Style is Good, but Attention to Detail Makes it World Class.
The pressures on furniture and fixture manufacturers are as intense as ever. The greatest challenges come from customers expecting more: Faster deliveries, higher quality and lower prices. Then, there is the ever-present competition from the global marketplace. Competitors from emerging markets are positioned to consistently build a variety of quality products at lower cost, and capture market share manufacturers in established markets have won through great expense and effort.
A number of advances to address these pressures are being led by world-class furniture and fixtures manufacturers. All are making consistent improvements to nurture their markets. Most are regularly update product catalogs not just for a new season, but also for specific markets or lifestyles. Automation is major element of these changes and contributes to reduced lead times and increased growth in an otherwise market-restrictive industry. Some manufacturers focus on cutting costs by reducing overhead and gaining greater visibility into their operations in order to discover areas that can be improved.
MAPICS understands the challenges faced by today's furniture and fixture manufacturers and has a refined furniture industry solution that will lead the way to world-class performance
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Success Stories:
Canterbury Windows
uses MAPICS (now Infor) solutions to deliver complex, high-quality products with the speed and accuracy its customers need.
Rapid-Line
using MAPICS (now Infor) solutions, Rapid-Line is able to look forward, see potential problems and correct them before customers are impacted.
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