OEM furniture manufacturing, built to your drawings
E and J Furniture builds upholstered furniture to your design in its factory in Carson, Los Angeles County. In OEM manufacturing, you send drawings, a tech pack (the drawings, dimensions, materials and hardware a factory builds from) or a physical piece. Whatever you send becomes a drawing you approve, then a sample you sign off, and production is checked against the approved sample.
Three ways to start an OEM program: Start from a tech pack, drawings or a physical piece.
No minimum order: a program can start at a single piece. Lead time is 4–8 weeks, plus freight to all 50 states or internationally. Payment terms are 50% deposit at order, balance due before shipping.
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You have a full tech pack
CAD files, shop drawings, a bill of materials and a covering schedule (which fabric goes where) give us enough to quote. We flag anything that won't work in production, then build a sample to the tech pack for your sign-off.
Ask for an NDA before you send drawings.
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You have sketches, a photograph or a tearsheet
Send dimensioned sketches, a reference photograph or a tearsheet (a catalog or magazine page showing the piece). We draw it up and send the drawing back for your approval, and the sample is built to the approved drawing.
Mark the dimensions that can't change.
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You have a physical piece
Send a piece you have the rights to reproduce, such as one you already sell and want to re-source. We measure it and draw it up for your approval, as it is or with the construction changes you ask for, then build a sample.
Describe the piece in your program brief before you ship it.
Holding the spec across reorders: Each reorder is built to your specification and checked against the approved sample.
Reorders drift when a fabric is discontinued, a supplier changes a material or a piece is rebuilt from memory. Here's how we hold a later reorder to the specification you approved.
- Runs are checked against the approved sample
- Once you sign off a sample, it becomes the approved sample, and each production run and reorder is checked against it.
- The specification is written at component level
- Frame material, seat deck (the platform and springs under the cushion), foam density, seam allowance (the fabric margin sewn into each seam) and hardware are each named, so changing any of them is a decision for you to approve.
- Substitutions come to you first
- If a mill discontinues a fabric or a hardware item is no longer made, we ask you before a substitute goes into production.
- Reorders stay in our own factory
- Each reorder goes through the same in-house departments as the first production run: frame shop, cut and sew, foam, finishing and shipping.
OEM questions: What to send, and how a sample becomes a production run.
01What is OEM furniture manufacturing?
OEM furniture manufacturing means you supply the design, as drawings, a tech pack or a physical piece, and the factory builds to it. The finished pieces are sold under your own label, and your program agreement names who owns the drawings and specification. The factory supplies the construction, the labor and the production runs.
02What is the difference between OEM and ODM?
OEM means you bring the design and the factory builds it; ODM means the factory develops the design with you and you sell it under your label. Either way, name who owns the drawings in your program agreement before production. The OEM vs ODM guide also covers the hybrid between the two.
03What do you need from us to start?
Drawings or something to draw from, the dimensions that can't change, the intended use, your quantity and whether it reorders, the fabric or leather you want and any documentation your specification requires. Send what you have and we'll ask for the rest. The list of what a quote needs explains each item.
04Can you work from a photograph?
Yes. A clear photograph with two or three known dimensions is enough to draw from. We draw the piece up and send the drawing to you for approval before a sample is built.
05What decides how many sample rounds a piece needs?
How complete the tech pack is matters most. A decision it leaves open, such as a seat height or the sheen of a finish, can add a round, and so can a change you ask for after seeing a sample. The tech-pack guide's checklist covers those decisions.
06How do you keep a later reorder matching the first run?
Each production run and reorder is checked against the approved sample and built to a component-level specification in our own factory. Wood, hides and dye lots (batches of fabric dyed together) vary naturally, so the tolerances for your program are set out in your program agreement. The guide to keeping a program consistent across reorders also covers planning for dye lots.
Next step
Send your drawings or a photograph of the piece you want built.
The program brief form takes text only, so paste links to drawings or photographs. Every program is quoted, and the unit price is set by size and construction, materials and finish, packaging, quantity and how often the program reorders.
Only your name and email are required. We reply by email with questions, or with a quote if the brief has enough to price.