The Problem
Outfitting employees with tech peripherals is a manual, fragmented process with no visibility, no standards, and no audit trail.
- Requests arrive via text, email, Teams, and hallway chats — even mid-event — so nothing is tracked
- No standard kits — each hire gets a random set of gear depending on who fulfills the request
- No spend visibility — leadership can't see total peripheral outlay or cost per employee
- ~12% of orders are duplicates — redundant purchases from lack of prior-order history
At scale, this costs the organization thousands in redundant hardware, hundreds of hours in back-and-forth, and creates a poor first-day experience for new hires and traveling executives.
The Proposed Solution
TechBag IQ transforms IT peripheral management from reactive ticket resolution into a self-service storefront with an admin command center.
Self-Service Storefront All Employees
- Browse pre-configured kits curated by IT
- Preview every item with specs, costs, and retail links
- Build a custom kit from an approved peripheral catalog
- Submit a request with name, delivery location, and notes
Admin Dashboard Exec IT Only
- Triage incoming requests — live pending count
- Manage people — see who has what, add users, assign profiles
- Configure kit templates — build, save, and compare bags
- Analyze spend — quarterly trends, categories, suppliers
Employee
visits storefront
→
Browses kits
or builds custom
→
Submits request
with location
→
IT sees request
in admin queue
→
Order fulfilled
& tracked
Projected ROI
| Metric | Current State | With TechBag IQ | Impact |
|---|
| Time to fulfill a request | 3–5 business days | Same-day triage, 1–2 day fulfillment | 60% faster |
| IT hours on peripheral coordination | ~15 hrs/week | ~5 hrs/week | 10 hrs/week saved |
| Duplicate purchases | ~12% of orders | <2% (catalog-based) | ~$15K–$25K/yr saved |
| Spend visibility | Spreadsheets, no rollup | Real-time dashboard | Full exec visibility |
| Employee satisfaction | Inconsistent | Standardized, predictable | NPS improvement |
These estimates are conservative and scale with headcount. At 500+ employees, the savings compound significantly.
Technical Overview
| Stack | HTML, CSS, JS — zero framework dependencies |
| Hosting | Any internal web server or SharePoint |
| Data | localStorage (prototype); API-ready |
| Auth | SSO-ready for production |
| Dependencies | Chart.js (CDN), Font Awesome |
| Maintenance | No build step, no node_modules |
The current prototype is fully functional and can be demonstrated today. Production deployment requires only hosting and optional backend integration.
🎯 The Ask
Approve a pilot deployment of TechBag IQ within the Exec IT group to validate the workflow,
measure time-to-fulfillment improvements, and build the case for org-wide rollout.
The prototype is built. The investment to go live is minimal. The return is immediate.