Abstract

With ever changing software industry which has reached the peak of automation it required that all the domains are equipped with automated systems. The cashew industry plays a very important role in the economy of our country, with a major part of the produce being exported. But this cashew industry is yet to see a lot of automation. The entire process of cashew production is manual with few machines providing automation added just recently. There are ERP software’s available for the cashew factories to provide the first level of sophistication. Our methodology proposed here provide a step towards the next level. The idea will be designed and developed as a standalone application which will act as an extension to ERP software’s. It is a combination of hardware and software put together to achieve a great deal of easiness from a process which otherwise require manual work. We propose to design a system involving a hardware unit containing a controller device along with a load cell and other accessories, which will communicate with the central database through an Android phone. In the cashew production process, there is a stage in which the cashews need to be peeled. After the cashew is cut through the hard-outer shell, there is another thin layer of skin on the edible cashew kernel, which needs to be removed. This peeling process is done manually by household ladies at per kilogram rate. Our system will help cashew producers to deliver cashews to the women for peeling process without having to make register entries. This process of keeping track of cashews delivered to the working women is done on a central server database.