Soldier Life Made More Like Home With Northland

Published by: Northland - January 18, 2017

Life in the military, while rewarding for its opportunity to serve our country, has its difficulties. For many soldiers, living on base comes with its own set of challenges.

One of these challenges comes with living in the barracks. Outdated furniture that’s in need of replacing can make day-to-day living uncomfortable for the modern soldier. For those men and women separated from their families, having some comforts of home can soften that distance.

While seemingly simple, new furniture for military applications shows the soldier living in the barracks a genuine concern for their well-being. As part of enhancing morale, an infantry division recently worked to improve the quality of life for its soldiers by bringing in new furniture and other amenities to the battalion barracks. Following the install, a soldier stated “I wasn’t aware they were going to do this for us. You can tell that they really care about our well-being.” Sometimes, even the simplest acts can have profound effects.

Bases Are Often Looking to Improve Quality of Life

Military bases are often looking to improve quality of life for their soldiers and families. Also, furniture improvements go a long way towards that goal, and Northland Furniture can help.

Whether you’re looking for an extra long table for a new conference room, furnishings for offices or beds for the barracks, Northland can build the furniture you need. Don’t be concerned if you don’t see something you want in the collections we offer.. Our designers and craftsmen can create furniture uniquely designed for your specifications. We enjoy being creative and are excited to expand on our custom commercial furniture options.

Custom Furniture for Military Housing

Contact Northland for more information about custom furniture design for military housing. Whether you want to customize items within our collections or work with us to create something truly unique, we have the skill and creativity to build furniture that your soldiers will love for many years to come.

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Northland Builds Lasting Quality in America

Published by: Northland - January 11, 2017

For over 40 years, Northland has been manufacturing quality commercial furniture for high traffic environments, proudly built in the United States. While trends come and go, we remain committed to this core aspect of what we do.

While there are many reasons to create and purchase furniture that’s made in the USA, our reason is simple: We take pride in creating quality products at home. The United States has a long-standing history of quality in manufacturing, and Northland strives to maintain this each and every day.

In-house manufacturing. Competitive pricing.

All of our collections are designed and manufactured in our 42,000 square foot US manufacturing facility by our team of engineers and craftsman. This means we’re able to manage the production process from start to finish, maintain flexibility to serve project needs and turn standard orders on shorter lead times, often within six to eight weeks – compared to twelve to sixteen from overseas providers.

Keeping good jobs in America should be a goal for any domestic manufacturer. We are proud to do our part in contributing to a strong US economy, and keeping jobs and profits in the States.

Flexibility to adapt as your needs change

We believe that working with a domestic manufacturer allows everyone involved the flexibility to adapt as needs and requirements change. During the course of any project, details are subject to change. Working with a US-based company helps make any necessary changes easy and efficient. Our lean manufacturing processes and robust technology allows us to offer competitive pricing across our collections, while still delivering excellent value.

Quality assurances provide us the ability to respond rapidly to your needs. Every piece of furniture produced by Northland uses top-of-the-line computer controlled machinery and a strict production schedule. Should any adjustments need to be made, we can do this quickly and effectively.

This improves our energy and cost efficiencies. As a result, we are able to provide competitively priced hospitality, student housing and senior living furniture built for durability.

Another factor to consider is that despite our best efforts, sometimes things can go wrong. No matter how well designed, how well planned the production cycle or how seamless the ordering process, problems can happen. When they do occur, rest assured Northland will remain close by. We provide immediate support and resolve any issues quickly and effectively.

Reducing our carbon footprint

Buying your furniture domestically can dramatically reduce our carbon footprint. Products manufactured and delivered in the US travel a significantly shorter distance, simplifying transportation. Simpler transportation means shorter lead times, and a decreased environmental impact. Northland also uses soft, damage-resistant reusable packaging, saving an enormous amount of waste each year. Northland builds sustainability into every piece of furniture it produces. We believe that furniture manufactured to provide lasting value and reduced weight on the earth is beneficial to our suppliers, our customers and to the generations to come.

Providing clients the expertise and service they expect

Northland takes pride in providing clients the expertise and service they expect. Using domestically sourced materials, including many from the Pacific Northwest, our craftsmen design and build furniture that can withstand high traffic and other challenging environments.

Northland offers one of the most comprehensive 10-year warranties in the industry. This is just further testament to our commitment to manufacturing durable furniture. We want your furniture to be the highest quality available. As a result, if you have any issues with your furniture, we will be there to assist quickly and effectively.

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Contract Furniture Made in the USA Has the Home Team Advantage

Published by: Northland - November 2, 2016

Products labeled ‘Made in the USA’ may take us on a decades-deep walk down memory lane. How many of these labels do we really see any more? Surprisingly, there are still sources of pride to be found for domestically produced goods in the USA. Northland Furniture, founded in 1976 in Bend, Oregon, has been producing contract furniture made in the USA for 40 years.

If You Count on Imports for Contract Furniture, You May Think Twice

The end of August saw a break in the global supply chain, when Hanjin, a large Korean ocean carrier, came under financial collapse just in time for the seasonal uptick in holiday shopping. Ports turned away Hanjin vessels unless docking and loading fees had been prepaid. Goods intended for drop off at certain locations remained either undelivered onboard or were offloaded at distant ports.

In these cases, buyers may be imposed hefty additional transit fees for some goods while others may never arrive at their destinations. This breakdown in delivery has driven up costs for ocean freighting, a change that will persist until the balance between supply chain capacity and demand is recovered.

The Hidden Costs of Imported Goods

Many American consumers take advantage of low in-store and online prices from overseas suppliers. Not surprisingly, companies reap the same rewards, buying lower-priced products, such as contract furniture, in bulk. These offerings, however, are affixed with a hidden price tag: shorter life cycles—which when reached, require disposal and repurchase, perpetuating the buying cycle. The costs of low-cost production for short-term savings are seen in higher ecological and cost footprints.At some point, we’ve probably all wondered why products made overseas are so inexpensive. When production moves abroad, a system of cost externalization is established, where indirect costs are offloaded on third parties. This means anywhere from exploitation, where workers receive lower wages for longer hours in unregulated working conditions to ecological depletion and waste. The financial and environmental costs of transporting goods with shorter lifecycles from abroad only add to the price tag.

At some point, we’ve probably all wondered why products made overseas are so inexpensive. When production moves abroad, a system of cost externalization is established, where indirect costs are offloaded on third parties. This means anywhere from exploitation, where workers receive lower wages for longer hours in unregulated working conditions to ecological depletion and waste. The financial and environmental costs of transporting goods with shorter lifecycles from abroad only add to the price tag.

Bringing it Home

Northland Furniture prides itself on creating quality products manufactured in the US that provide value to the workforce and customer. From design and packaging to product use and life, Northland works to improve quality and reduce waste. With a roster of clients including brands like Marriott and Wyndham, Northland serves the contract furniture needs of hotels, timeshares, senior living communities and educational facilities across the United States.

Northland products use domestically sourced materials, often from its own backyard in the Pacific Northwest. By focusing on lean design and manufacturing, Northland products have no minimum order restrictions, provide flexibility of design, are built to suit and are shipped lean, with blanket wrapping on every shipment. All that, plus the agility of distribution from within the US, makes Northland a winning combination.

Contact Northland to see how we can support your contract furniture needs.