👥 Part A — HR & People Management
Model your entire organizational hierarchy — companies, branches, departments, designations, grades, and employee groups — in a single, unified view with a live org chart.
Employee Records
- Comprehensive employee profiles
- Personal, contact & emergency info
- Employment history & qualifications
- Document & certificate management
- Custom fields & data categories
- Employee health insurance assignment
Org Structure
- Multi-company & multi-branch support
- Department hierarchy management
- Designation & grade configuration
- Employment type classification
- Employee groups & categories
- Interactive organizational chart
Track attendance across multiple channels — manual marking, bulk uploads, biometric devices, and mobile check-ins with live geolocation capture — with automated attendance computation.
Attendance Tracking
- Daily attendance recording
- Bulk attendance marking tool
- Attendance request & approval workflow
- CSV / Excel bulk upload
- Late entry & early exit tracking
- Half-day & overtime detection
Check-In / Out & Auto Attendance
- Employee check-in/out log with timestamps
- Geolocation capture on mobile check-in
- Auto-attendance from log rules
- Configurable grace periods
- Absence auto-marking
- Biometric device integration
A complete shift scheduling engine with configurable shift types, location tagging, recurring schedule templates, bulk assignment tools, and a visual roster for managers.
Shift Configuration
- Shift types with custom timings
- Multiple shift locations
- Night shift & cross-midnight support
- Break time & grace settings
Scheduling & Roster
- Individual & bulk shift assignment tool
- Shift schedule templates (recurring)
- Shift swap requests
- Visual weekly / monthly roster view
End-to-end leave lifecycle — from policy design and bulk allocation, through multi-level approvals, encashment and compensatory leave, to full audit ledgers and regional holiday lists.
Complete Leave Feature Set
- Multiple leave type configuration
- Leave policy creation & assignment
- Leave period management
- Bulk leave allocation tool
- Earned leave accrual rules
- Holiday list with regional support
- Holiday list assignment by location
- Leave application workflow
- Multi-level approval chains
- Half-day leave support
- Compensatory leave requests
- Leave encashment processing
- Leave block list (blackout dates)
- Leave balance self-service
- Leave carry-forward rules
- Leave ledger with full audit trail
- Leave ledger report
- Department-wise leave approvals
- Leave adjustment by HR admin
- Leave calculation in salary slip
Drive a high-performance culture with structured appraisal cycles, KRA-aligned goals, employee self-evaluation, and a full appraisal overview dashboard for HR leadership.
Appraisal System
- Configurable appraisal templates
- Appraisal cycle management
- Employee self-evaluation
- Manager-led appraisals
- Scoring & rating configuration
- Appraisal overview report
Goals & Feedback
- Individual goal setting with KRA alignment
- Goal progress tracking & weightage
- 360-degree & peer feedback
- Continuous feedback support
- Historical performance comparison
- Dept-level performance analytics
Manage every significant career event — onboarding checklists, promotions, inter-branch transfers, separations, exit interviews, and full & final settlement calculations — all with workflow and complete audit trails.
Lifecycle Events
- Structured onboarding tasks
- Onboarding checklist & tracker
- Employee promotion management
- Salary revision on promotion
- Inter-department transfers
- Inter-branch transfers
- Employee separation workflow
- Exit interview process
- Full & final settlement calc.
- Skill map & competency tracking
- Designation & grade change history
- Manager change tracking
A full applicant tracking system — from staffing plans and job requisitions, through structured interview rounds and feedback collection, to offer letters, appointment documents, and an employee referral programme.
Job & Vacancy Management
- Staffing plan definition
- Job requisition workflow
- Job opening creation & publishing
- Public self-service job portal
- Vacancy-to-headcount tracking
Interview & Offer
- Applicant profiles & resume management
- Multi-round interview scheduling
- Structured interview feedback
- Job offer letter generation
- Appointment letter templates
- Employee referral programme
Program Administration
- Training programme creation
- Training event scheduling
- Trainer & venue assignment
- Participant enrolment management
Results & Feedback
- Training result recording
- Post-training feedback collection
- Pass / fail & score tracking
- Training history per employee
Expense Claims
- Employee expense claim submission
- Multi-level approval workflows
- Receipt attachment support
- Expense category configuration
- Accounting integration for payouts
Advances & Travel
- Advance request & approval
- Multi-currency advance & claims
- Travel request with pre-approval
- Advance settlement & balance tracking
Vehicle Registry
- Company vehicle records & documents
- Insurance & registration tracking
- Vehicle assignment to employees
Vehicle Logs
- Trip & mileage logs
- Fuel & maintenance records
- Service history & cost reporting
💰 Part B — Payroll & Finance
A powerful payroll engine covering everything from salary structure design and automated batch payroll runs to overtime, incentives, flexible benefits, payroll corrections, and arrears.
