Workshop for the production of cabinet furniture. Business plan for furniture production with financial calculations. Finance: investing and income

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Furniture made from natural wood will never lose its relevance. The demand for wooden furniture shows stable growth from year to year, despite the fact that a lot of furniture made from alternative materials (glass, plastic, metal) appears. The main reasons for this are high environmental friendliness, the absence of toxic impurities, moreover, wood carries positive energy and warmth.

Assortment of natural wood products

Wood is the best raw material for making furniture for the kitchen and children's room.
That is why a properly organized business for the production of wood goods will always find its client. The list of products that can be made from wood is very diverse:

• Tables;
• Chairs;
• Furniture for restaurants and bars;
• Gazebos and garden furniture;
• Doors and wall panels;
• Sofas and armchairs for offices;
• Cabinet furniture;
• Kitchen sets;
• Playgrounds;
• Gaming tables (billiards, poker);
• etc.
  

Which taxation system to choose for a wood furniture manufacturing business?

The organizational and legal form of an enterprise for the production of wooden furniture can be either an ordinary individual entrepreneurship or a limited liability company. For small workshops, at the initial stage, a regular individual entrepreneur is quite suitable, since registering this activity (as well as closing it) is many times easier and cheaper than opening a legal entity (LLC).

But individual entrepreneurs cannot create their own branches, large firms are not so willing to work with them, and entrepreneurs have a greater risk of losing personal property (in case of lawsuits) than legal entities (who only risk the property of an LLC).

Therefore, with the consolidation of a business, registering an LLC promises a lot of advantages. As a taxation system, the most optimal is the simplified taxation system - simplified tax system, 6% of revenue or 15% of profit.

Application of the simplified tax system exempts an enterprise from paying income tax, property tax and VAT. Switch to this special. the regime is implemented immediately at the time of business registration based on notification.

What is the OKVED code for a business producing furniture made of wood?

When registering a business, you must indicate the OKVED code in the application. The following codes are suitable for the production and sale of wooden furniture:

• 36.12 Production of furniture for offices and trade enterprises;
• 36.13 Production of kitchen furniture;
• 36.14 Manufacture of other furniture
• 51.47.11 Wholesale trade of household furniture;
• 52.44.1 Retail sale of furniture;
• 52.44.5 Retail sale of wood, cork and wickerwork;
• 52.61.2 Retail trade carried out directly through television, radio, telephone and the Internet.

If you are opening an individual business, then in the application you should indicate all the OKVED codes under which you plan to work (you can at least 30, it won’t be too much). If you are registering an LLC, you can indicate only one code, since the charter of the LLC will state that the Company can engage in any type of activity that does not contradict the law.

As for the license. Mandatory licensing and certification of manufactured furniture is not established by law. But, some enterprises voluntarily issue quality certificates for their products (to increase sales). In this case, compliance with such norms and standards as:

• GOST 16371-93 “Furniture. General technical conditions";
• GOST 28793-90. Furniture. Tables. Definition of sustainability
• GOST 28777-90. Furniture. Test methods for children's beds
• GOST R 50051-92. Furniture. Chairs. Definition of sustainability
• GOST 19917-93 “Furniture for sitting and lying down. General technical conditions";
• GOST 19194-73 “Furniture. Method for determining the fastening strength of furniture legs";
• GOST R 54208-2010 “Protective and decorative coatings on furniture made of wood and wood materials. Classification and designations."
• GOST 13715-78 “Joiner slabs. Technical specifications";
• GOST 30255-95. Furniture, wood and polymer materials.

What equipment to choose for the production of furniture from natural wood

To organize a full-cycle furniture production, you will need to purchase: a thickness planer, a jointing machine, a drilling and grooving machine, a circular saw for cutting wide boards, a milling machine, a grinding machine, a turning and milling copying machine, a paint gun, a drilling and filler machine, an edge banding machine, etc. auxiliary equipment. The main supplier of equipment is China and Taiwan.

