Introduction to Jules
What Jules is, who uses it, and how the platform is organized — the starting point before diving into any specific topic.
Introduction to Jules
Product documentation — A concise overview of Jules: what it does, who it serves, and how every functional area fits together.
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What is Jules?
Jules is a vertical SaaS ERP built for companies that trade recyclable commodities — ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals, waste paper, plastics, and electronic waste.
It is developed by MineHub Technologies (TSX.V: MHUB) and replaces the patchwork of spreadsheets, email threads, and fragmented tools that trading teams typically rely on. Jules connects every step of the trade lifecycle — from the initial commercial agreement to the final cash settlement — inside a single, structured platform.
Every customer organization runs inside its own isolated environment, with its own data, configuration, and users. Nothing is ever shared between organizations.
Who Uses Jules?
Jules is designed for trading companies, brokers, and recyclers who buy and sell recyclable materials in domestic or international markets. A typical organization using Jules includes:
| Role | How they use Jules |
|---|---|
| Trader / Commercial | Create operations, manage contracts, track margins, send offers |
| Logistics Coordinator | Plan freight, manage bookings, containers, and shipments |
| Accountant / Finance | Issue invoices, process payments, track budgets and P&L |
| Operations Manager | Monitor the full trade pipeline, approve operations and documents |
| Back-office / Admin | Manage reference data, configuration, users, and permissions |
| Counterparty (Portal) | View shared offers and documents via the external portal |
Core Value Proposition
Jules handles the entire journey from contract to cash — sometimes called "procure-to-pay" on the buy side and "order-to-cash" on the sell side. It eliminates the handoff friction between teams by keeping all trade data in one place:
- A contract prefills an operation
- An operation generates containers
- Containers generate logistics bookings and invoicing lines
- Invoicing lines aggregate into invoices and feed the margin engine
- Everything is governed by approvals, tracked with tasks, and documented with PDFs
Platform Map
Jules is organized into five functional areas that interact around the central operation entity:
Key Concepts
The Operation
The operation is the central entity in Jules. It represents a single commercial transaction — a purchase or a sale — of a specific set of materials with a specific counterparty. Everything else in the platform is either a prerequisite to creating an operation (contracts, qualities, companies) or a consequence of it (containers, invoices, margins, logistics).
Market Modes
Operations in Jules operate in one of two market modes:
| Mode | Description |
|---|---|
| Export (International) | Containerized shipments via maritime freight; involves freight booking, Bill of Lading, port-to-port logistics |
| Local (Domestic) | Direct shipments by road, rail, or barge; simpler logistics, often using stockpiles |
The market mode of an operation determines which logistics flows, document types, and margin calculations are relevant.
The Trade Lifecycle
A trade in Jules typically follows this path:
Documentation Map
Tier 1 — Core Trading
| Article | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Operations & Lifecycle | The central trade entity — types, lifecycle states, pricing, approval workflow, and allocations |
| Contracts & Pricing | Commercial agreements, quality streams, price formulas, and how contracts prefill operations |
| Invoicing & Billing | Container invoicing lines, invoice types, payment reconciliation, credit/debit notes |
| Logistics & Freight | Pre-carriage, freight rates, bookings, containers, shipments, and the full logistics chain |
| Hedging & Risk Management | Hedging contracts, container-level allocation, position tracking, and margin impact |
| Budgets & Goals | Commercial planning: purchase/sale targets (goals) and deal-level budgets with cashflow projections |
| Margin Calculations | How Jules calculates profitability — container margin, dashboard margin, and bulk margin |
Tier 2 — Supporting Modules
| Article | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Companies, Sites & Contacts | The master data foundation: counterparties, physical locations, people, and geography |
| Qualities, Commodities & Materials | The three-level material classification (family → group → quality) and product catalog |
| Pricing Engine, Indices & Offers | Market price indices, formula-based pricing, commercial offers, price suggestions, and portal sharing |
| Tasks, Activities & Notifications | Action items, commercial activity logs, event-driven notifications, watchers, and audit trails |
| Documents, PDFs & Integrations | PDF generation, document templates, AI-assisted verification, Letter of Credit, and email |
| Users, Roles & Permissions | User identities, role-based access, organizational structure, and portal users |
| Configuration & Settings | Per-organization setup: currencies, business rules, trade terms, and dashboards |
Where to start? If you are new to Jules, read Operations & Lifecycle first — it explains the central entity around which everything else is organized. Then follow with Contracts & Pricing and Invoicing & Billing to understand the full commercial flow.
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