Furniture Starting Point¶

Loupe Factory starts furniture businesses with starter catalogs and workflow labels for made-to-order production, repeat wholesale products, and project work. The starter catalog covers seating, tables, beds, storage, office, hospitality, outdoor, modular, and custom furniture.

It also gives operations teams practical labels for wood, panels, hardware, upholstery, foam, finishes, work in progress, quality checks, packing, and dispatch. This is especially useful when sales, production, warehouses, and delivery teams need to describe the same item in the same way.

Starter Snapshot¶

Admins can change these values and catalogs after setup.

Common abbreviations in the starter labels include CNC for computer numerical control, CAD for computer-aided design, MDF for medium-density fiberboard, HDF for high-density fiberboard, HPL for high-pressure laminate, PU for polyurethane, PPE for personal protective equipment, QA for quality assurance, and QC for quality control.

Typical Inventory Flow¶

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    MS["Materials & Supplies"] --> CUT["Cut Components"]
    CUT --> MACH["Machined Components"]
    MACH --> EDGE["Edge-Banded / Drilled Components"]
    EDGE --> FRAME["Frame Assembled"]
    FRAME --> UPH["Upholstery In-Process"]
    FRAME --> SURF["Surface Finished"]
    UPH --> SUB["Sub-Assembly"]
    SURF --> SUB
    SUB --> FINAL["Final Assembly"]
    FINAL --> REVIEW{"Final QA"}
    REVIEW -->|Pass| QC["QC Passed"] --> FIN["Finished"]
    REVIEW -->|Repair| REWORK["Need Rework / Repair"]

This simplified route shows a common path from incoming materials to packed furniture. Upholstery, surface finishing, and sub-assembly can happen in a different order or may not apply to every product.

Inventory Types¶

Finished Inventory Types¶

Starter product names include dining and lounge chairs, two-seat and three-seat sofas, sectional sofas, tables, desks, beds, wardrobes, cabinets, sideboards, office chairs, modular kitchen cabinets, vanity units, and outdoor sets.

Materials & Supplies Categories¶

Production Stages¶

Size and Shape Defaults¶

Furniture sizes include metric and approximate imperial references, which helps teams coordinate factory dimensions with buyers in different markets.

Size Groups¶

Shape Defaults¶

Default Item Attributes¶

Every furniture inventory item starts with these item attribute keys as empty rows, so the spec details a showroom, a contract client, or a delivery crew asks for are already on the record. Teams can fill in what applies and add any other key they need.

To compare these values across several items, use Show attributes in an inventory table. Search also finds values such as Solid Oak or 150 kg while the columns are closed.

Default Cost Components¶

Furniture businesses start with these cost component types, so a quote separates timber, fabric, hardware, shop time, and outside work instead of hiding them in one number that is hard to defend on a contract bid.

Typical Starter Teams¶

Customize This Starting Point¶

Use Product Settings to adjust product types, dimensions, shapes, and the default weight unit. Use Inventory Settings to adapt inventory labels, and use Production Settings to reorder, rename, add, or deactivate production stages. Use Organization Settings to adapt departments and designations.

Next Steps¶

• Compare all industry starting points
• Review shared definitions
• Continue with the Quick Start Guide