How much money do you need to start a business producing furniture made of natural wood?

The estimated costs for the purchase of equipment for organizing the production of full-cycle wooden furniture are 700 - 1000 thousand rubles(including auxiliary equipment).

Raw materials used for furniture production

For the manufacture of wooden furniture, ready-made furniture panels or edged solid boards are used. The most popular types of wood are: pine, oak, beech, hornbeam, alder, birch, larch. Sawn and dried boards are purchased from forestries, forestry enterprises and private companies.

One m3 of edged pine boards will cost about 6500-7500 rubles. Particular attention should be paid to the paint and varnish coating during production. Varnish protects wood from external influences, increases resistance to moisture, thereby increasing the service life of furniture. To achieve the best result, the wood is varnished at least three times, thoroughly drying after each application.

Expert tips for creating natural wood furniture

Step-by-step plan for starting a business producing wood products

The size of the premises for organizing a furniture business directly depends on the planned production volume. If we are talking about a full production cycle (and not a “garage version”), then the following departments must be present:

1. Production workshop - the place where woodworking machines and other equipment will be located;
2. Assembly shop - a place where wooden furniture is assembled from pre-prepared parts;
3. Paint shop - a room for carrying out paint and varnish work;
4. Dryer or drying chamber;
5. Finished products warehouse/raw materials warehouse;
6. Production staff room;
7. Lavatory, shower;
8. Accommodation for administrative staff and sales managers.

The requirements for the production premises are standard and require heating, water supply, ventilation, a 3-phase network, and a fire safety system.

Technology of production and manufacture of wooden furniture

The full production cycle of wooden furniture includes the following stages:

Stage 1. Preparation of a working sketch. At this stage, technologists develop three-dimensional models and working drawings of the future product.

Stage 2. Preparation of wood for production. At this stage, the type of wood is selected, as well as the solid wood is dried for 10 days until its humidity drops to 80% of the original values.

Stage 3. Dissolving furniture panels using a multi-saw machine. At this stage, the bark is removed and the board is cut into specified sizes.

Stage 4. The cross cutting machine removes knots, resin pockets, crooked areas and other defects.

Stage 5. Merging the bars along the length - preparing the lamellas. Wooden blanks are laid out on the table, aligned along the edge and pressed with a press from above and on the sides. Once the programmed length is reached, the lamellas are cut and sent to the press.

Stage 6. Gluing lamellas. The lamellas are sanded on both sides and glued together using a fan press, taking into account the guide fibers. The gluing time is 40-50 minutes.

Stage 7. Forming a shield of the required size using a band dividing machine.

Stage 8. Planing the lamella on both sides on a thickness planer.

Stage 9. Sawing furniture panels to the required thickness using a calibrating grinding machine.

Stage 10. To create additional strength, solid wood is finished with veneer.

Stage 11. Reaming mounting holes on a drilling and attachment machine. The production of individual furniture parts is carried out on automated machines according to specified parameters. Such machines make all the necessary cuts, cuts and veneer edges.

Stage 12. Finished products are subject to inspection for defects and defects.

Stage 13. All parts are sanded 3 times to give the product perfect smoothness.

Stage 14. Varnishing and painting furniture in accordance with the specified design.

Stage 15. Drying of the product.

Stage 16. Packaging of the product and sending it to the finished product warehouse. In addition to the full cycle, there is also a short production cycle. This is when the raw materials for the production of wood products are ready-made dried panels, which are sanded, sawn into certain parts, assembled and varnished.

Staff

The required staff of even a small wooden furniture production enterprise includes:

• constructor-designer;
• technologist;
• carpenters-machine operators (from 4 people);
• carvers;
• auxiliary workers (from 2 people);
• Sales Manager.
  

