Ensure consumer safety and satisfy demanding time-to-market obligations
AQF Furniture Expertise
Furniture is a common feature in our homes and offices and is a reflection of our personal style and economic circumstances. Furniture manufacturing in China and Asia poses significant challenges for retailers and e-tailers who must remain innovative while continuing to ensure consumer safety and satisfy demanding time-to-market obligations. Proactive management of furniture quality control is crucial to meeting these challenges and optimizing supply chain performance.
AQF offers furniture inspection services at every stage of the supply chain: from sourcing new suppliers, through to in-process furniture quality control and final shipment. Our expertise includes product categories such as indoor, outdoor, or contractual furniture made of wood, plastic, metal.
AQF verifies the quality, specifications, functions, safety, and compliance of your furniture with relevant standards. We check compliance based on US, EU, and dozens of other specific standards including ISO, EN 581 for outdoor furniture; EN1728& EN22520 for domestic furniture; EN-1335 & BIFMA for office furniture, EN 71 for Children furniture.
Furniture Quality Control Approach
AQF technical engineers, work hand in hand with your team to understand key risks. This ensures the AQF product-specific Furniture inspection checklist is fully customized to your needs.
AQF inspectors verify the quality of mass production based on your Acceptable Quality Limits (AQL), perform product function and safety tests, and assess compliance with your product’s specifications and authorized samples. We also check the suitability of packaging to protect your furniture, marking, instruction manuals, accessories, and barcodes.
AQF provides value-added services to improve the efficiency of your quality control in China & Asia. We use our expertise in furniture inspection and leading edge quality management software to support you and your suppliers. We set up, monitor, and optimize your quality control program to achieve your quality objectives and lead-times.
Main tests performed during an inspection of furniture
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FURNITURE LAB TESTING APPROACH
Some tests on furniture require a controlled environment to ensure compliance with applicable safety standards and regulatory requirements. AQF inspectors select production samples and forward them to an accredited laboratory for testing.
Furniture performance and safety are critical to guarantee consumer satisfaction. Our furniture lab testing services include a wide range of performance and mechanical tests which can take from 5 to 10 days depending on the product. We can test indoor and outdoor products, such as chairs, tables, storage units, beds and sofas.
Examples of furniture testing in a laboratory
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Minimize import risks, save costs and time, and ensure quality to your final customers.
Evaluate suppliers' capabilities and responsible business practices based on international standards.
Ensure your products comply with safety and regulatory requirements in your destination market.
Manage Quality throughout the manufacturing cycle.
Detailed and tailor-made. Discover how AQF assesses goods quality and safety when performing an inspection. Review an AQF sample report related to your product of interest.