Typical business plan cabinet furniture. What employees are needed for the functioning of the furniture workshop. Services provided and business formats

Furniture production. Consider an organization plan for a medium-sized business that specializes in home and office furniture.

Is it profitable to create furniture production

An analysis of the furniture market segment shows that with a competent organization of the factory, the owner can receive 40-50% of profit per year. The profitability of the business is quite high and reaches 40%. Demand for mid-value goods always remains stable. With well-established sales channels, the enterprise can increase its turnover and after 4-5 years grow from medium to large.

Most often, furniture manufacturers choose a narrow specialization.

A mid-range office and home cabinet furniture company can find buyers among businesses of all sizes and people with low and medium incomes.

The business plan for the production of furniture involves the implementation of the order through the office, as well as the sale of finished products through retail outlets.

Company advertising

The company must be known to customers, so advertising will first be aimed at brand recognition, increasing consumer loyalty and stimulating demand.

Company registration

sawing machines;
milling machines;
wood drying equipment;
glass processing machines;
machine tools for metal processing;
tools for craftsmen.

For a 250 sq. m. The optimal amount of equipment will be 2 machines of each type. This will allow you to establish a high speed of the production process.

Recruitment

The production of cabinet furniture according to the business plan requires hiring 7-10 . The process will be effective if you select highly specialized workers for each stage of production.

For the operation of the office and the sales area, 4 employees are enough to perform administrative tasks, advise customers and organize the sale of products.

To deliver furniture, buyers need to hire one driver and buy a truck of the right size.

Search for raw material suppliers

A business plan for the production of furniture can only be realized if reliable suppliers of raw materials are found. When choosing suppliers, you should be guided by the following aspects:

close proximity to the production workshop;
low prices for raw materials;
high quality raw materials;
reliability.

Calculation of initial investments

A business plan for the production of custom-made furniture includes approximate calculations of the cost of the initial investment. They may differ depending on the region of the business organization, the size of the enterprise and the financial capabilities of the entrepreneur.

So, in order to implement a business plan for creating a furniture workshop, you need to have about 3 million rubles. This amount is needed for a medium-sized enterprise. It is simply unprofitable to organize a small production enterprise.

The furniture business is a great choice for a young entrepreneur to start. People always buy furniture, regardless of the season and weather. Even a crisis will not change anything in your business, except that it will reduce the class of furniture from elite to classic. Therefore, open a furniture shop – a good and promising idea that will surely bring you great profits.

Studying the market

Furniture production can be divided into three main areas:

Production of classic office furniture (cabinets, partitions, cabinets, tables). The main emphasis is on functionality and rigor of appearance.
Production of kitchens and suites. The kitchen is the face of the home, it is here that people spend most of their free time, so it should be equipped with comfortable and high-quality furniture. Every year the demand for kitchen sets is growing by an average of 15%.
Release of furniture under the order. This is the most promising type of business. Furniture is created depending on the requirements of the client, according to individual sizes and drawings.

It is not difficult to start a furniture business - a minimum investment is enough for this.

Note: in megacities you will face serious competition, so this business is best to start either in small towns or enter the market with an original and promising offer.

Be sure to find out if there are similar furniture manufacturing workshops in your city, what services they offer, what are the actual terms of furniture production and the price range of your competitors. Think about what you can do better to win over customers.

Room requirement

To organize a full-fledged factory, you need three full-sized rooms. It:

Workshop for the production of furniture. Its area must be at least 100 m2.
Office. Managers will work here, concluding contracts for the purchase of raw materials and accessories, as well as for the sale of finished products. Often in the office there is a small exhibition stand with samples of materials and furniture, or even a small shop.
Stock. This room will be used for storage of material and finished products. It should be spacious (about 70-100 square meters) and dry.

These premises may be located in the same building or be scattered around the city. For example, the workshop itself will be located on the outskirts, and the office with samples in the city center or a convenient passageway. This will greatly increase the number of potential customers. The warehouse can also be located on the outskirts near the factory. This will allow you to reduce rental prices by several times and avoid complaints from residents about the constant noise from cutting material.