The company will also need an accountant, a cleaner, a personnel officer and a lawyer. However, most small businesses, for the purpose of reasonable savings, outsource these workers. It is not profitable to employ such employees full-time when production volumes are small.

conclusions

Organizing the full cycle production of wooden furniture is a very complex matter. The project manager has to solve such important issues as: selection of qualified personnel, motivation of personnel, selection of high-quality wood and paints and varnishes, purchase of expensive equipment and tools, study and implementation of carpentry technologies, regular retraining of production personnel, management of sales, processes, people and much more.

It is for this reason that many inexperienced beginners in this field will face inevitable collapse. According to some market players, the best way to explore the industry with minimal risk is to organize the business in a somewhat “truncated form.” For example, you can only design furniture and entrust the production processes to an experienced artisan. The key task of organizing a business will be to find a responsible and competent partner.

Professional business plans on the topic:

• Business plan for furniture production (36 sheets) - DOWNLOAD ⬇
• Business plan for a furniture store (39 sheets) - DOWNLOAD ⬇

How much can you earn making wooden furniture?

The payback period for such a business is on average 2 years. The competition in this area is quite large and in order for your business to flourish, you must constantly take care of the quality of products, analyze the market and competitors, carry out advertising activities and attract new customers through constant improvement and expansion of the product range.

With proper business organization, the annual net profit will be up to 40 percent of costs, which is definitely a fairly good indicator.

What documents are needed to open a business producing wooden furniture?

First you need to decide on the legal form of the enterprise. The organizational and legal form will depend on the choice of potential consumers of your products - individuals, small entrepreneurs or legal entities and institutions. Necessary documents for LLC registration:

1. Name of the enterprise.
2. Discovery decision protocol.
3. Information about the founder and accountant.
4. Requisites.
5. Charter
6. A document confirming payment of the state fee.

Do you need permits to open a business?

List of permits for starting a business producing wooden furniture:

1. License to conduct trading activities.
2. Permission from the SES.
3. Fire department permit.
4. Product certification.

An experienced lawyer will provide you with assistance in obtaining all permits and certificates, which will significantly reduce the time for registration.

At the moment, all areas of small business are developing very actively. Businesses related to furniture production are considered especially productive and profitable. In order to be aware of all the intricacies of this production, you do not need to undergo special training. To successfully conduct business, you must have basic knowledge, concepts and some 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 manufacturing of furniture today has become a simple matter, accessible to everyone. Assembly processes are sometimes called construction for adults. If you have basic understanding of what and how to do, then assembling modern furniture that is sold in expensive stores will not be difficult for you.

To be fair, it is worth noting the fact that the furniture market in Russia today faces great competition. About three thousand large medium-sized enterprises are actively fighting for their potential clients. Is there even the slightest chance for small businesses to occupy 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 its 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. Consumers are increasingly making complaints about poorly made furniture. He looks not only at the appearance of the product, but is also interested in how long the furniture will last.

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

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 excitement in this industry. Over the past 10 years, profits in this sector have increased by 20% every year. Small businesses are increasingly turning their attention to built-in furniture - it is a top seller. Inexpensive, high-quality furniture, which costs almost half as much as similar furniture made abroad, is in great demand among the population of our country.

It is worth knowing that investors are happy to invest their money in this type of business, because 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 specific niche. This means producing a specialized product. Increasingly, companies are appearing on the market that produce unusual furniture made of glass, plastic, and rare wood.

Do not forget that recently it has become very fashionable to make custom-made furniture that will have non-standard shapes, colors and designs. Manufacturers of wicker furniture have virtually no competition. Their goods are sold out with pleasure.

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Furniture business from scratch: we purchase equipment

It is possible to organize the production of furniture of various types and purposes. This could be a business producing built-in furniture, cabinet furniture, upholstered furniture, kitchen furniture, office furniture, garden furniture and specialized furniture.

