reBlog from Oneuni: Jepara handmade wood furniture sourcing, (the clues which are turning into blues)

Quote of: Furniture from Jepara behind the Clues.

Oneuni wrote:Need to emphasize that: the copy-antique reproduction furniture of Jepara-town are handmade stuff with hand tools ! Not more than 2 digits figure that are made by semi machine process. As for the Integrate manufacturing ones, no more than 30 units factories which are still running and or survives. Those are aprox 1% of Jepara's products.

Merely 85% of the raw furniture(Ina=Mentahan) are made by villagers as a home made woodworking, so called as craftsmen(Ina=pengrajin) and a part of it are made in the workshop of private owned, doing the small scale industry by hiring few woodworkers(=tukang kayu) and carvers(=pengukir) to make the un-finished raw furniture. so called as little boss(=Juragan).

About 10% are the trader or broker that ordering and or bought the raw wood furniture from both, as said above (craftsmen and small Industries). It is called as Suppliers. They are doing: sortiments, re-built, sanding etc. Mainly are to face-up or enhancing the raw furniture 'in all the way' before it will go to exporter's warehouse for passing an inspection . Particularly their involves are in financing to the sub-cont.and craftsmen, it is for buying the wood and payroll weekly-wages(Ina=Kamisan) of the Craftsmen.

Whilst, the rest of 4% are the warehouse, those are the exporters in Jepara-town, which are doing mostly: finishing & upholsteries. but even so the finishing & upholstry job is mostly been sub contracted to the local subcon. They get the raws or white pieces from either one of the 3 aboves(Craftsmen+little bossy+supplier/broker)
Oneuni, Jepara handmade wood furniture sourcing, (the clues which are turning into blues), Jul 2009                                                                        You should read the whole article.