The room for the production of furniture should be spacious

Purchase of the necessary equipment

Starting the production of upholstered furniture as a business should have enough money to purchase the appropriate equipment. You can, of course, cooperate with other workshops for cutting furniture sheets, but this will significantly increase the lead time for orders and the cost of finished products, which will nullify all your competitive advantages. Therefore, buying machines is definitely necessary. To save money, you can buy used equipment - its price can be 30-50% lower than that of a new one. But you need to be well versed in the machines, so as not to buy already decommissioned ones.

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For work, you will need the following types of machines:

Band saw. Such equipment is used for precise cutting of wood, MDF or chipboard according to the ordered dimensions.
Drying. These machines are used if you plan to work with natural wood and it will need to be dried to a certain humidity.
Machines for decorating and fine woodworking. Used for shaping wood, processing edges, cutting various chamfers, other milling and drilling machines.
Glass working equipment. These include sandblasting machines, drilling, engraving, cutting, etc.
Devices for working with metal. This includes welding, drilling, cutting, polishing metal.
Sewing equipment for creating upholstery, covers and various upholstered furniture items.
Tools. These include hand drills, screwdrivers, staplers, screwdrivers, planers, hammers, etc.

Also, for the production of furniture, you will need a variety of fiberboard and chipboard sheets, MDF boards, high-quality fittings and a large number of fasteners. From consumables: various varnishes, paints, adhesives, etc.

Staff

A lot in the furniture business depends on the staff. To build a furniture business from scratch, you need skilled and responsible employees who will accompany the product at all stages from design to sale and installation at customers. Without fail, you will need:

A manager who will take orders, draw up contracts for the supply of necessary fittings and materials, and support projects.
Director of operations. The duties of this person include control over each stage of furniture production. This is a foreman who monitors the workers, organizes their work and takes finished orders.
Workers. 3-4 people are enough for a small workshop, up to 8 specialists may be needed for a medium one. Their responsibilities include the entire cycle of work on the production of furniture from raw materials.
Driver. This person will be engaged in the delivery of furniture to customers from the warehouse. Also ensures the supply of necessary materials.

Qualified staff is the basis of your business

This is the minimum possible staff for the operation of a mini-factory that makes furniture. The role of the manager and accountant at the first stages can be performed by you - there is nothing complicated in this. If you do not want to waste time, then you can hire people, but this will reduce the payback period due to salaries.

Marketing

You can start putting together a marketing plan even when you haven't opened. The task of this plan is the correct organization of various events for the sale of the maximum possible amount of finished products. How to sell furniture the right way?

Open an exhibition center or mini-shop in the office.
Conclude an agreement with furniture stores and put up products for sale with them.
Start working with tenders created by budgetary organizations. Very often, schools, kindergartens, hospitals and various municipal institutions become regular customers that bring in serious money.
Interested in several large private clients. These can be banks that periodically open new branches, various offices, etc.
Create your own website, on which you need to post detailed information about furniture, phone numbers for communication and a detailed price list.
Create groups on social networks and support them.
Launch classic advertising: banners, flyers, streamers, signs, billboards.
Advertising in the media: radio, TV, newspapers, magazines.

How much money do you need to open

It is impossible to calculate exactly how much money you need to start furniture production as a business from scratch without knowing the specifics of your region: everything depends heavily on the level of rent, the chosen work profile, the number of workers and equipment. We will give the average prices for the country, which will be fair in almost 80% of cases.

The purchase of premises for doing business will cost about 1 million rubles. If you rent a building, then you will spend about 50-70 thousand per month, that is, it is more profitable to buy a building.
Purchase of equipment for the factory, its delivery and installation - 600,000.
Repair of the building, paperwork - 300,000.
Consumables - 250,000.

Never skimp on accessories and tools

Now let's calculate the fixed costs. They will include:

Utilities fee - 30,000.
Salary - 180,000.
Fixed expenses for the maintenance of the site, social networks, advertising and marketing - 20,000.
Other expenses, incl. and taxes - 30,000.

This business plan for the production of upholstered furniture will enable entrepreneurs to create and competently organize the work of a small workshop. The increased demand for high-quality and inexpensive upholstered furniture is one of the main reasons for the emergence of a significant number of new manufacturers on the Russian market, which today account for over 70% of all products sold. And upholstered furniture occupies about 15% of the entire furniture market, its production is an attractive niche, especially for small and medium-sized businesses, and does not require significant initial investments.