Choosing a room and purchasing the necessary equipment for furniture production is one of the most important components of the entire process. At the beginning of your working life, an inexpensive tool will be enough for you. An approximate list of what you cannot do without:

• electric drill;
• screwdrivers;
• jigsaw;
• grinding machine;
• hand router;
• perforator;
• industrial dryer;
• tools for manual carpentry;
• miter box;
• clamps.

After production moves to a new, high level, it will be possible to take care of purchasing a higher quality and more expensive tool. The cost of purchasing a tool can range from 40 thousand rubles and more. Professional machines are expensive, and you need to buy them only when sales volumes and the number of orders reach an economically justified level.

How to promote a furniture business?

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

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

Selling furniture online is currently popular. The only disadvantage of promoting a product in this way is the buyer’s inaccurate understanding of the product.

Profitability of this type of business

To open store medium scale you will need from 2.5 to 3 million rubles. The main amount will go towards renting premises, purchasing goods and wages to staff. The business will pay off in 1.5 - 2 years with a markup on the goods of 20 - 40% of the cost.

Budget and profitability of a furniture workshop:

• premises rental – 60-70,000 rubles per month;
• purchase of equipment, arrangement of production – 1,000,000 -1,300,000 rubles;
• purchase of 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.

A furniture workshop can pay for itself in 2 – 2.5 years. Profit per month will be about 80,000 rubles.

Furniture factory– ideal profitability is 10 – 25%.

• premises rental – 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 made from chipboard. In this case, the sales volume must be at least 10,000 products 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 wear and tear. Manufacturers will never be left without work. And you can safely plunge into the production process. The main thing that needs to be done is to plan everything exactly and organize it correctly.

The production of cabinet furniture is a fairly profitable business, since the demand for this type of furniture is stable throughout the year. For this business you will need:

1. Premises: workshop and office;
2. Employees: designer-technologist and furniture assembler;
3. Suppliers of materials and accessories;
4. Intermediaries to increase sales: furniture showrooms and design studios.

Depending on the planned volume of investment and experience in this field, you need to choose a method of organizing production. Production can be organized in three ways, depending on the length of the technological process and the size of the investment:

• Full cycle production;
• Mid-cycle production;
• Short cycle production.

A complete description of the technological process is presented in other sections of this business plan.

To organize a private business from scratch, you do not need to try to cover all stages of furniture manufacturing. It is better to start with assembly from ready-made components in your own workshop. In this case, you will have time to build a system of working with clients, establish relationships with suppliers, research the market, and also develop a customer base. And as soon as the flow of customers becomes stable, you can consider expanding the business to cover other technological processes.

The range of cabinet furniture consists of office furniture (chairs, tables, shelving, etc.) and home furniture (pedestals, wardrobes, chests of drawers, tables, chairs, stools, benches, etc.).

Initial investment - 640,000 rubles.

Average monthly profit is 86,615 rubles.

Break-even point - 4 months.

The payback period of the project is 11 months.

2. Description of the business, product or service

According to enterprises operating in the market, the demand for cabinet furniture is distributed between office furniture and home furniture.

The range of products offered includes:

Office furniture: racks, cabinets, chairs, tables, cabinets;

Furniture for home: kitchens, dining tables, chairs, stools, cabinets, storage boxes, shelves, benches.

Due to seasonality, the assortment may change. For example, in the summer they order large quantities of furniture for relaxing in the country: benches, stools, tables. In autumn, the demand for school desks and chairs, racks for papers and documents increases. Demand for kitchens remains consistently high throughout the year.

The production of cabinet furniture can be carried out in three different ways, depending on the duration of the production cycle.

• First way implies the presence of a full cycle: from the manufacture of the material that serves as the basis of cabinet furniture (chipboard, laminated chipboard, MDF) to the release of the finished product.
• Second way eliminates the material manufacturing process, i.e. Ready-made sheets of chipboard, fiberboard, and MDF are purchased. All that remains is to cut them, make an edge and assemble them until ready.
• Third option production is organized on the principle of a short cycle and includes only the process of furniture assembly. The furniture is assembled from custom-cut chipboard, laminated chipboard, and MDF.