Salary Structures
- Configurable earnings & deduction components
- Formula-based component calculation
- Multiple salary structures per grade
- Salary structure assignment tool
- Income breakup on salary slips
Payroll Processing
- Payroll period configuration
- Batch & individual payroll entry
- Automated salary slip generation
- Timesheet-based payroll
- Working day computation rules
- Accounting journal integration
Special Payments
- Ad hoc additional salary
- Retention bonus management
- Employee incentive processing
- Overtime calculation & payment
- Arrears calculation & processing
Payroll Controls
- Payroll correction workflows
- Flexible benefit allocation
- Gratuity calculation rules
- EMI loan deduction integration
- Bank remittance report export
🌐 Unified Multi-Entity Payroll Engine
Pinakra Operations Intelligence supports separate payroll runs for each legal entity within a single platform instance. Whether Cosmos Staffing Solutions operates one company or a group of companies, HR teams can configure, process, and reconcile payroll for each entity independently — while maintaining a consolidated view across all entities from a single dashboard.
Company-wise salary structures
Entity-level payroll periods
Isolated payroll ledgers
Consolidated payroll reports
Inter-company employee transfers
Company-wise tax slab configuration
Multi-currency payroll support
Entity-wise bank remittance
Company-Level Configuration
- Separate salary structures per company
- Company-wise payroll periods
- Independent income tax slabs per entity
- Entity-specific leave & holiday policies
- Company-level gratuity rules
- Separate accounting ledgers per company
Cross-Entity Management
- Consolidated payroll dashboard
- Cross-company payroll reports
- Inter-company employee cost allocation
- Employee transfer with payroll continuity
- Unified HR admin access across entities
- Role-based data isolation per company
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Staffing Business Advantage: For staffing companies deploying workers across multiple client sites or subsidiary companies, Pinakra OI allows you to configure separate payroll rules, tax slabs, and salary components per entity — while running a single consolidated payroll run for your entire workforce. This eliminates the need for separate HR software per company.
Income Tax
- Configurable income tax slabs
- Automated TDS deduction
- Employee tax exemption declarations
- Exemption proof submission
- Tax projection & breakup on salary slips
- Other income declaration
Benefits & Gratuity
- Flexible benefit plan configuration
- Employee benefit application
- Benefit claim & reimbursement
- Gratuity rule configuration
- Gratuity eligibility calculation
Loan Administration
- Configurable loan types & interest terms
- Loan application & approval workflow
- Disbursement tracking
- Automatic EMI deduction via payroll
- Loan closure & prepayment support
Loan Reporting
- Outstanding loan balance view
- Repayment schedule per employee
- Employee-wise loan summary
- Integrated with salary slip deductions
Fully integrated accounting module covering the general ledger, accounts payable/receivable, bank reconciliation, budgeting, and financial reporting — directly connected to payroll and operations.
Core Accounting
- General ledger & chart of accounts
- Accounts payable & receivable
- Journal entries & vouchers
- Bank & cash management
- Bank reconciliation
- Multi-currency support
Financial Reporting
- Profit & Loss statement
- Balance sheet
- Cash flow statements
- Budget vs actuals tracking
- Project-level financial statements
- Tax reports & GST/VAT compliance
🚀 Part C — CRM, Project Management & Operations
A fully integrated CRM that manages your complete sales pipeline from lead capture to invoicing — with territory management, campaign tracking, and automated follow-up tools built directly into the same platform as your HR and operations data.
Lead & Pipeline Management
- Lead capture & source tracking
- Lead-to-opportunity conversion
- Opportunity pipeline view
- Sales stage configuration
- Prospect aggregation (multi-lead)
- Lead funnel analytics
Sales Management
- Quotation creation & management
- Sales order management
- Multi-currency sales
- Commission tracking (internal & partner)
- Territory-wise sales management
- Customer account management
Automation & Communication
- Automated follow-up reminders
- Email campaign & newsletter tools
- Auto-assign leads (round-robin / territory)
- Appointment scheduling
- Auto notifications on stage change
CRM Reporting
- Lead owner & campaign efficiency reports
- Opportunity pipeline report
- Sales analytics dashboard
- Inactive customer alerts
- Integration with website & social media leads
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Staffing CRM Use Case: Track client acquisition from first enquiry through contract signing. Manage client accounts, placement quotas, follow-up schedules, and billing — all linked to your workforce deployment data in the same system.
A complete project management workspace with Gantt charts, task dependencies, resource allocation, timesheet tracking, and client billing integration — directly connected to HR, accounting, and CRM modules.
