--- title: "A furniture maker: the 90-Day AI Transformation, week by week · Use cases · WorkWeaver" description: "A furniture maker, 140 people, in the 90-Day AI Transformation. Week 2: the Bottleneck Map finds 34 custom quotes waiting 9 days. Week 6: quotes go out the same morning. Week 10: the agent flags the factory. Day 90 results." url: https://workweaver.ai/use-cases/furniture-maker.md canonical: https://workweaver.ai/use-cases/furniture-maker/ updated: 2026-10-21 --- Use case · [The 90-Day AI Transformation](https://workweaver.ai/transformation/) # A furniture maker: 90 days. A furniture maker, 140 people. Every team hit its target. The company missed. Here is its 90-Day AI Transformation, week by week. [**Week 2**The Bottleneck Map](https://workweaver.ai/use-cases/furniture-maker/#map)[**Week 6**Quotes live](https://workweaver.ai/use-cases/furniture-maker/#live)[**Week 10**The next slow step](https://workweaver.ai/use-cases/furniture-maker/#next)[**Day 90**Results](https://workweaver.ai/use-cases/furniture-maker/#day90) The quarter before ## Four green scorecards. One red company. Nadia owns a furniture maker of 140 people. Every team hit its target. New orders barely moved, and nobody could say why. Marketing 113%of lead target Sales 101%of orders Factory 96%on time Finance 98%invoices out in 2 days The company+4%new orders, against a goal of +25% **Week 2**The Bottleneck Map ## The quotes were waiting on nobody's desk. We sat with the people who price custom jobs and followed one quote end to end. Every step, sorted, with today's minutes. *Bottleneck Map for a furniture maker's custom quotes: six steps, 57 minutes of work spread over 9 days. One step deleted, two become rules, two go to an agent, one stays human.* Re-type the WhatsApp request into a form 10 min Delete Check stock and lead times 10 min Agent Engineer prices it from memory, at night Waits 4 days 25 min Agent Apply the discount rules 5 min Rule Finance checks margin and terms Waits 5 days 5 min Rule Engineer approves the quote 2 min Human Total today 57 min 9 days *34 custom quotes waiting in a pile.* USD 1.2 million of orders older than 5 days. At 4 in 10 lost, about **USD 480,000** walks to a faster rival. On two engineers, part-time, at night. No team's target. To Nadia, owner · Week 1, Fri 34 custom quotes wait 9 days on two part-time engineers. USD 1.2 million of orders are older than 5 days. **Week 6**First workflow live ## Quotes go out the same morning. The agent drafts each quote from 1,200 past quotes. Ravi or Elena approves it over coffee, inside the finance rules. To Ravi, engineer · Mon 8:10 Quote 4471: 60 desks with custom trays. Matches job 3890 at +6% for the tray. USD 61,200. Approve? Ravi approves at 8:40. Sent at 8:41. A custom quote 9 days Under a day Quotes waiting in the pile 34 0 Evenings engineers spend pricing Most nights None **Week 10**Four weeks after go-live ## The agent finds the next slow step: the factory. Fast quotes meant more custom orders. Now they waited on the build. To Tomasz, factory · Week 10 Custom orders are up 60%. Custom delivery is now 12 weeks, the slowest step. Move 2 teams to custom orders? Delivery drops to 6 weeks. Tomasz approves. Custom delivery 12 weeks 6 weeks Teams moved to custom orders 2 **Day 90**Results ## Same people. The whole company moves. A custom quote 9 days Under a day Quotes waiting in the pile 34 0 Evenings engineers spend pricing Most nights None Custom delivery 12 weeks 6 weeks ### Who moved up. ### Ravi, engineer · Elena, finance Priced and checked quotes at night Design furniture and plan cash; approve quotes in minutes ### Yuki, sales Filled the target with small orders Spends the day with customers who buy big ### Nadia, owner Read four green scorecards Reads one page on where work waits Ravi approves every custom quote in one tap, with the past jobs attached. Results come from your team working the new way. So we help you reset the KRAs of everyone who touches the bottleneck, and the whole team pulls for it. [How the 90-Day AI Transformation works →](https://workweaver.ai/transformation/) ## Find the one bottleneck that moves your whole company. Bring it to a 30-minute call. We'll map it with you. Book a call with Founder Human version: https://workweaver.ai/use-cases/furniture-maker/