For organizing a small business from scratch, the best option is to work on the short-cycle principle. In this case, there is no need to purchase expensive equipment, and the workshop works under a specific order.

Once you have built up a customer base and the company has a stable flow of orders, you can expand production to cover other cycles. By this time, you will already have enough accumulated funds to purchase sawing and edge banding machines, which will allow you to increase the technological process chain.

Sales of finished products will be carried out in several ways:

1. Forming applications through our own office, which is also a showroom;
2. Through intermediaries: furniture stores, design studios. This method of cooperation will allow you to cover a geographically larger market;
3. Sales through an online store. Delivery in this case may be carried out by a third-party transport company.

3. Description of the sales market

Consumers of this type of business can be divided into three target groups:

Retail end consumers. These are the people who will use your furniture. They can be divided by age and frequency of purchases:

1. Young working people from 25 to 30 years old who are purchasing furniture for the first time;
2. People from 30 to 50 years old who update cabinet furniture in their home and office every 4-5 years.​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​Wholesale clients. As a rule, these are private and public organizations that buy similar products in large quantities. This type of consumer includes schools, kindergartens, hotels, office centers, etc. Typically, depending on the volume of the order, they are given a certain volume discount.

Intermediaries. These include interior showrooms and furniture stores. They are interested in long-term cooperation and work with you for a certain percentage of the order. Many of them exist in the format of showrooms, which allows them to display exhibition samples of their own products.

Competition in the cabinet furniture production market is quite high, so you should not initially invest a lot of money in this type of business. The demand for your products will mainly depend on the quality, delivery time, as well as the price of the finished products. An important factor will also be the provision of warranties for products for a year from the date of installation and start of operation.

The high level of competition is due to the fact that your competitors are not only the same private workshops, but also large companies. For example, the international chain IKEA offers a large selection of cabinet furniture. However, a favorable factor is that with the increase in the dollar exchange rate, prices for Swedish furniture have increased significantly.

Let us highlight the main advantages that will allow your company to occupy a stable niche in the cabinet furniture production business:

1. Work to order. There is no need to organize a warehouse and store large stocks of materials;
2. Minimum set of tools. At the first stage, you do not need to invest in the purchase of expensive equipment;
3. Small staff. To get started, you will only need to hire two permanent employees;
4. Availability of our own showroom and exhibition samples in interior and furniture salons;
5. Possibility of changing the product range depending on demand trends;
6. Large selection of materials and accessories for clients with different income levels;
7. Creation of an online store with delivery throughout the region;
8. Production of designer furniture according to author's drawings.

4. Sales and marketing

Market promotion channels

5. Production plan

Stages of creating a cabinet furniture production business

Creating your own production consists of the following steps:

• State registration

To open a small workshop with short-cycle production, you can register as an individual entrepreneur. In this case, you do not need to open a current account and create authorized capital.

However, if you intend to soon expand production and work with large suppliers and customers, then it is better to immediately register as an LLC. The optimal taxation system when working with orders coming from individuals is the simplified tax system (15% income minus expenses). In this case, you will need to install a CCP.

• Rent of premises for workshop and office

Since in the first stages you will not need to install large-sized equipment, it will be enough to rent a room of 200 sq.m. At the same time, 150 sq.m. accounts for the workshop and warehouse, and 50 sq.m. for an office space where exhibition samples will be presented, as well as workplaces for the designer and manager.

An additional advantage when choosing premises will be the opportunity to increase the rental area to 300 sq.m. during a year. Subsequently, when increasing production, you will need additional square meters to organize a warehouse for materials and finished products, as well as space for machines and equipment.

Premises requirements:

• Non-residential premises

The most suitable premises for this type of activity would be industrial premises. This is due to the fact that the work of the workshop is accompanied by a high level of noise.

