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AFD Contract Furniture is the nation’s largest furniture management company. As a direct provider of furniture knowledge, products and services, we create better ways to plan, procure and manage the whole furniture life cycle. Our mission is to develop and implement cost-effective, productive and operationally-efficient furniture solutions to meet our customers’ business objectives.
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AFD is an Ariba-certified partner for the office furniture industry. Our Ariba-compatible punchout solution is dynamic, robust and secure.
For 4 years AFD has helped Global 2000 customers create, deploy and manage client-specific catalogs for the e-procurement of furniture products and services. Catalogs represent multiple manufacturers and
display options for all customer locations.
EFFICIENCIES—through the automation of furniture management functions, we increase responsiveness, reduce cycle time and improve customer satisfaction.
COST CONTAINMENT—through consistent product standards and streamlined and integrated processes, we achieve significant cost savings for both furniture products and services.
MANAGEMENT CONTROL—through a consolidated and carefully-controlled database of furniture products and
services, we provide information you need to make better business decisions for your furniture assets.
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Our punchout solution automates planning, buying, managing and measuring furniture life cycle activities.
Life cycle activities improved by punchout technology include:
- Space Standards Documentation
- Product Standards Documentation
- Budget Development
- Project Report Structures
- Procurement
- Delivery & Installation
- Consolidated Invoicing
- Product Orientation
- Inventory & Asset Management
- Surplus Reuse
- Storage & Warehousing
- Maintenance & Repair
- Refurbishing
- Reconfiguration
- Move Management
- Asset Disposition
- Consolidated Reporting
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