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Casegoods
Any non-systems furniture used in office planning. The term is likely to be used
in reference to wood or laminate private office or conference room furniture or
accessories. The term casegoods rarely refers to seating products.
Cluster
Physical grouping of workstations which share the same panels.
Components
Parts and pieces required to fully assemble a given product. It can refer to items
in a completed system (Panels, Worksurfaces, and Pedestals), or to items required
to complete furniture which is ordered and shipped disassembled or knocked down
(i.e., the pedestals, end panels, backpanels, and worksurface included in a freestanding
desk).
Customers Own Material (C.O.M.)
Usually refers to fabric, for both seating and panels. It is any element provided
to the original equipment manufacturer for incorporation into a custom built item.
One that is not from the OEM's (orignal equipment manufacturer) usual offerings.
Consultation with each manufacturer for its own particular guidelines for accepting
outside materials is recommended.
Exact quantity of material required will depend on the method, direction and surface
of material to be applied, and the quantity of product being produced. If the material
has never been utilized by the manufacturer it is recommended that pre-production
testing be employed.
Ergonomic
The study and design of various products and tools focusing on the element of human
interaction. Usual and repetitive human movements, positions, functions, and environmental
considerations are the basis for such design and construction. The purpose is to
provide comfort and stress relief to the user.
In furniture this concept is vital in preventing common office injuries to the wrists,
back, and eyes. Ergonomics focuses on such usual events as: time spent sitting in
one's chair, interacting with ones desk, retrieving files, repetitive computer usage,
etc. Studies have shown that companies committed to using ergonomically formulated
devices have dramatically lessened health insurance costs and law suits resulting
from stress and fatigue related injuries.
Freestanding Furniture
Any furniture which does not require support by a panel structure in or out of a
workstation. It is possible to place a freestanding desk or credenza, for instance,
within the framework of a panel system.
Kneespace
The unencumbered area beneath a desk or work surface that allows for user "legroom".
Although a simple concept, this is an important measurement often forgotten in space
planning. Assessing kneespace dimensions determines whether items such as keyboard
trays and seating will properly fit and if such a fit allows ease of movement by
the occupant.
Knock Down (K.D.)
Refers either to the actual disassembly of office furniture, or to the way the office
furniture is shipped. All pieces can be shipped "knocked down", including
seating.
Workstation
Area surrounded by panels containing worksurfaces and related componentry and seating
designed to be inhabited by a worker or group of workers. Areas meant to be occupied
solely by business machines are generally categorized as equipment stations.
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