• First floor, two entrances

You will need to organize two separate entrances: to the office and to the workshop. In the second case, it is necessary to have access roads for trucks.

• Three-phase electricity 380 W.

Some equipment has high power consumption. This needs to be thought through in advance.

• No dampness or high humidity.

This is a fundamentally important factor. Since the main material for work is wood, increased humidity will immediately affect the quality of the finished products.

Stages of working with a client

The order is carried out in several stages:

• Client contacting the company

At this stage, the manager or supervisor identifies the client's needs and draws up a list of pieces of furniture that he needs. Next, the designer-technologist begins to work with the client. He helps the client decide on the design of the product, the number and size of drawers, material, color and texture of the facade, etc.

• Cost calculation, ordering

After agreeing on the type and composition of products with the client, the designer-technologist calculates the cost of the order. Then the manager or supervisor agrees on this cost with the client, places an order, and takes an advance payment. The order period is standard and ranges from 30 to 45 working days. In this case, it is possible to manufacture furniture ahead of schedule.

• Purchasing materials from suppliers

At this stage, the manager or supervisor orders individual components from suppliers.

Main material. Its role is played by laminated chipboard, MDF or solid wood. You need to order not only a sheet of the desired material, but also its cutting to size and edge. You can place an order from one supplier, or you can purchase separately: sheets from one supplier, and processing from another.

Facades. Kitchen fronts, as well as cabinet doors, are separate furniture elements. Their main function is decorative, so the range on the market is huge. You can choose to work with several suppliers by comparing prices for specific products.

Countertops. They can be made from laminated chipboard sheets, as well as from natural and artificial stone.

Back walls and bottom of drawers. These elements are made mainly from HDF, the color is selected to match the main material of the furniture.

Furniture fasteners. These are metal products that act as connecting elements: furniture corners, wooden dowels, eccentric couplers, Euroscrews, etc.

Accessories and guides. This category includes furniture hinges, lifting mechanisms, door handles, furniture legs, as well as guides for sliding wardrobe doors.

To compare material suppliers, you should be guided by two criteria: price and production and delivery time. Typically, lower prices come with longer lead times. It is fundamentally important for the company that all individual elements are produced within the same deadline, and that the entire order as a whole is completed as quickly as possible.

• Main work: assembling furniture frames

This work is performed by a furniture assembler in a workshop. He accepts delivery of components and assembles the main body of products. Small-sized and mobile products are fully assembled. These include bedside tables, chairs, and small tables. Large furniture requires partial assembly in the workshop and final installation on site.

• Delivery and installation of the finished product

This is the last stage, which requires the presence of an assembler and a supervisor. The manager accepts the finished work, transfers it to the client and receives full payment. The order is considered completed.

6. Organizational structure

To start the organization, you will need three people: a manager, a designer-technologist, and a furniture assembler.

As the scale of production increases, the staff will be replenished. In the future, the composition of the staff:

Working personnel - increase in employees to 5 workers and a production manager;

Despite the fact that every city has a large number of furniture stores, there are times when people come to these businesses and cannot find what they really need. When funds allow, I want to make an exclusive renovation in the apartment and furnish it with expensive, elegant and practical furniture. In some cases, these may even be individual orders with your own sketches. That is why it makes sense to open a furniture production workshop.

It is worth noting that (like any other) you need to start only if you have a plan of specific actions. Therefore, in order to open a furniture workshop, it is necessary to draw up a business plan that will help resolve all issues related to the production and supply of cabinet and other types of furniture.

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What is needed to start a furniture business?

A furniture workshop involves opening an enterprise that will accept orders for the production of cabinet and other types of furniture from local stores.

It is worth knowing that the degree of success of this project can be assessed as high. This can be justified by the fact that the demand for furniture has been actively growing since 2000, by 15-20% per year.

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In what form should a business be registered?

