Trade Depot Invests In Planit Fusion To Deliver Quality Service

Planit Fusion - the leading design and visualisation software for the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and home improvement industries - is providing Trade Depot with a seamless and efficient tool to offer a flexible quality design service to its thousands of customers involved in various sectors of the building industry.

'We offer a complete service to our customers from our depots all over the UK,' explains Trade Depot's buying manager Laura Warwick. 'With everything available under one roof, they can see what they want in a showroom environment and take it off the shelf - including appliances, doors and carcasses.'

Trade Depot was using another design system when it discovered the features and functionality of Planit Fusion and in particular, the lifelike rendering.

'Our old system was not as flexible while the capability of Planit Fusion was all-encompassing,' says Laura. 'The exceptional presentation of design visuals is brilliant and this is so important for us in that we have built our reputation on providing builders and developers with a quality product. This software gives us the confidence that they will come into the showroom, view the layouts and place an order on the strength of what they see on screen.'

Photorealistic visualisations in Planit Fusion are also effective with individual non-trade customers who just come into the showrooms to see what is available. Many do not have a clear idea of what they are looking for, so they can sit down with a designer, discuss the possibilities and see them transformed into something tangible - and make a decision in a much shorter timeframe.

Trade Depot's customer base also includes developers who invariably have the same room dimensions for a large number of properties. They appreciate the ease with which Planit Fusion enables them to view the same layout while ringing the changes with colours, surface textures, doors, lighting etc. Another customer might be renovating a £6 million house and looking to add value with a striking kitchen design - Trade Depot has the ability to create several visuals quickly and professionally using Planit Fusion.

'The benefits to our business are enormous,' says Laura. 'Because the data is updated regularly we have the ability to incorporate the latest products and finishes in our designs and quickly get them in front of the customer. Planit Fusion is essentially part of our core infrastructure and the plan is to extend its use to our bathroom products this year.'

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