This book offers the furniture industry an alternative structure and production methods that are in step with our changing world. It shows how to substitute technology for cheap labor and efficiently produce furniture that can compete with low-cost foreign products.

Highlights

� A clear overview of the technical and economic change occurring
� Nested based manufacturing and its impact on furniture
� How is the new factory structured and arranged
� How to operate with almost no inventory
� Detail descriptions of the new technologies involved
� What it is like to run a furniture fabrication factory
� How to easily offer mass customization
� How to motivate people in this new environment