TRAQ Can Help

TRAQ is designed to be used by interior design studios that sell to the trade. For the sake of these examples, imagine a studio with its walls, wings, and bays lined with various samples, swatch books, or fabrics, just waiting for a designer to peruse.

A designer finds a set of samples that might just be perfect for their client. Of course, the client isn’t present, so they need to take the sample back and show it in person. Perhaps the lighting isn’t just quite right in the show room. Perhaps the shade can’t quite be described over the phone.

Many studios track the check out process with a spreadsheet or on paper. This is horribly inefficient and can be tremendously error prone. If on paper, then searching through all the volumes collected over the years is tremendously time consuming. Perhaps someone has had a sample checked out for several years and nobody knew about it? Perhaps the designer consulted with their client, got busy, needed to clear off a desk, and that sample made its way into someone’s garage?

By the time some of these samples make it back to the studio, the products are discontinued. In such a case, the mere absence of the sample could have resulted in lost sales.

If the items had been entered into TRAQ, it would have allowed a studio to query which items have been checked out, for how long, by whom, and how to get ahold of the designer to request the item’s return.

TRAQ can also assist in seeing which vendors, items, or colors patterns are gathering the most attention so the studio may better plan their display inventory.