build invoices from a reconciled day record, apply part payments oldest first, and handle disputes calmly.
8 min read ›BasicsPaper register, spreadsheet or app for jar delivery: which fits your business
Compare a paper register, a spreadsheet and a dedicated app for running jar delivery. See where each works, where each breaks, and how to move up safely.
8 min read ›OperationsRunning multiple delivery routes without losing control
When one route becomes two, how to split routes, which daily numbers to compare, how to cover driver absences, and a close-of-day routine for the office.
8 min read ›OperationsShort and Extra Deliveries Explained for Water Jar Businesses
Why jar deliveries differ from the plan, how to record -1 and +2, what each pattern means, and how to read a short-and-extra report by customer and route.
8 min read ›BillingStanding Orders and Pricing Per Customer for Jar Businesses
How to structure regular, alternate-day, weekly and temporary jar orders, set a price for each customer, handle extras, and change prices without disputes.
8 min read ›PlanningSummer and festival demand planning for a jar delivery business
How to plan jars, stock, drivers and routes for demand swings from heat, weddings, festivals and monsoon disruption, using your own past delivery records.
8 min read ›BasicsWhat to record on every jar delivery, and why each field matters
The minimum data to capture on each 20-litre jar delivery, why every field matters, common recording mistakes, a checklist and a sample layout for billing.
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