A furniture decision you can defend. At approval, and on move-in day.
OutDo designs and manufactures furniture for workplaces and institutions in its own factory, and opens every quotation up before you sign: what we'll make, what it's made from, and what the date counts from.
OutDo FurnishingsCommercial furniture manufacturerOur own manufacturing setup near PuneISO 9001:2015
OutDo furniture is installed at these companies
Some delivered directly, some through the architects and turnkey firms who chose us.
You'll be asked why you chose this supplier. Have the answer before you sign.
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Two quotations for the same BOQ, far apart
The lowest looks too cheap to be true; the highest feels safe. Nobody sees why the highest is so high.
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“Plywood” on the BOQ isn't one product
Every supplier quotes the words as written, and “plywood” usually means commercial plywood. The price and the life of the furniture change with the board.
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The move-in date rests on a clock nobody explained
“30 days” counts from frozen drawings, PO and advance, while management heard “from the PO”.
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What was approved isn't what arrives
A design approved from a picture or a hand-built mock-up is ordered by the hundred, and a fault is found in every room.
A good furniture decision is one nobody has to explain later.
Same BOQ. Two quotations, ₹1.5 Cr apart.
Godavari Bank's head office: about six floors, with the BOQ prepared by the bank's architect.
First reaction“The lower price must mean poorer material.”
First reaction“The higher price must be the safe choice.”
- 1Opened item by item
Quotation A was shown to the management line by line: the same material they expected, and in places better.
- 2Priced from the work
It was priced from what the work actually costs to make at that scale.
- 3Delivered
Within the agreed time, with a finer look and finish than the bank expected.
Don't reject the lowest, and don't simply accept it. Open both quotations up.
Quotation A was OutDo's. Read the Godavari Bank case study
Made by the people who quoted it
Three commitments that make a furniture decision easier to defend.
What you approve is what gets made
Our drawings are made in production software that also writes the machine programs, so the approved drawing is what the machines cut, for the first piece and the four-hundredth. Better material is proposed with a test you can run yourself.
One owner, one clock
A dedicated designer and project manager on every order. Lead time is counted from frozen drawings, PO and advance, with material risks declared before the PO, and you see the stage with one WhatsApp message.
A factory you can see
About 26,000 sq ft in three units, two production lines, two shifts and more than 80 people in-house. Wood, metal and aluminium made here. ISO 9001:2015.
What you do, and what we take on
If an architect or consultant holds your project, we work through them.
Share a layout, a BOQ or an RFQ, or just the number of seats and a target date.
Our designers support your layout and work out which products fit.
Confirm selections, and share what your own team will inspect.
We multiply the specification out, check every material against your date, and explain the options, with a test you can run yourself.
Approve the drawings, with a mock-up where needed. PO and advance.
Drawings checked against your real site, and a furniture electrical layout for your electrician.
See the stage with one WhatsApp message.
Approved drawings drive the machines, and every panel is labelled.
Your site in-charge confirms the site is ready.
Storage space, a working lift and the labour count confirmed before dispatch; safety kit in our vehicles; installed by our own team.
Lead time is counted from frozen drawings, PO and advance.
Share your requirementFind a project like yours
Bank
Godavari Bank
The lower quotation can be the defensible one: about ₹1.5 Cr below the competing quote, delivered within the agreed time.
Read the case study
Institution
NMIET
An engineered BOQ: a ₹2.5 Cr furniture list quoted at about ₹1.5 Cr, with a board the management and architect tested themselves. The next floors followed.
Read the case study
Company HQ
Tunwal E-Motors
A listed company's seven-floor headquarters on a late-running building. Our furniture reduced the delay instead of adding to it.
Read the case study
International brand
Chicago Pneumatic
A floor of about 15,000 sq ft for an Atlas Copco group brand, to an international quality standard, within the stipulated time.
Read the case study
Workspace operator
EFC, Quantum Tower
A large workstation floor re-specified at the same price when the specified fabric couldn't arrive in time.
Read the case studyWhat we make, and where we make it
Furniture for the whole workplace, made in our own factory near Pune.
- WorkstationsIncluding acoustic partitions
- Cabins & office tablesFor cabins and private offices
- Conference tablesFor meeting and board rooms
- Collaborative tablesFor shared and team spaces
- ReceptionFront-desk tables
- StorageStorage and wooden products
- Institutional furnitureLibrary units, study tables and desks
Can we deliver what we promise? Here's what's behind it.
- ~26,000 sq ft · three units
- 2 production lines
- 2 shifts
- 80+ in-house
- Wood · Metal · Aluminium
- Software-driven, a label on every panel
- ISO 9001:2015
Before you compare furniture quotations, compare these eight things
Put them to every supplier, including us.
At the quote
01How was it priced?
What usually happens
A big gap between two quotations alarms management. The lowest looks too cheap to be true; the highest feels safe. Nobody sees how either was built.
