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06 · Atains SaaS · Operations

Inventory that keeps up with the business

Atains started as a real-time inventory product for small and medium businesses. It has since grown into Atains Product Studio, which designs, builds and launches products for founders.

Role
Product Manager
Timeline
Jun 2021 – Jan 2022
Platform
Web · Mobile
Status
Live
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Atains · Dashboard
Atains dashboard with total items, low-stock alerts, sales activity, inventory plans and warehouse detail
Atains mobile stock list with quantity against capacity and a sales trend of +5.39% for cement

Product

Atains is a mobile and web inventory management product built for small and medium businesses across industries. It gives owners a real-time view of what's in stock, what's selling and what to reorder, and keeps their sales records organised.

The problem

Most SMEs manage inventory by hand. It's slow, takes hours and goes wrong easily, and there wasn't a simple, complete tool built for them.

  • Overstocking ties up cash in stock that doesn't move.
  • Stockouts mean lost sales and frustrated customers.
  • Poor records make it hard to know what's actually working.

What we built

Inventory summaryTotal items and low-stock alerts on the dashboard, so problems show up before a customer finds them.
Sales activityOrders and items waiting to be delivered, side by side with stock.
Inventory plansScheduled stock counts per warehouse, from urgent one-offs to monthly reviews, with progress tracked.
Warehouse detailSee how stock is split across locations.
Mobile stock listSearch products, filter to low stock, and see price, quantity against capacity and sales trend, then edit on the spot.
History & purchaseEvery movement and purchase order recorded, so the sales records stay organised.

My role

I was Product Manager at Atains, a studio building web products and business tools for small businesses.

  • Built a smart inventory management app for small businesses, starting from user research with SMEs on their pain points and day-to-day workflow.
  • Gathered user feedback and ran iterative UI improvements that lifted user satisfaction by 80% in post-launch surveys.
  • Tracked daily active users, retention, churn and engagement to keep improving the product after launch.

Results

We launched to a controlled group of about 50–60 businesses. They reported more organised sales records, and real-time data helped them make better decisions on stock, purchasing and resources.

+80%user satisfaction in post-launch surveys
50–60businesses in the controlled launch
80%reduction in manual tasks
+15%inventory accuracy

Atains today

Atains is now a product studio that partners with founders and companies to design, build and scale digital products: websites, MVPs, AI tools, micro SaaS and internal dashboards.

20+products launched
50+founders served
5industries covered

Key takeaways

  • For small businesses, the best feature is the hour of manual work you take away.
  • A controlled launch gives you honest feedback before you scale the mistakes.
  • Building our own product taught us how to build for founders, which is what the studio does now.