It should be said that the organizational and legal form that is necessary for running this type of business is an individual entrepreneur (individual entrepreneur). This is due to the fact that the consumers of the services provided will be private individuals. However, if there is a possibility of having customers among legal entities, it makes sense to open an LLC (limited liability company).

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Performing market analysis in your city

The first thing you need to do is to perform a market analysis for furniture production in your city, consider the level of competition, find shortcomings and shortcomings in neighboring furniture shops in order to avoid them in your business.

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Selection of the necessary premises for furniture production

The next thing you need to take care of is finding a suitable room for a furniture workshop. It is worth knowing that at least two rooms will be required. Of these, one will need to be allocated for the office, in which all orders from potential clients for the production of furniture will be received, and the other - directly for the workshop in which the supplied products will be manufactured.

Regarding the office - it is worth understanding that it must be in a good place where a large number of people will see it every day. The workshop can be opened outside the city if this helps reduce costs. However, the best option would be to open two premises side by side. You can often see that some companies have an office, a workshop, and a store selling finished furniture nearby.

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Selecting the equipment and software needed to start production

Today, the market for the sale of equipment for furniture production includes products from a large number of different manufacturers (both domestic and foreign), and all machines can be easily integrated with the most common computer software for the production and modeling of furniture. The best of them are “KZ-Furniture”, “Astra Cutting”, “Astra Furniture Designer” and many others.

The minimum set of equipment that will be needed to start furniture production:

• jigsaw;
• milling machine;
• lathe;
• format cutting machine.

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What kind of employees are needed to operate a furniture shop?

An important step is the selection of personnel for the future enterprise. It will be necessary to assign a person to the office (order receiving point) who is well versed in computer programs for the manufacture and modeling of furniture. At the same time, he must be sociable in order to be able to find a common language with any potential clients.

A furniture production workshop will need to hire several workers who have experience working with the main types of machines and materials. An important condition is that employees must not drink, so as not to slow down the process of manufacturing and delivering furniture.

The main materials that employees must be able to work with are chipboard (particle board) and MDF (medium density fiberboard).

If you plan to open a store selling finished products, you will need to hire another employee - a sales consultant.

Accordingly, the general list of workers who will be needed to start production:

• driver - 1 person;
• store salesperson - 1 person (if necessary);
• workers in the workshop - 2-7 people (depending on the size of furniture production);
• designer-order taker - 1 person.

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Question about the supply of manufactured products

The following distribution channels are possible:

• individual customer clients;
• furniture stores;
• own store or showroom.

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Costs that will go into creating this business

• rent of premises for a workshop - 300,000 rubles per year;
• office premises (order receiving point) - 100,000 rubles per year;
• premises for a store or showroom - 200,000 rubles per year;
• purchase of necessary equipment - 200,000-1,500,000 rubles (depending on the selected manufacturer);
• consumables (300,000 rubles per year);
• payment for work performed by staff (at least 1,200,000 rubles per year).

Total: the total costs that will be needed to start furniture production are approximately 2,300,000-3,600,000 rubles. It is important to note that all calculations were made based on the pricing policy of Perm.

The furniture business is an excellent 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 workshop – a good and promising idea that will surely bring you excellent profits.

Studying the market

Furniture production can be divided into three main areas:

1. Production of classic office furniture (cabinets, partitions, cabinets, tables). The main emphasis is on functionality and strict appearance.
2. Production of kitchens and furniture. The kitchen is the face of the home, it is where 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%.
3. Production of furniture to order. This is the most promising type of business. Furniture is created depending on the client's requirements, according to individual sizes and drawings.

Starting a furniture business is not difficult - a minimal investment is enough

Note: in megacities you will face serious competition, so it is best to start this business either in small cities 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 the real furniture production times are and the price range of your competitors. Think about what you can do better to win over customers.

