ERP + CRM for Office, Institutional and Lab Furniture Manufacturers
Every BOQ for every corporate fit-out and tender is tracked from the first inquiry to the last payment. The warehouse or factory delivers from your order book, and purchase stops reacting to shortages.
Quotation Control
Manage revisions and pricing
Material Visibility
Know what is available and committed
Production Visibility
Connect orders with the shop floor
Built for furniture manufacturers, large distributors and importers. If you make the product, run social media campaigns, quote on BOQs, dispatch to sites and give institutional credit, QERP.CRM, Knowbuild's Business Operating System, will become the basis for you to manage and grow your business.
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Office · Institutional · School Furniture
OFFER
OF/2026/0412 · 23 Sep 2026
To: The Principal, Greenfield Senior Secondary School, SonipatClassroom furniture, Block B
Price Basis: F.O.R. site · Delivery: 4–5 weeks from PO · Offer validity: 30 days
Rupees Fourteen Lakh Seventy-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-Seven Only
Photo-based offer format · product images are illustrations · illustrative data
Three kinds of furniture makers
Your product decides where Knowbuild pays back first
Plan ahead from standard products
Know what will sell, then buy for it
Most office and school furniture is standard and repeats. So the big win is planning ahead: know what is likely to be ordered, and buy boards, hardware, foam and fabric to that plan, not in a rush.
- Deals you expect to win show the products and quantities, so you can plan sales and purchase in advance.
- Your team quotes from your product list within set discount limits, without the owner pricing every quote.
- Keep ready stock of fast-selling items like chairs, pedestals and standard desks, so repeat orders go out quickly.
- Send photo quotes, so clients see exactly what they are buying.
Who this is for
Makers of workstations, chairs, storage, conference tables and sit-stand desks, plus school, auditorium, hospital and hostel furniture. They sell to companies, architects, builders, and through GeM and government tenders.
Real challenges, we understand.
Common challenges for furniture manufacturers
Custom specifications, multiple materials and project deadlines make it easy for sales, production, stores and accounts to fall out of sync.
Quote & BOM version chaos
Changing sizes, finishes, materials and quantities lead to multiple versions and confusion.
Material visibility gaps
Boards, laminates, hardware, foam, fabric and steel are hard to track across live orders.
Production priorities slip
The shop floor ends up working on the wrong job when planning is disconnected.
Dispatch & collections disconnected
Partial deliveries, stage payments and retention amounts are hard to track.
Where furniture businesses can make more money
Eight ways Knowbuild grows your revenue and protects your margin
Each one comes from office, racking and lab furniture makers. Under each is what Knowbuild does about it, and the screen where it happens.
You can be a bigger company. You only need to systemise.
Knowbuild gives you an enterprise-grade system at SME prices.
Sound familiar? Most furniture makers we meet recognise at least three of these. Book a 30-minute walkthrough
One order, one record
From first inquiry to final payment, every team works on the same order
Here is how an order moves through Knowbuild, using a 40-seat office as the example.
Inquiry Manager
Inquiry
An architect asks for a quote through your website, a call or WhatsApp. It goes to the right salesperson.
Lead Manager
Lead
The need is real. The company and its people (who decides, who approves) are saved.
View Offers
Offer
Desks, chairs and storage are quoted within your discount limits, with a follow-up date.
Opportunities
Opportunity
The client is serious. The deal now counts in your sales forecast and your purchase plan.
Confirmed Orders
Order Confirmed
The PO comes in and a Delivery Order is made. Dispatch gets it, and purchase sees what to buy.
Order Closed
Order Closed
Delivered and fully paid. Until then, the amount due stays against the salesperson.
See the real screens
Know what you can deliver, and what to buy next
Illustrative data
Price, discount and stock in one line
For a product made from parts, the system shows how many you can make today and which part is short. Sales never promises what the factory can't deliver.
Illustrative data
Buy for real orders, not guesses
See which items are below their minimum stock, which items your confirmed orders will run short of, and what upcoming deals will need. If one part goes into many products, you see all of them, so nothing is missed.
From enquiry to collection
Know exactly where every furniture order stands.
- Salesknows what was promised.
- Purchaseknows what is needed.
- Productionknows what to make.
- Managementknows what has been collected.
Without a connected system
- Quotes and BOMs scattered in spreadsheets
- Hard to know material availability
- Production works on the wrong job
- Dispatches and payments tracked separately
- Constant follow-ups and manual updates
With Knowbuild
- All enquiries, quotes and orders in one place
- Real-time material and stock visibility
- Production aligned to confirmed orders
- Dispatches and collections tracked together
- Clear, end-to-end order visibility
Two ways to start
Start where it hurts most, and expand once it works
Run the whole business on one system
For makers who hold material, deliver to sites and give credit to institutions.
- Inquiries, offers and follow-ups in one place
- Products with their parts list, and how many you can make today
- Alerts telling purchase what to buy, and when
- Delivery orders, barcode checks before despatch, e-invoice and e-way bill
- Payments due, reminders and credit limits
Sales OS: the Revenue Operating System
For firms whose biggest need is quoting, follow-ups and collections, and who want to keep Tally for now.
- Every inquiry captured and given to the right salesperson
- Quotes within discount limits, with follow-up reminders
- Orders, dispatch instructions and payment tracking
- Works alongside Tally, and moves up to QERP.CRM later
Real outcomes for growing manufacturers
Better control from quotation to collection
Knowbuild helps growing manufacturers streamline operations and reduce owner dependency.
Faster quotations
Win more business
Better material planning
Avoid shortages and delays
Fewer production delays
Keep orders on track
Cleaner dispatches
Deliver on time
Stronger collections
Improve cash flow
Less owner dependency
A more scalable business
Frequently asked questions
Can Knowbuild manage custom furniture quotations and revisions?↓
Yes. Build quotations with specifications, BOMs and finishes, and manage every revision with full version history — so sales always sends the latest approved quote, never a stale one.
Can production be linked with confirmed customer orders?↓
Yes. Confirmed orders convert into a production plan the shop floor actually follows, with clear priorities — so work is sequenced by the order book, not verbal instructions.
Can Knowbuild track raw materials against live orders?↓
Yes. See which boards, laminates, hardware, foam, fabric and steel are committed across live orders versus free stock, with real-time inventory visibility and stock-breach alerts.
Can we track stage payments and retention?↓
Yes. Track invoices, stage payments and retention amounts against each order, with real-time receivables visibility so collections never age quietly.
