Zoho Partner Nigeria | The Candid Solutions
Project Info
- Client Niovo Atelier
- Industry Premium Fashion and Womenswear
- Solution Zoho Books, Zoho Inventory, and Zoho People with Kiosk
Finance, Inventory and Attendance for Niovo Atelier
A growing fashion business has many moving parts behind every finished piece. Sales and expenses need to be recorded correctly, stock needs to be visible, and employee information needs to stay current. Niovo Atelier wanted stronger systems around these everyday activities without slowing down its creative and commercial teams, so we implemented Zoho Books, Zoho Inventory, and Zoho People with Kiosk.
Niovo Atelier is a premium womenswear brand based in Lagos. As the brand grew, the business needed more structure behind the scenes, with finance, stock, and people administration keeping pace with its growth. The goal was not to change what makes Niovo unique, but to give the team a stronger operational foundation that stayed simple enough to use consistently.
The Challenges
The priority was to put stronger systems around everyday operations without slowing down the creative and commercial teams. Information needed to live in one reliable place instead of scattered records and manual tracking.
- A more structured environment for recording income and expenses and purchases and customer transactions
- Better visibility into products and stock levels with a clear record of movements and adjustments
- A central place for staff information instead of scattered records
- A simple way for onsite employees to record check-in and check-out
- Easier access to finance and stock and attendance information for management
- More consistent processes that reduce dependence on manual tracking
The Solution
We designed a focused Zoho environment around three applications with clear responsibilities. Zoho Books provides the financial backbone for customers, vendors, invoices, purchases, expenses, and reporting. Zoho Inventory supports product records, stock availability, and inventory adjustments, so the team can see what is available and what has moved.
Zoho People gives Niovo a central employee record and attendance environment. With Zoho People Kiosk, onsite employees check in and out from a shared device using facial recognition, and attendance is captured directly in Zoho People. We tested the finance, stock, employee, and attendance processes before handover, trained users on the tasks they actually perform, and supported the team through go-live.
The Results
Niovo's customer-facing identity is built around detail and quality, and the Zoho implementation brings more of that same structure to the operational side of the business. Finance, stock, and people information now sit in dedicated systems, giving the team a clearer, more manageable way to run administration while staying focused on design, customers, and growth.
- More organized financial operations in a dedicated accounting environment
- Better inventory visibility with structured product and stock records
- Centralized employee information for HR
- Simpler attendance capture through Kiosk without separate manual registers
- Improved management visibility across finance and stock and attendance
- A scalable structure for a growing team and expanding collections