INTRODUCTION Furniture is the movable articles for use in a home or office (i.e. chairs desks‚ cabinets‚ closets‚ etc.). It may be made of wood‚ metal‚ plastics‚ stone‚ glass‚ fabrics‚ and related materials. It ranges from the simple pine chest or country chair to the elaborate marquetry-work cabinet or gilded console table. It is usually movable‚ though it can be built-in‚ as are kitchen cabinets and bookcases. It can either reveal or hide how it was constructed‚ and it can be highly stylized.
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The furniture industry in India is considered as a "non organized" sector‚ with handicraft production accounts for about 85% of the furniture production in India. The furniture sector in India only makes a marginal contribution to the formation of GDP‚ representing just a small percentage (about 0.5%). Among all the types of furniture used‚ office furniture segment is the one that boasts the most important companies‚ both from the point of view of size and of the technological innovation of the
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CLUSTER PROFILE WOODEN FURNITURE CLUSTER GUJRAT Turn Potential into Profit Small & Medium Enterprise Development Authority Ministry of Industries‚ Production & Special Initiatives Government of Pakistan http://www.smeda.org.pk 6th Floor‚ LDA Plaza‚ Egerton Road Lahore Tel: +92-42-111-111-456 Fax: +92-42-6304926-27 1 Cluster Profile Wooden Furniture‚ Gujrat TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 DESCRIPTION OF CLUSTER.................................................................................
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American furniture manufacturers have struggled with making cost-competitive products over the past decade. Several have closed U.S. facilities and built plants overseas or hired companies to make the goods in foreign countries and ship them here. Many factors have influenced the decision to move production over seas including‚ labor costs‚ price of materials‚ freight costs‚ time in transit‚ overall time to make a product and get it to market‚ and the amount of training needed for employees. “A
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The UK Furniture Industry Executive Summary The information in this report is largely based on data for 2011 which is the last year for which we have full and complete reporting. While 2011 saw difficulties in the furniture sector‚ 2012 has seen increased challenges and the industry continues to be a difficult one to be successful in. * Furniture and furnishing stores declined by 3% in current value terms in 2011 * The sector was rocked by the collapse of iconic furniture manufacturer
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Executive Summary The following report is providing a overview of the furniture manufacturing company Adorn expanding its sales operations into a foreign country and the consequences of such a decision. The assignment covers: The decision to go global and how to Adorn should choose which country to expand its operations into. Discussed are such aspects as G.D.P. and demographic trends The U.S.A. is the proposed country to expand into. With this‚ data was gathered from many different sources
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External Swot Analysis The household furniture industry is divided into three general categories: wood (43%)‚ upholstered (46%)‚ and other forms (11%). Our industry of wood‚ medium to high priced makes up 45% of the total market for wood. According to the American Furniture Manufacturers Association (AFMA) the main types of wood furniture are bedroom pieces and dining room sets. Total furniture sales at manufacturer’s prices in 2003 were $23.9 billion‚ total wood sales were $10.28
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Haverwood Furniture Inc. (B) Background on the merger In April 2008 Haverwood Furniture merged with Lea-Meadows‚ a manufacturer of upholstered furniture for living and family rooms. The merger was not planned in any conventional sense. The merger proceeded smoothly since the two firms were located on adjacent locations and the two companies would maintain as much autonomy as was economically justified. The only real issue that still remained was merging the selling efforts. The question was straight-forward
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would you characterize the household wood furniture industry? I would characterize the wood furniture industry to be a very complex competitive relationship based industry. This industry has many different segments that form as a whole. A few of these segments are suppliers‚ producers‚ and raw material manufactures. A great deal of the raw materials are imported from different countries in order to keep constant on quality and cost. This industry is had to penetrate being that a lot of the
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The Workers in Wood Furniture Industry of Isabela A Sector Profile MELODY E. LIM I. Introduction The wood furniture processing industry is by far the most prevalent manufacturing activity in Region 02 in terms of number of firms operating. This is explained by the fact that the region is one of the few regions in the country with the biggest forest area consisting of 1.72 million hectares‚ 91.27% of which are classified as public forest. From the seventies up to the
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