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OEM furniture manufacturing

OEM Furniture Manufacturing for Retailers & Brands

You bring the design or specification. Furniship engineers it for production, proves it in a physical sample, and manufactures it against that approved standard.

A programme can start from a complete tech pack or from very little — a CAD file, a dimensioned drawing, a reference product, a physical reference sample, or a sketch with a target price and a market to hit.

Start an OEM ProjectPrivate label & ODM
Programme map — OEM

  1. 01Drawing / specification

  2. 02Engineering

  3. 03Prototype / sample

    Physical

  4. 04Physical reference

    Physical

  5. 05Production

  6. 06Quality control

  7. 07Shipment readiness

    Physical

01Starting pointInput

What you can bring

Furniship works from whatever level of definition exists. The starting point changes how long development takes — it does not decide whether a programme is possible.
01

CAD files & 3D models

STEP, IGES or native 3D. The fastest route into development, because construction can be interrogated directly.
02

Technical drawings

Dimensioned drawings with construction detail and material callouts.
03

A written specification

Dimensions, materials, finishes, components and packaging requirements, without a drawing.
04

A reference product

An existing product in your range to re-engineer, improve or cost down.
05

A physical reference sample

Sent to the sample room and worked from directly, which resolves construction questions a drawing cannot.
06

A concept and a target price

A sketch, a material direction and the landed price the assortment has to hit.

A complete tech pack is welcome. It is not a requirement.

DevelopmentEngineering

What Furniship turns it into

A drawing is not yet a product. Between the two sits the engineering that decides whether a programme holds its margin, survives its first reorder and arrives undamaged.
01

Frame & joinery construction

How the piece is built, and whether it can be built consistently across production runs and repeat orders.
02

Foam, suspension & comfort

Density, layering and seat feel, specified against the durability the destination market expects.
03

Materials & components

Timber, veneer, metal, stone and textile, plus the fittings and mechanisms that fail first when chosen badly.
04

Cost engineering

Specification decisions taken against your landed target price during development, rather than discovered after the first quotation.

Design intent is held. Buildability and cost are solved around it.

03Release gatesControl point

Before production is released

Four things close before a production order is cut. Each exists because it is far cheaper to correct here than in a container.
  1. 01

    Sample approval

    A physical first-off assessed for fit, comfort, dimensional accuracy, finish and packability — then corrected and approved.

  2. 02

    Specification lock

    The approved sample becomes the written reference: materials, construction, tolerances and finish, recorded rather than remembered.

  3. 03

    Material & finish confirmation

    Fabric, timber, finish and component sources confirmed against the approved sample, so production is not quietly built from a substitute.

  4. 04

    Packaging sign-off

    Carton construction, protection, labelling and barcoding agreed before the first production carton is made.

Furniture prototyping & sampling
ReordersProduction

The approved sample does not go in a cupboard.

A strong first order is only the beginning. Reorders need to match the approved standard.
01

Retained as the reference

The approved sample is the standard the first order and every reorder after it is judged against.
02

Inspected against it

In-line and pre-packing inspection against that reference and an agreed defect standard.
03

Same production setup

Reorders run in the factory the programme was engineered for, rather than wherever there is capacity that month.
Furniture quality controlFurniture manufacturing in China
05Scope

Categories produced to specification

OEM work is only credible within categories a manufacturer genuinely runs. These are the categories Furniship presents today.

The notes above are examples within each category. Format, dimensions, materials, construction and finish are developed around the requirements of the programme, subject to development, quotation and technical feasibility.

06Which model applies

OEM, custom, or private label?

Three different starting points, three different pages. Picking the wrong one costs a development round.

  • OEM

    This page

    Starting point
    Your finished design or specification
    Development model
    You supply the design; Furniship engineers it for production
    Typical use
    Re-engineering or cost-optimising a product already in your range

  • Custom

    Starting point
    A requirement, concept or reference
    Development model
    Developed together, from brief to production-ready specification
    Typical use
    A product that does not exist yet and has to be created for your assortment
    Custom furniture manufacturing

  • Private label & ODM

    Starting point
    A Furniship-developed design
    Development model
    An existing Furniship design adapted to your specification
    Typical use
    Filling an assortment gap quickly, under your own label
    Private label & ODM furniture
07EvidencePhysical reference

Drawing to packed product

The four artefacts that show a programme actually ran. This section is reserved for Furniship's own material — not stock photography, and not renders.
  1. 01

    The drawing you send

  2. 02

    The sample you approve

  3. 03

    The construction underneath

  4. 04

    The carton that ships

Quality control

Inspection is carried out in-line and before packing, against the approved sample and an agreed defect standard. The operational detail — inspection points, defect classes, reporting and corrective action — belongs on its own page rather than being repeated here.

Furniture quality control

Packaging & delivery

Cartons, protection, labelling and barcoding are engineered to your warehouse specification rather than to factory default. Orders are consolidated, loaded and shipped, with documentation issued.

Furniture sourcing

08Buyer questions

What buyers ask before starting

What do you need in order to quote?
The design or specification, the destination market, the expected volume and the landed price you need to hit. If one of those is missing, we will tell you which decision has to come first.
Can you work from a physical sample rather than a drawing?
Yes. A reference sample can be sent to the sample room and worked from directly, which answers construction questions a drawing often leaves open.
What is the minimum order quantity?
MOQs are set around the product and programme rather than one fixed threshold. Factors such as construction, materials, specification and programme requirements can affect the appropriate order structure.
Who is responsible for quality?
Inspection is carried out against the approved sample and an agreed defect standard before goods are packed. Where commercial responsibility sits is agreed per programme.

Send us a drawing. We will tell you what it takes to manufacture.

A CAD file, a specification, a reference product or a photograph of something you want built better. That is enough to start a conversation about whether it can be made, and at what cost.

Start an OEM ProjectNo design yet? Custom manufacturing