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Upholstered furniture, priced by grade.

Furniture manufacturing software for sofas, sectionals, chairs, casegoods, and contract seating. Your dealers pick the frame, fabric grade or COM, cushion fill, and finish, then see their price and ship date. Your frame, cutting, sewing, and upholstery stations get a work order that says exactly what to build.

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Configuration

Work through each section. Your price updates automatically.

Frame & Size

Frame
Seat depth

Fabric

Fabric grade
14.0 yd at this size

Cushions & Legs

Cushion fill
Leg finish | Espresso

Unit summary

Unit price $1,781.21

Pricing is up to date.

List price
$2,024.10
Dealer discount · 12%
−$242.89
Your price
$1,781.21

Selected options

Frame & Size

Frame
Track Arm
Length
84″
Seat depth
22″

Fabric

Fabric grade
Grade C

Cushions & Legs

Cushion fill
HD foam
Leg finish
Espresso
WHAT IT COVERS
  • Upholstery
  • Casegoods
  • Contract seating
BUILT IN
  • Fabric grades with % or $ upcharges
  • COM that adds its own receiving step
  • Sew, frame, and finish stations
SAMPLE ORDER

Custom sofa · 84″ · Grade C fabric · Walnut legs

001 // WHERE FURNITURE ORDERS BREAK

Made to order means made to spec. Get the spec right up front.

Frames, fabric grades, COM, cushion fill, lead times. Here is where furniture orders go wrong today, and what changes when your rules drive the form.

01 · TODAY

Frames, arms, and sizes

Sofa, loveseat, chair, sectional pieces. Rolled arm or track arm, standard or custom length. Every frame has its own base price and its own build.

IN PAINLESS

Each frame is a product with its own form, price grid, and routing. Custom lengths are checked against that frame's limits as the dealer types, and arm styles the frame can't take are disabled with the reason shown.

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02 · TODAY

Fabric grades

Grade A through grade F, a fabric library that changes every market, and dealers pricing last season's grade from a PDF.

IN PAINLESS

Fabrics live in collections with swatch, grade, and upcharge. Price each frame by grade in a grid, and set active dates so a dropped fabric leaves the form on its last day.

Pricing Engine
03 · TODAY

COM (customer's own material)

The dealer's client brings their own fabric. You need the yardage, the fabric details, and a COM charge instead of a grade price.

IN PAINLESS

COM is an option on the form. Choose it and the form asks for the fabric details, the grade price gives way to your COM charge, and the work order shows the yardage for that frame.

Product Studio
04 · TODAY

Cushion fill and details

High-resilience foam, spring down, down wrap. Nailhead, welt, skirt, leg finish. Every detail changes the price and what the upholsterer does.

IN PAINLESS

Each option carries its own price, materials, and production steps. Order nailhead trim and the work order gets a trim step. Skip it and the step never appears.

Production & Shop Floor
05 · TODAY

Lead times

Dealers call to ask when it ships. The answer lives in a spreadsheet that one person keeps up to date.

IN PAINLESS

Lead times in business days, set for the account or per product, give every order an estimated ship date that snaps to the next delivery-route day. Dealers see each piece's status in the portal.

Dealer Portal
06 · TODAY

Deposits before you cut

A made-to-order sofa in a client's fabric can't be resold. You want the deposit in hand before anything is cut.

IN PAINLESS

Terms like 50% prepay hold an order in Prepayment until the deposit is paid. Then it moves to In Process and the work orders are created. Deposit reminders go out on their own.

Invoicing & Accounting
002 // FROM ORDER TO SHOP FLOOR

An upholstered sofa, station by station.

When an order goes In Process, every piece gets a work order with its fabric, materials, and routing. The route comes from the product definition, so a COM order picks up a receiving step for the client's fabric and a graded fabric never needs one.

  1. 01
    RECEIVE

    Receive COM

    The client's fabric received, inspected, and checked against the yardage.

    IF COM
  2. 02
    FRAME

    Build frame

    Frame built and springs tied for the style and length.

  3. 03
    CUT

    Cut & sew

    Yardage for this frame cut, covers and arm panels sewn.

  4. 04
    UPHOLSTER

    Upholster

    Arms, back, and deck in the fabric on the order.

  5. 05
    CUSHION

    Fill cushions

    Foam or down blend, as ordered.

  6. 06
    QC

    Inspect

    Pattern match, seams, level legs. Signature to complete.

  7. 07
    PACK

    Wrap & label

    Traveler label prints the moment the step completes.

A work order per piece

BOM, configuration, fabric, and instructions are snapshotted when the order goes In Process.

Tablets at each station

Pick, Build, Finish with one big button. Operators report problems and acknowledge station notes.

Travelers and labels

Barcode labels for every piece, auto-printed to Zebra, Brother, or Dymo printers.

Routes and will call

Ship dates land on the next route day. Pick Up orders show dealers your dock and a map.

003 // QUESTIONS

What furniture manufacturers ask us.

How does Painless handle fabric grades?

Fabrics live in collections with a swatch, grade, and upcharge. Each frame is priced by grade in a price grid, and active dates retire a dropped fabric from the form on its last day.

Can dealers order COM (customer's own material)?

Yes. COM is an option on the form. Choose it and the form asks for the fabric details, your COM charge replaces the grade price, and the work order shows the yardage for that frame.

Can dealers see lead times and ship dates?

Yes. Lead times in business days, set for the account or per product, give each order an estimated ship date that snaps to the next delivery-route day. Dealers follow every piece from Planned to Shipped in the portal.

Can we require a deposit before we cut fabric?

Yes. Payment terms such as 50% prepay put the order in Prepayment. It moves to In Process, and the work orders are created, once the deposit is paid. Dealers pay by card or ACH in the portal, and deposit reminders go out automatically.

Can we sell upholstery, casegoods, and contract seating in one account?

Yes. Each product has its own form, price grid, materials, and routing, so upholstery, casegoods, and contract seating run side by side in one account and one dealer portal.

004 // KEEP EXPLORING

Go deeper on the parts that matter.

THE PRODUCT
Product Studio Change your products in plain English, test as a dealer Pricing Engine Price grids, dealer discounts, auto formulas Dealer Portal Branded self-serve ordering and payments Production & Shop Floor Work orders, routing, tablets, travelers Shipping & Delivery Delivery routes, pick up, shipments Invoicing & Accounting Invoices, payments, AP, GL, QuickBooks
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// BRING YOUR GRADE CHART

Walk us through your grade chart.

Frames, grades, COM, fills, and lead times: tell us how your dealers order today. We'll show you how your line would run in Painless.

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