General concept of the project

The popularity of upholstered furniture is explained by several factors.

First, its production is increasingly oriented towards "make-to-order". It is difficult for small enterprises engaged in mass production of large batches of cabinet furniture and solid wood products to compete in the market, while the production of small batches of upholstered furniture can provide quite acceptable profitability.

Secondly, in small private workshops engaged in the manufacture of custom-made upholstered furniture, a significant part of the work is done manually, which does not require the purchase of high-performance and expensive production and technological equipment.

Thirdly, furniture production at small enterprises is easily and quickly reorganized to produce new products due to changes in consumer tastes and fashion trends.

Fourth, starting a small furniture manufacturing business is a great experience for building a large-scale profitable business in the future.

Fifthly, in the Russian market, the niche for making custom-made furniture in small towns and rural areas is practically free, so here the prospects for successful work for small furniture workshops are the greatest.

Description of the object

Our business plan for the production of upholstered furniture with calculations is designed to assist in the creation and launch of a small workshop that will manufacture products to order. The most productive use of the document is the organization of production in small towns. The enterprise must provide a full technological cycle for the manufacture of upholstered furniture and its sale to consumers.

Main product range:

sofas.
Banquets.
Ottomans.
Armchairs.
Sun loungers.
Chairs.

Surprisingly, but in the regulatory and technological documentation there is no definition of "upholstered furniture". In the current standards, concepts such as “seating furniture” and “lying furniture” are used. Moreover, these products can be made with both soft and hard elements. Therefore, in the generally accepted sense, upholstered furniture refers to products in the design of which there are traditional elements of "softness": pillows, springs, various fillers, and so on.

Market analysis of upholstered furniture

As statistics show, a middle-income Russian changes a sofa or chair about once every 3-4 years. Most of today's upholstered furniture market in the country is a product of the middle price range. They occupy 60% of the market. The share of premium upholstered furniture is relatively small and amounts to about 13%. This is primarily due to the high cost of such products. In addition, in this price range, consumers are more likely to choose branded products from foreign manufacturers.

Today, the domestic furniture market is characterized by a decrease in the number of production facilities operating "on stream". An increasing number of enterprises are moving to the production of products to order.

It often happens that consumers, following fashion, order furniture, which, in terms of performance, is significantly inferior to "in-line" products. An example of this is the production of original soft corners with silk or white upholstery. It goes without saying that such furniture is extremely impractical and that when ordering it, the consumer expects to change the “decoration” in one, maximum two years.

This trend is also supported by a financial factor: significant investments are required in the activities of enterprises with mass production. These resources are directed not only to start-up needs related to the purchase of equipment, but also to current ones, due to the need to purchase large quantities of material, components, upholstery fabrics, etc. In this case, it is very difficult to withdraw money from the business, if necessary, because the funds remain "frozen" in the form of loans, finished products, debts to suppliers of components and materials.

As practice shows, the seasonal factor has a great influence on this business. For example, during a period of decline in demand, out of 1000 items put up for sale, no more than 200-250 pieces are actually sold. To ensure the profitability of the enterprise, it is necessary to focus on the sale of finished products in the region where it is located. This will not only reduce transportation costs, but also respond more sensitively to changes in the preferences of the main consumers of products, thereby optimizing the overall production costs. For long distances, it will be profitable to supply only premium-class furniture.

Description of the object

The most popular types of upholstered furniture in our country are transformer models. The new enterprise will provide a full technological cycle of their manufacture, which includes the following stages.

Cutting lumber in the carpentry shop. Here, operations are performed on sawing boards and plywood into blanks and assembling wooden furniture frames.
Frame upholstery. This process step is carried out in the upholstery section of the production facility. During it, the frame is pasted over with dornite, then with foam rubber, on top of which the upholstery is fixed.
Installation of softness elements. The main such element in most types of upholstered furniture are springs. They perform an orthopedic function, and are mounted on products in the form of blocks that are installed in the center and perimeter of the product. Then the spring blocks are pasted over with foam rubber.
Pasting with protective materials. On top of the spring block, a dense woven material and spunbond are successively fixed in an adhesive way, which protect the upholstery from abrasion against the springs.
Laying foam rubber or synthetic winterizer. On top of the pads is placed another element of softness about 40 mm high. The presence of a synthetic winterizer in it will allow the foam rubber to “breathe”.
Cut upholstery materials in the sewing workshop. Here, on special equipment, operations are performed with various types of upholstery: from ordinary fabrics to genuine leather. After cutting the upholstery according to the dimensions of the product design, it is “targeted” to the multilayer base.
Manufacture and fastening of covers. Covers are made in strict accordance with the dimensions of the product. They are worn over a frame with a fixed base.
Control assembly of the finished product. This operation is carried out in order to check the operability of all elements of the product design and subsequent correction of the detected shortcomings.
Product packaging in polyethylene and cardboard.

