HRMS for Manufacturing in India: Built for Shops With Real Shifts and Real Inspectors

Factory HR is operational, not strategic. Two hundred workers on rotating shifts, three biometric devices that never agree on a timestamp, contractor labour bolted on top of permanent rolls, and a junior HR person tallying overtime in Excel by Saturday afternoon. Indian HRM is the factory HR software 2026 plant heads can actually run their week on. Foundation starts at ₹49 per employee per month. Growth at ₹99 adds shift roster automation, contractor compliance, and the inspector-ready registers. First three months are free, no credit card.

Multi-Shift Rosters Without the Whiteboard

Run 3-shift continuous (morning, evening, night), 2-shift double, or a 6-day rotating weekly off. Set the pattern once. The roster generates for the next quarter. Women's-night-shift policy with mandatory transport and consent is in, the way the Factories Act expects it. Swap two workers? The rotation rebalances and OT follows.

Rest-day rules stay legal by default

8-hour day, 48-hour week, mandatory weekly rest. The system blocks rosters that breach the limits before they reach the floor.

Biometric Attendance From Every Device on the Plant

ZKTeco at gate one, eSSL at the canteen, Matrix at the dispatch dock. Most standard devices push to Indian HRM over the same API, including Realtime. Multiple devices per location consolidate into one punch record. No more chasing the night supervisor for a missing log. For plant supervisors and sales engineers running between sites, the mobile app does GPS check-in with selfie verification at punch.

Overtime That Stops Living in Excel

Configure rates the way your works committee agreed: 1.5x past 8 hours, 2x on weekly off, double-time on declared holidays. Set a weekly cap so one worker does not silently rack up 30 hours. Computation runs off the consolidated punch and feeds straight into payroll. The shift-management software India factories rely on has to do this without a junior HR reconciling muster rolls all weekend.

Overtime register is generated, not typed

The OT register prints in the format your inspector asks for, with worker code, hours, rate, and amount.

Contractor Labour, Compliant by Design

Contract workers sit in a separate register, tagged to the contractor agency they came in under. PF and ESI compliance happens per contractor, with their own establishment code where applicable. The EPFO ECR file rolls up contractor data per Section 8A so your principal-employer obligation is met without spreadsheet gymnastics. When the contractor swaps a worker, the register updates and the next month's challan reflects the change.

Statutory Registers Ready Before the Inspector Arrives

Muster roll, wage register, overtime register, leave with wages register, and accident register Form Q in your state's format. Bonus and gratuity calculations run against current rules. Professional Tax slabs and Labour Welfare Fund rates load per state. When the inspector calls on a Tuesday morning, you print, you do not panic.

Multi-Location Without the Multi-Vendor Mess

Plant in Pune, plant in Hosur, head office in Mumbai. Each factory has its own biometric stack, its own PT slab, and where needed its own PF establishment code. Head office sees consolidated headcount, attrition, and wage cost across all sites. Manufacturing payroll software has to handle this on day one, not as a Phase 2 promise.

A Mobile App the Shop Floor Will Actually Open

Most of your operators are on entry-level Android phones. The app is light. It runs offline. GPS check-in with selfie verification works in basement areas where the signal drops. Workers download payslips, apply for leave, and raise a helpdesk ticket in two taps. Available in English and Hindi today, with more Indian-language support on the roadmap.

Migration off your current setup, whether it is spreadsheets or older payroll software, takes 3 to 5 business days and is free.