Custom Furniture RFQ Checklist
A clear RFQ gets a useful quotation. Confirm these details before asking several suppliers to price the same furniture programme.
Buyer resources
Practical guides for furniture sourcing and sample approval
Use these checklists to build a clearer brief, compare suppliers on the same basis and reduce avoidable sample revisions.
Start here
Four documents to standardise a furniture programme
Flat-Pack Furniture Export Packing Guide
Good packing is part of product design. It affects damage, assembly speed, warehouse handling and how many units fit in a container.
Metal and Wood Furniture Material Guide
The same furniture shape can sell at different price tiers because the substrate, surface and fixing method are different. Buyers should compare the full material build rather than a photo.
Furniture Sample Approval Checklist
A sample is useful only when it becomes a controlled production reference. Approval should cover the product, packing and the points that will be inspected later.
What a good enquiry contains
Enough detail to price and engineer the product
- Product category and intended use
- Target size or a reference image
- Material and finish preference
- Estimated first quantity and range plan
- Destination market or port
- Packing and sample requirement
Start with a specification
Send your specification for review
If you have not prepared a formal RFQ, send the product direction and target market first. We will identify the missing information needed for a practical quotation.