What Does a Full-Service Office Furniture Dealer Do? 

When you hear “office furniture dealer,” you might picture a showroom filled with desks, chairs and cubicles. But a full-service office furniture dealer does more than sell furniture. 

When a company is opening a new office, relocating, renovating, or refreshing an existing workplace, there are a lot of steps involved. A full-service dealer like Office Furniture Resources (OFR) can help manage the project from planning through installation, giving businesses one experienced partner throughout the process. 

Understanding Your Space 

Before selecting furniture, it is important to understand how the workplace needs to function. The following questions are some of the many that you will be faced with when space planning: How many employees need workstations? Where will teams collaborate? Does the office need private meeting spaces? What furniture will fit within the available square footage? 

OFR’s space planning and design services help businesses answer these questions and develop a furniture plan around their space, employees, budget and workplace needs. 

Furniture That Fits Your Budget 

Not all offices need a brand-new furniture package. A full-service dealer can provide more flexibility by sourcing furniture across multiple categories. OFR offers new, pre-owned and refurbished commercial office furniture, allowing businesses to combine options based on their priorities. 

A company might choose refurbished ergonomic chairs, pre-owned workstations, and new conference furniture, for example. This approach can help businesses create a professional workplace while making better use of their furniture budget. 

Managing the Details Behind the Project 

Choosing furniture is only part of completing an office project. There are measurements, layouts, product quantities, lead times, deliveries, installers, and schedules to coordinate. Larger projects can quickly become difficult to manage when multiple vendors and deadlines are involved. 

That is where professional project management becomes valuable. OFR helps coordinate the furniture portion of the project so customers do not have to manage every single detail themselves. From initial planning through final installation, the goal is to keep the project organized and steadily progressing. 

Delivery and Professional Installation 

Commercial office furniture often requires much more than dropping boxes at the front door. Cubicles need to be assembled. Desks and storage need to be positioned according to the floor plan. Furniture may also need to arrive within specific building access or construction schedules. Professional delivery and installation help ensure the finished workplace matches the plan. 

What About the Furniture You Already Have? 

A new workplace does not always mean starting from scratch. Existing furniture may be reused, reconfigured, relocated, refurbished, or incorporated into a new design. If furniture is no longer needed, OFR can also evaluate options for liquidation, resale, donation, recycling, and responsible removal. 

This gives businesses a single resource for both the furniture they are leaving behind and the furniture going into their next space. 

One Partner From Planning to Installation 

Working with a full-service office furniture dealer can simplify what would otherwise involve multiple vendors and moving parts. OFR provides space planning and design, project management, new and used furniture, delivery and installation, reconfiguration, moving and storage, and furniture liquidation and decommissioning services. With locations serving the Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison markets and capabilities for projects nationwide, OFR helps organizations manage office furniture projects of many different sizes. 

Instead of simply asking, “Where should we buy our office furniture?” consider asking a bigger question: “Who can help us manage the entire furniture project?”. For businesses planning a new office, relocation, or workplace refresh, OFR can help take the project from initial planning through final installation.