These technological operations differ little in the manufacture of sofas or armchairs. These products use only different transforming mechanisms (if they are provided for by the design).

It is expected to launch an enterprise implementing the technology described above in full within two months from the start of the project. To do this, you must perform the following activities:

To study the state of affairs in this industry and analyze the regional market for furniture production.
Get advice from representatives of this business, if necessary.
Draw up a detailed business plan with calculations for your business organization option.
Conclude an investment agreement and get a loan.
Register a business.
Conclude contracts for the purchase of materials, furniture fittings and other components for the manufacture of upholstered furniture.
Select the necessary production premises and conclude a lease agreement.
Acquire technological equipment, make its installation and adjustment.
Select and, if necessary, train company personnel.
Establish markets for products.
Organize an active advertising and marketing campaign.

These activities are scheduled to be completed within the following timeframes:

Stage/month, decade	1st month			2nd month
Stage/month, decade	Dec 1	Dec 2	Dec 3	Dec 1	Dec 2	Dec 3
Registration of a company, opening a current account	+	+	+
Signing a lease		+	+
Acquisition of process and auxiliary equipment	+	+	+
Premises renovation		+	+	+
Issuance of permits and approvals				+	+
Installation, adjustment and testing of production equipment			+	+	+
Preparation of documents for the range of products			+	+
Selection of specialists			+	+	+
Conclusion of contracts with consumers of products and suppliers of materials and components			+	+	+	+
Enterprise launch						+

The terms are indicative and depend on the specific conditions of the organization of production.

Organizational and legal form, taxation system and registration of an enterprise

The enterprise is created within the framework of the organizational and legal form of LLC (limited liability company). This choice is due to the advantages that this form of business provides: first of all, the opportunity to work with legal entities and more opportunities for the sale of finished products.

The workshop for the production of upholstered furniture will work according to the general taxation system, which provides for the payment of the following taxes:

Tax	Applicable base for taxation	Periodicity	Bet amount
For the amount of profit	The amount of profit received	M-ts	20%
VAT	The amount of VAT charged	M-ts	18%
For property	The value of the acquired property	According to the schedule	2,2%
Income	FOT	M-ts	13%
Social payments	FOT	M-ts	34%

Registration of a business entity is carried out in the following areas of activity:

Manufacture of other furniture - OKVED 36.14.
Retail sale of furniture - OKVED 52.44.1.
Wholesale of furniture - OKVED 51.47.11.

The production of upholstered furniture does not require a license. Certification of products is carried out at the request of the manufacturer in order to increase the competitiveness of manufactured products.

Room selection

Production for the production of upholstered furniture is located in a rented premises with a total area of at least 440-450 square meters. m. It will contain:

carpentry (80 sq. m.);
sewing (35 sq. m.);
upholstery (70 sq. m.);
prefabricated (25 sq. m);
packaging (25 sq. m).

Warehouse and retail premises:

Warehouse for components and raw materials (50 sq. m).
Warehouse for finished products (100 sqm)
Trade and exhibition hall (70 sq. m).
Company office space (30 sq. m).

The expected amount of rent will be 81,000 rubles per month (with an average price per 1 sq. m - 180 rubles).

