ART COMMERCE
Lougher Contemporary
Connecting the commercial life of an artwork.
Discuss a similar challengeOPERATING CONTEXT
Owned, consigned and brokered works cannot be treated as generic stock.
Lougher Contemporary is an online art dealership specialising in contemporary prints, editions and multiples for private collectors and trade buyers.
STARTING SITUATION
Several systems and ownership models
Owned stock, consignments and brokered sales were balanced across ArtLogic, Shopify, Xero, spreadsheets and manual processes. Stock, sales, client relationships and reporting needed to line up.
IMPLEMENTATION ROUTE
Odoo as the central platform
The design connects artwork, ownership, consignment, clients, sales, ecommerce, finance and reporting around art-dealership workflows.
CLOUDSABER ROLE
Design through adoption
Cloudsaber is handling process design, data, configuration, integration and adoption work required to make Odoo useful as the central platform.
IMPORTANT DELIVERY DECISIONS
Preserve the commercial distinctions of the art trade.
- Keep owned, consigned and brokered artwork flows distinct.
- Design around art-dealership work rather than a conventional retail template.
- Treat data, integrations and user adoption as implementation work.
CHANGED CAPABILITY
A central picture from artwork to reporting.
The implementation direction connects artwork and client relationships with stock, sales, ecommerce, finance and reporting as a scalable foundation for the business.
Relevant to: art businesses managing specialist records, ownership models and sales routes across disconnected systems.
Turn a similar situation into a clear route.
Bring the operating reality, the systems involved and what needs to become possible.