How we close it
We price each project from what the work actually costs to make at that scale, and we show you the quotation item by item. See the example
Ask every supplier: “How did you price this: a square-foot rate, or a costing of this project's material and work?”
02Which board will you actually supply?
What usually happens
When a BOQ says “plywood”, what usually gets supplied is commercial plywood. Most suppliers quote the words as written, so you compare prices of different products.
How we close it
Better material is proposed with a test you can run yourself. At NMIET, the management and the architect kept an HDHMR sample in water for a day before approving it.
Ask every supplier: “Which board will you actually supply, and how will we test it ourselves?”
03Which items do you make, and which do you buy?
What usually happens
Premium pieces are often bought in or imported, with a long wait and a premium price, while the quotation reads as one maker's work.
How we close it
We were among the first four in India to buy the handleless shutter machine, and our laser cutter makes premium legs and frames in our own factory in Pune.
Ask every supplier: “Which items will you make, and which will you buy? Where exactly is each premium piece made, and can we see the machine?”
04Can you carry our size?
What usually happens
Every supplier says yes to a big floor. When the capacity runs short, the date slips or the work quietly moves to another factory.
How we close it
About 26,000 sq ft in three units, two production lines, two shifts and more than 80 people in-house. Judge us by what you can see.
Ask every supplier: “Where will our furniture be made, can we see that factory, and how many orders of our size are you running now?”
At the PO
05From what event do you count lead time, and what could miss our date?
What usually happens
“30 days” turns out to count from frozen drawings, PO and advance, while management heard “from the PO”. Furniture goes in last, so its window is the one that shrinks.
How we close it
Our lead time is counted from frozen drawings, purchase order and advance. Before the PO, every material is checked against your date, and anything that can't meet it is declared.
Ask every supplier: “From what exact event do you count lead time, and which items could miss our date? Tell us before we sign the PO.”
06Multiply the specification out with us
What usually happens
A material that is easy to get for one cabin can be impossible to get for 500 seats. A distributor rarely holds more than about 100 sheets of one colour.
How we close it
We multiply the specification out before the order. At EFC, the specified fabric would have taken 8–10 days just to be made; we proposed acoustic sheet at the same price, and the full quantity arrived in three days.
Ask every supplier: “Multiply the specification out with us: how many of each material, how long each takes in that quantity, and who carries the cost if it has to change?”
At delivery & after
07Will you work to our inspection criteria, in writing?
What usually happens
Large organisations inspect every piece. A rejection means repair, redelivery, a slipped move-in and an explanation upstairs.
The better way
Give your supplier your inspection criteria in writing before production starts, and ask where on its line the check is done.
Ask every supplier: “Will you work to our inspection criteria, in writing? Where on your line is the quality check done?”
08Who replaces a failed hinge, from whose stock, and who closes the snag list?
What usually happens
After handover, a failed hinge becomes weeks of calls, and your admin team hears the complaints.
The better way
Get after-sales and snag closing in writing before the order: who replaces what, from whose stock, and by when the snag list is closed.
Ask every supplier: “Who replaces a failed hinge, from whose stock, and who closes our snag list, by when?”
The answers, filled in by every supplier, are your file.
Where are you in your workplace project?
Pick one. We'll show you the next step.
You have a layout
The next step
- Share it. Our designers work out which products fit, and we multiply the specification out before anything is priced.
Ask every supplier
“Has anyone checked this layout against the site as it stands today?”
You have a BOQ or RFQ
The next step
- Send it. We'll show you which questions make every quotation compare like for like, starting with what your own team will inspect.
Ask every supplier
“When the BOQ says “plywood”, which board is meant?”
You're comparing quotations
The next step
- Open every quotation up before you choose: how it was priced, which board, what's made and what's bought, and what the date counts from.
Ask every supplier
“How did you price this: a square-foot rate, or this project's material and work?”
Your move-in date is fixed
The next step
- We check every material against your date before the PO, and declare anything that can't meet it.
- Lead time is counted from frozen drawings, PO and advance.
Ask every supplier
“From what exact event do you count lead time, and which items could miss our date?”
You're expanding or adding a site
The next step
- The same approved drawing drives the same machine program every time, with a label on every panel, so a repeat order is made the same way.
Ask every supplier
“Show us a multi-site job you have done: how many sites, and who installed them.”
Not sure where to start?
The next step
- Share what you have. The number of seats, the location and your target date are enough to begin.
Ask every supplier
“What does this furniture need to do for us, and what happens if it doesn't?”
Put these in your next RFQ…
The Furniture Quotation Checklist
Questions to put in your next RFQ. The answers, filled in by every supplier, are your file.
Get the checklistHave a workplace to furnish? Start with what you have.
A layout, a BOQ, an RFQ, or just the number of seats and your target date. We'll go through it from a manufacturing perspective and show you what to compare before you decide.
Send the BOQ or RFQ. We'll show you which questions make every quotation compare like for like.
If an architect or consultant holds your project, we work through them.