Enterprise equipment

To ensure the normal operation of the workshop for the production of upholstered furniture, the following equipment is purchased:

Type of equipment	Quantity	Price (in rubles)
Circular saw	1	19 900
Combined machine KSM 1A	1	20 000
Drying unit	1	11 000
Multi-saw edger TsDK-5	1	32 000
lathe	1	8 500
Tenoning milling machine	1	15 000
Trimming machine (TsKB-40)	1	21 000
grinding machine	1	38 000
Set of pneumatic clamps	1	4 500
Sighting pistols	2	3 800
Sewing machine	1	5 800
Set of hand power tools	Drills, perforators, screwdrivers	10 000
Cutting tables	2	8 000
Cutting tool	Scissors, knives	2 000
Measuring and marking tools and fixtures	Rulers, goniometers, meters	500
Total	200 000

In addition, the company purchases a computer, furniture designer software, office furniture and accessories, and consumables. Thus, the initial cost of equipping the workshop will be 300,000 rubles (excluding the cost of renting premises).

Recruitment

To work in the workshop for the production of upholstered furniture, the following specialists are required:

Job title	Number of full-time employees	Salary (in rubles)	Payroll expenses for personnel per month (in rubles)	The annual volume of the wage fund (in rubles)
Director	1	30 000	30 000	360 000
Accountant	1	15 000	15 000	180 000
Acceptance designer	1	15 000	15 000	180 000
Sales manager	1	15 000	15 000	180 000
Production master	1	20 000	20 000	240 000
Assembly joiners	2	15 000	30 000	360 000
seamstress	1	10 000	10 000	120 000
Ancillary workers	2	8 000	16 000	192 000
Furniture upholstery	1	15 000	15 000	180 000
Total			166 000	1 992 000

For the main production specialties (designer, upholsterer, carpenter, craftsman), the set is made according to the criteria of professional suitability adopted in this industry.

Marketing and Advertising

The marketing policy of the company is aimed at creating an opinion among consumers that the upholstered furniture produced has excellent performance characteristics, has a lower cost than its main competitors, and that the company is ready to consider any options for long-term cooperation with the provision of significant price preferences.

To this end, the following promotional activities are planned:

Preparation and publication of messages about the enterprise in local media.
Development of a targeted advertising scheme by sending letters to specialized stores and companies.
Development of the company's own website with the possibility of online ordering products.
Activation of consumer demand by developing attractive commercial offers and holding promotions.

The main marketing resource of the enterprise is the high quality of its products, which can be purchased directly from the manufacturer.

Financial plan

At the initial stage of the enterprise's activity, it is supposed to accept up to 100 orders for the manufacture of furniture per month. In this case, the maximum cost of the product (sofa) will be:

Name of materials	Consumed amount of material	Price (per unit)	Cost, rub.
Edged board	0.08 cu. m	600	48
Plywood	1 sq. m	59	59
fiberboard	2 sheets	70	140
Tapestry	8.4 l.m	220	1 848
Textile	1m	90	90
Batting	4 p.m	28	112
Nails	0.7 kg	12	8,40
Foam rubber	0.3 kg	45	13,50
screws	0.2 kg	20	4
Threads	0.1b	6	0,6
bolts	0.5 kg	20	10
accessories			30
Glue	0.2 kg	15	3
Pillows	6 pcs.	28	480
Cardboard	2 kg	12	24
Polyethylene	13 sq. m	9	117
Total	RUB 2,987.50

The current expenses of the enterprise will be:

Taking into account the calculations performed, the total cost of products manufactured in 1 month will be 5788.26 rubles. With a profit margin of 25%, the average cost of products on sale will reach 7235.33 rubles.

Taking into account the payment of taxes, the workshop will receive a profit for the 1st month of work in the amount of 115,765.78 rubles. The profitability of the enterprise will be 25%, which will make it possible to recoup the costs of opening it no later than four months from the start of work.

Conclusion

Opening a workshop for the production of custom-made upholstered furniture is a profitable business with an average level of potential risks. With proper planning, low costs and a favorable situation in the consumer market, the founder will have the opportunity to receive a stable profit from a steadily functioning enterprise with the prospect of expanding it.

At the moment, all areas of small business are developing very actively. The business associated with the production of furniture is considered especially productive and profitable. In order to be aware of all the subtleties of this production, you do not need to undergo special training. To successfully conduct business, you must have elementary knowledge, concepts and little experience in this area. Luck and patience are not the last components of your success in this business.

Furniture business today

Not only mass production, but also piece-made furniture today has become a simple matter, accessible to everyone. Assembly processes are sometimes referred to as adult building blocks. If you have elementary ideas of what and how to do, then it will not be difficult for you to assemble modern furniture that is sold in expensive stores.

