Bulk Quality: one approval flow for fabric samples
Replacing fragmented Excel and Power BI workflows with a single approval interface for Merchandising and Color teams.
CompanyDICK'S Sporting Goods · 2025RoleProduct Design InternTimeline[Add timeline]TeamPMs, Engineers, Merchandising & ColorToolsFigma, Excel, Power BI
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[How fabric samples move between vendors, Merchandising and Color, and why approval delays mattered.]
How might we give Merchandising and Color one place to approve fabric samples — without re-entering data?
Two disconnected tools vs. one surface
Options weighed
Improve the Excel + Power BI handoff · build a single approval interface
Chose
One approval interface for both teams
Why
5 workflow interviews traced the real bottleneck to redundant data entry between tools.
Decision — upload a supporting screen
Manual re-entry on a failed sample vs. automation
Options weighed
Re-key a new round by hand · auto-generate the next round on failure
Chose
Failure-triggered round creation
Why
A failed sample opens the next round automatically, killing the re-entry loop.
Decision — upload a supporting screen
[Third decision — e.g. who owns the record across handoffs]
Options weighed
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Chose
[What you chose]
Why
[The reasoning and the tradeoff you accepted]
Decision — upload a supporting screen
Outcome
Where it landed
15,000+hours saved annually
5workflow interviews
15,000+ hours saved annually.
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