The furniture industry is a key manufacturing sector in Poland, characterized by high competitiveness and rapidly changing market trends. Manufacturers must meet challenges related to the diversity of raw materials, product variants, and the management of pricing and promotions.
Challenges in the furniture industry:
- High market competitiveness: Rapidly changing trends and strong seasonality require flexibility and quick adaptation to customer needs.
- Raw material variability: Differences in material characteristics, such as leather color variations, affect the production process and final product quality.
- Product diversity: The need to manage many product variants and configurations according to customer expectations.
- Pricing and promotions management: A variety of prices, discounts, and markdowns requires precise pricing policy control.
- Inventory control: Multi-dimensional inventory management and cost minimization related to warehousing.