Project Planning
- Project creation with templates
- Multiple task management under projects
- Task dependencies & parent-child linking
- Milestone tracking
- Project completion rules (task-based / weightage / manual)
- Delayed task alerts
Gantt & Views
- Interactive Gantt chart view
- Calendar view for tasks
- Kanban / list / tree views
- Resource allocation visualization
- Progress tracking dashboard
Time & Cost Tracking
- Timesheet management per project
- Activity-based cost tracking
- Employee-based activity cost
- Project cost / margin tracking
- Expense claim linkage per project
- Project-level P&L statements
Client & Team Collaboration
- Client access to project portal
- Invoice clients by milestone or time
- File & document attachment per task
- Team task assignment & notifications
- Integration with CRM & accounting
Operational backbone of the platform — covering asset lifecycle management, support ticket management, workflow automation, and daily operations tools to keep the entire business running smoothly.
Asset Management
- Asset registry with category & classification
- Asset purchase & lifecycle tracking
- Depreciation calculation (multiple methods)
- Asset assignment to employees
- Asset maintenance scheduling
- Asset disposal & scrap management
Help Desk & Support
- Internal support ticket system
- Client-facing support portal
- SLA configuration & tracking
- Ticket auto-assignment rules
- Ticket escalation workflows
- Customer query resolution tracking
Workflow Automation
- Configurable workflow builder
- Multi-level approval automation
- Auto-notifications & alerts
- Scheduled tasks & reminders
- Conditional routing rules
- Daily work summary group notifications
Data & Admin Operations
- Data import & bulk update tools
- Automated data backup
- Role & permission management
- Hierarchy-based user permissions
- System audit log
- Custom field & form configuration
Purchase Management
- Purchase requisition creation
- Supplier / vendor management
- Purchase order management
- Materials receipt tracking
- Purchase invoice & billing
- Vendor payment reconciliation
Inventory & Stock
- Stock item management
- Warehouse & stock tracking
- Stock reorder level alerts
- Material receipt & issue logs
- Stock balance reports
Pinakra OI ships with an extensive library of built-in reports across all modules — exportable to Excel, CSV, and PDF — plus a custom report builder for bespoke analytics needs.
HR Reports
- Monthly attendance sheet
- Absenteeism report
- Leave balance report
- Leave ledger report
- Shift-wise attendance
- Employee joining & exit
- Staff headcount report
Payroll Reports
- Salary register (per entity)
- Payroll summary by department
- Bank remittance report
- Income tax deduction report
- Loan balance report
- Gratuity eligibility report
- Expense claim report
ERP / CRM / PM Reports
- Sales analytics report
- Lead & opportunity report
- Project cost & margin report
- Project task status report
- Asset depreciation report
- Budget vs actuals
- Custom report builder
The Pinakra OI mobile app puts critical HR and operational tools in the hands of every employee and manager — available on both iOS and Android with push notification support.
Employee Self-Service
- Apply for & track leave requests
- View leave balances & history
- Check-in / out with geolocation
- View salary slips & payroll details
- Access & update employee profile
- Submit expense claims
Manager & Approvals
- Approve / reject leave requests
- Approve attendance & shift requests
- View team attendance & roster
- Pending approvals dashboard
- Push notification alerts
- Project task updates on the go
⚙️ Technical Specifications
| Specification |
Details |
| Platform Type |
Web-based (SaaS or On-premise deployment options) |
| Access Channels |
Modern browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) + Native iOS & Android mobile app |
| Architecture |
Full-stack web application — Model-View-Controller (MVC) with metadata-driven customization |
| Backend |
Python — server-side processing, business logic, REST API |
| Frontend |
Vue.js based responsive UI — component-driven, modern interface |
| Database |
MariaDB / MySQL — relational, structured data storage |
| API |
RESTful API for all modules — enables integration with third-party tools, marketplaces, and custom applications |
| Authentication & Security |
Role-based access control (RBAC), SSO support, two-factor authentication (2FA), hierarchy-based data isolation |
| Multi-Company Support |
Full multi-entity support — separate ledgers, payroll, policies & permissions per company |
| Multi-Currency |
Full multi-currency support across payroll, sales, expenses, and accounting |
| Localization |
Multi-language, multi-currency, and regional tax rule support |
| Biometric Integration |
Compatible with standard biometric attendance devices via data sync |
| Third-Party Integrations |
E-commerce (Shopify, WooCommerce, Amazon), payment gateways, cloud storage, email platforms, calendar systems |
| Notifications |
In-app, email, and push notifications (mobile); configurable alerts per workflow |
| Data Export |
Excel (.xlsx), CSV, and PDF export available across all modules and reports |
| Customization |
Custom fields, custom forms, custom reports, workflow builder — low-code/no-code configuration |
| Data Management |
Bulk data import tool, data update tools, automated backup, system audit logs |
| Scalability |
Designed to scale from 10 to 10,000+ employees; supports multi-branch, multi-department, multi-company deployments |
| User Permissions |
Hierarchical user permissions, department-based data isolation, entity-level access control |
| Deployment |
Cloud-hosted (managed by Novawell) or on-premise deployment on client infrastructure |