{"id":59,"date":"2026-10-12T14:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codearbro.com\/blog\/zoho-crm-books-plantation-shutters-perth-case-study\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T14:48:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:48:50","slug":"zoho-crm-books-plantation-shutters-perth-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codearbro.com\/blog\/zoho-crm-books-plantation-shutters-perth-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoho CRM &#038; Zoho Books for a Perth Plantation Shutters Company | Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For made-to-measure businesses like plantation shutters, every sale follows a long path: enquiry, measure booking, quote, follow-ups, acceptance, deposit, ordering materials, installation and the final invoice. If a deposit lands in the bank but nobody notices, the job sits idle \u2014 and the customer waits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This case study covers how <strong>Codearbro<\/strong> scoped a <strong>Zoho CRM and Zoho Books implementation for a boutique plantation shutters company in Perth, Australia<\/strong>, working alongside the client&#8217;s digital agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Snapshot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Industry<\/strong><\/td><td>Home improvement \u2014 custom plantation shutters<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td><td>Perth, Western Australia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Platform<\/strong><\/td><td>Zoho One: Zoho CRM, Zoho Books, Zoho SalesIQ, Zoho Sign, Zoho Forms<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Users<\/strong><\/td><td>About 5 (admin, sales, operations)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Timeline<\/strong><\/td><td>6 working days<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The business already had a Zoho One subscription, but CRM was only partly set up and Zoho Books was not connected to sales. The team faced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Leads from the website, ads, social media, phone and referrals with inconsistent source tracking<\/li>\n\n\n<li>No structured pipeline from measure to quote to deposit<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Manual quote and deposit follow-ups that were easy to forget<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Paid jobs that could be missed because payment in Books did not update anything in CRM<\/li>\n\n\n<li>An operations user who needed customer details but should not see job values<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lead Capture &amp; Allocation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Website forms and Zoho SalesIQ chats create CRM leads tagged with their source. Assignment rules allocate each enquiry to the right sales rep, send an instant notification and create a first-contact task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Pipeline That Matches the Business<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We configured stages that mirror how shutters are actually sold:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Enquiry \u2192 Measure Booked \u2192 Measure Completed \u2192 Quote Prepared \u2192 Quote Sent \u2192 Follow-up \u2192 Quote Accepted \u2192 Deposit Required \u2192 Deposit Paid \u2192 In Production \u2192 Final Invoice \u2192 Completed<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each stage has the right required fields, layouts and validation, plus automated quote and deposit reminders, email\/SMS templates and Zoho Sign for customer acceptance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Payment-to-Job Automation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the most valuable piece. Using the native Zoho CRM\u2013Books integration plus Deluge, when a deposit or payment is recorded in Zoho Books the system:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Updates the related CRM deal to the next status automatically<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Notifies the responsible staff member<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Creates the next operational task, such as <em>Order Materials<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Lists all paid jobs awaiting action in a dedicated view<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Escalates paid jobs that have not moved forward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We also reviewed the bank feed setup and recommended practical options without custom banking development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Permissions &amp; Reporting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Admin and sales users get full access, while the operations user sees customer and file information but no financial or job-value data. Dashboards cover enquiries, quotes, conversion rate, follow-ups, deposits, outstanding invoices and completed jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Business Impact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No paid job slips through the cracks<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Consistent follow-up on every quote and deposit<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Quote, invoice and payment status visible inside CRM<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Clear lead-source reporting to guide marketing spend<\/li>\n\n\n<li>The existing production spreadsheet keeps working, with CRM complementing it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can Zoho CRM update a deal when a payment is received in Zoho Books?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes. With the native Zoho Finance integration and a Deluge function, a payment recorded in Zoho Books can update the CRM deal stage, notify staff and create follow-up tasks automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you work with Zoho clients in Australia?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes. Codearbro works with businesses across Australia, the USA, UK, Middle East and India, and schedules meetings around Australian business hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I hide deal values from some CRM users?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes. Zoho CRM profiles and field-level security let you give operations staff access to customer details while hiding amounts, invoices and other financial fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Can Zoho CRM update a deal when a payment is received in Zoho Books?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Yes. 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