In fairness, it is worth noting the fact that the furniture market in Russia today suffers from great competition. About three thousand large medium-sized enterprises are actively fighting for their potential customers. Is there even the slightest chance for small businesses to find their niche in this market segment? In this article, we will try to address issues related to this topic.

If the company is not very large, it should pay great attention to the development of the production base, otherwise it may lose its competitiveness and go bankrupt.

In big cities, people are picky and very demanding about the quality of furniture. They are not satisfied with low quality products. The consumer is increasingly complaining about poorly made furniture. He looks closely not only at the appearance of the goods, but also wonders how long the furniture will last.

It is very difficult for small producers to compete with large firms, which have much more opportunities to produce products of better quality and in a larger assortment.

Many experts are inclined to think that the share of small and medium-sized enterprises in the furniture business will increase every year. This trend is quite understandable and predictable. In a few years, the share of small enterprises is expected to increase to 75 - 80%.

One of the most promising areas is the production of kitchen and office furniture. There is a real boom in this industry. Over the past 10 years, profits in this sector have increased by 20% every year. Small businesses are increasingly turning their eyes to built-in furniture - it is the leader in sales. Inexpensive, high-quality furniture, which is almost half the price of similar furniture made abroad, is in great demand among the population of our country.

It is worth knowing that investors are happy to invest in this type of business, as they know that with a successful investment, they can count on 40% profit.

For small and medium-sized furniture businesses, the main task is to occupy a certain niche. It means to produce a specialized product. Increasingly, firms are emerging on the market that are engaged in the production of unusual furniture made of glass, plastic, and rare woods.

Do not forget that lately it has become very fashionable to make furniture to order, which will have non-standard shapes, colors and designs. Manufacturers of wicker furniture have virtually no competition. Their merchandise sells well.

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Furniture business from scratch: we buy equipment

You can organize the production of furniture of various types and purposes. It can be a business for the production of built-in furniture, cabinet, upholstered, kitchen, office, garden and specialized.

The choice of premises and the purchase of the necessary equipment for the production of furniture is one of the most important components of the entire process. At the beginning of your career, an inexpensive tool will be enough for you. A sample list of what you can not do without:

electric drill;
screwdrivers;
jigsaw;
grinding machine;
milling cutter manual;
perforator;
industrial dryer;
tool for manual carpentry;
miter box;
clamps.

After the production moves to a new, high level, it will be possible to take care of buying a better and more expensive tool. The cost of buying a tool can be from 40 thousand rubles and more. Professional machines are expensive and should only be purchased when sales volumes and orders reach economically viable levels.

How to promote a furniture business?

The main role in the implementation belongs to the retail trade. You can negotiate the sale of your products in large shopping centers and stores. Large manufacturers create their own branded salons, in which they sell goods of their own production.

Retail outlets should have a large area so that the furniture is placed freely and is clearly visible. In small towns, furniture sells well in the markets. To sell specialized furniture, you need to send out booklets and leaflets to company managers.

Relevant at the moment is the sale of furniture via the Internet. The only disadvantage of promoting the product in this way is the inaccurate representation of the buyer about the product.

The profitability of this type of business

To open shop medium scale, you will need from 2.5 to 3 million rubles. The bulk of the money will be used to rent the premises, purchase goods and pay staff. The business will pay off in 1.5 - 2 years with a margin on goods of 20 - 40% of the cost.

Budget and profitability of the furniture shop:

rent of premises - 60-70,000 rubles per month;
purchase of equipment, arrangement of production - 1,000,000 -1,300,000 rubles;
purchase of the necessary raw materials and materials - 250,000 rubles;
wages for workers - 100,000 -120,000 rubles per month;
expenses for other needs - 30,000 - 40,000 rubles.

Furniture shop can pay off in 2 - 2.5 years. Profit per month will be about 80,000 rubles.

Furniture factory- ideal profitability - 10 - 25%.

rent of premises - 2.5%,
staff salaries - 8 - 10%,
purchase of materials - 70%,
utilities and equipment maintenance - 3.5%,
transport - 2%,
advertising - 2%.

This is a calculation for a factory that specializes in the production of cabinet office furniture from chipboard. At the same time, the sales volume must be at least 10,000 items per month.

