ZHU Jiangang, WU Zhihui. Progress of Applying IT to the Chinese Furniture Manufacturing Industry[J]. China Wood Industry, 2003,(4):3-5. DOI: 10.19455/j.mcgy.2003.04.002.
Globalization and China’s joining WTO has brought both opportunities and challenges for China’s furniture manufacturing companies. Based on an analysis of China’s current furniture industry, the authors explained the importance and significance of information technology for the Chinese furniture manufacturing industry. They also presented that the key for forming the highlyindustrialized and modernized furniture industry is to reform management methods and the manufacturing process basing it on IT, rather than merely on a labor intensive work force.