Premises requirement

To organize a full-fledged factory, you need three full-size premises. This:

1. Furniture production workshop. Its area must be at least 100 m2.
2. 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 the office has a small exhibition stand with samples of materials and furniture, or even a small shop.
3. Stock. This room will be used to store 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 scattered throughout the city. For example, the workshop itself will be located on the outskirts, and the office with samples will be in the city center or in a convenient location. This will significantly increase the number of possible clients. The warehouse can also be located on the outskirts of the factory. This will allow you to reduce rental prices several times and avoid complaints from residents about the constant noise from cutting material.

The premises for furniture production should be spacious

Purchase of necessary equipment

To start the production of upholstered furniture as a business, you should have a sufficient amount 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 of orders and the cost of finished products, which will reduce all your competitive advantages to nothing. Therefore, it is definitely necessary to buy machines. To save money, you can buy used equipment - its price can be 30-50% lower than that of new one.

But you need to have a good understanding of the machines so as not to buy ones that have already been written off. Read also:

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1. To work you will need the following types of machines:
2. Band saws. Such equipment is used for precise cutting of wood, MDF or chipboard to the ordered sizes.
3. Dryers. These machines are used if you plan to work with natural wood and it will need to be dried to a certain humidity.
4. Machines for decorating and fine processing of wood. Used for shaping wood, processing edges, cutting various chamfers, and other milling and drilling machines.
5. Devices for working with glass. This includes sandblasting machines, drilling machines, engraving machines, cutting machines, etc.
6. Devices for working with metal. This includes welding, drilling, cutting, and polishing metal.
7. Sewing equipment for creating upholstery, covers and various soft furniture elements.

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. 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 workers who will accompany the product at all stages from design to sale and installation to customers. You will definitely need:

1. A manager who will be responsible for accepting orders, drawing up contracts for the supply of necessary fittings and materials, and providing project support.
2. Director of operations. The responsibilities of this person include control over every stage of furniture production. This is a foreman who monitors the workers, organizes their work and accepts ready-made orders.
3. Workers. For a small workshop, 3-4 people are enough; for a medium one, up to 8 specialists may be needed. Their responsibilities include the entire cycle of work on the production of furniture from raw materials.
4. Driver. This person will be responsible for delivering furniture to customers from the warehouse. Also ensures the delivery of necessary materials.

Qualified personnel are the basis of your business

This is the minimum possible staff for operating a mini-factory that produces furniture. You can play the role of manager and accountant in the first stages - there is nothing difficult about it. If you don’t want to waste time, you can hire people, but this will reduce the payback period due to salaries.

Marketing

You can start creating a marketing plan even before you open. The goal of this plan is to properly organize various events to sell the maximum possible amount of finished products. How to sell furniture correctly?

1. Open an exhibition center or mini-shop in your office.
2. Conclude an agreement with furniture stores and offer products for sale to them.
3. Start working with tenders created by budgetary organizations. Very often, schools, kindergartens, hospitals and various municipal institutions become regular clients, bringing in serious money.
4. Interest several large private clients. These could be banks that periodically open new branches, various offices, etc.
5. Create your own website on which you need to post detailed information about the furniture, telephone numbers for contact and a detailed price list.
6. Create groups on social networks and support them.
7. Launch classic advertising: banners, leaflets, banners, signs, billboards.
8. Advertising in the media: radio, TV, newspapers, magazines.

How much money do you need to open?

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

1. Purchasing premises for running a business will cost approximately 1 million rubles. If you rent a building, you will spend about 50-70 thousand a month, that is, it is still more profitable to buy a building.
2. Purchase of equipment for the factory, its delivery and installation – 600,000.
3. Repair of the building, paperwork – 300,000.
4. Consumables – 250,000.

Never skimp on fittings and tools

Now let's calculate fixed costs. These will include:

1. Utility fee – 30,000.
2. Salary – 180,000.
3. Fixed costs for website maintenance, social networks, advertising and marketing – 20,000.
4. Other expenses, incl. and taxes - 30,000.