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Article: Cherry Tree embraces CNC: router cuts lead time 63 percent for build-to-order furniture manufacturer.(CASE STUDY)
- Article from:
- Wood Digest
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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Styles and tastes change so quickly in the furniture business that any company that builds up substantial inventory risks having to unload it at a substantial loss if customer buying patterns change.
Cherry Tree Custom Woodworks, Orange Park, Fla., helps small furniture retailers overcome this problem by providing a fast response time. Most of its customers don't need to give the go-ahead to produce a product until they have a customer order in hand.
The issue then becomes producing pieces as quickly as possible once an order has been placed. Cherry Tree dramatically reduced delivery time by producing most items on its Techno CNC router. The time required ...