The furniture manufacturing business has always been and remains promising. People have changed and will continue to change furniture according to the degree of its wear. Manufacturers will never be out of work. And you can safely plunge into the production process. The main thing to do is to plan everything accurately and organize it correctly.

Consumer demand for beautiful, elegant furniture is constantly growing. New design solutions in the interior make furniture manufacturers constantly expand their range. The number of furniture factories is increasing, creating full-fledged competition in this market segment. The ease and simplicity of the technological process lies in the manufacture of the necessary parts, their subsequent assembly according to the instructions for the future product, using only a screwdriver, drill, screwdriver.

For a furniture workshop, basic equipment is sufficient, though basically, its choice directly depends on the type of products manufactured at the enterprise for a business project:

Band saw machine. This type is used to cut metal, wood.
Drying mechanisms. Its presence is mandatory for the production of natural wood products.
Equipment for wood processing. Machine for wood aging, milling machines, wood splicing mechanism, drilling, milling and copying mechanisms.
Machine equipment for working with glass. It is installed for cutting, cutting, edging and sandblasting, engraving and other manipulations.
Mechanisms for metal processing. With it, polishing, cutting, welding, cutting, drilling of metal parts of future furniture is carried out.
Sewing equipment. Allows you to cut, sew, cut woven elements of furniture construction.

You will also need to have other tools in your arsenal: furniture staplers, planers, hammers, pliers, a drill, a screwdriver, a lot of small tools for working with materials.

Business design. Key Aspects

Sightseeing tour

This project involves the organization of its own production facility, where furniture will be produced for its subsequent sale. Individual entrepreneurship is often the main form of education of a furniture enterprise, which is due to the sale of finished products to consumers for private use. If it is planned to sell furniture to customers from government and legal structures, then additional registration of the production workshop in an LLC will be very reasonable.

3. Selection of working personnel.

General personnel data can be reduced to the following points:

Designer, order clerk - 1 job unit;
Sales manager - 1 unit;
Workers of the shop itself - enough from 2 to 8 units;
Driver - 1 unit.

The approach to the choice should be thorough, because the face of your organization, authority and clarity in the execution of orders will depend on this.

The office should have an employee who has experience working with special programs. He must be delicate, sociable, tactful in order to find customers, bring them into the category of permanent ones, and increase the clientele among consumers of the services of your workshop.

Production should be carried out by people who know their business. The scope of their competence should be considered to work with basic equipment and materials. Now the basis for the production of any furniture is MDF-plates and chipboard.

If the furniture production is adjacent to your own point of sale, then you need to hire another staff unit in the person of a sales assistant. His responsibilities will be the correct information about the products, attracting potential buyers.

Finance: investing and income

Capital investment:

1. Rent for the occupied premises:

Production workshop - about 300,000 annually;
- office space - from 100,000 rubles / year.

2. Equipment and computer support - from 200,000 to 1.5 million rubles.

3. Salary to staff - starting from 1.2 million rubles. annually.

4. Purchase of materials - calculated individually. Approximately 20% of a piece of finished furniture.

5. Other expenditure items - about 300,000 thousand annually.

It turns out that the entrepreneur must have a capital of approximately 3.4 million rubles, excluding materials for manufacturing in this amount.

Yield:

The payback period for a furniture production workshop is individual, but generally ranges from one year. With a clear and competent approach to doing business, the income from the sale of finished products will be about 400,000 rubles / month. It is worth noting that many manufacturing organizations are able to earn much more if they take into account consumer demand, the unsuccessful experience of other firms, constantly monitor current trends in furniture creation, and much more.

These financial indicators are approximate in order to enable the entrepreneur to determine the prospects for the development of his own business, to skillfully spend money. Yield/expenditure will depend on various factors, including the region where the future furniture production will be organized.

Approximate figures from furniture sales in Russia:

office furniture - 22%;
cabinet furniture - 25%;
kitchens - 19%;
upholstered furniture - 12%;
Bedrooms - 12%;
Other - 10%.

The choice of consumers is obvious. The entrepreneur must take into account all the nuances in order to purchase exactly the equipment that will allow the manufacture of only the types of furniture structures demanded by customers.

The given business project is approximate, and can become the basis for an individual plan for an individual entrepreneur.