Rooms 10,11& 12 all went to Hastings for a visit to furnware the purpose of this trip was because this term our main focus is on innovation so when we went down to visit we were shown how innovation has helped furnware over the past. Innovation helped Furnware because quite a while ago furnware's only seller/customer was the government and the government said bye your own school furniture so 1 customer turned into 1200 customers so furnware had to hire more staff .
Of course furnware didn't know who the 1200 people were so they met up for BBQ's, drinks and more To get to know them better but there was one problem it was China. China has a population of 1,371 billion people and New Zealand has the population of 4,596 million people so China sold everything cheaper then Nz's furnware company. Furnware sold the same chairs that was in China, Furnware sold their chair's for $30 and China's chairs for $25. Furnwares customers spoke to Furnware and said " Not trying to be rude but China's chairs are $5 cheaper then your chairs, so i'm gonna start buying my chairs from there,". Furnware was going to go out of business so the only choice they had was to INNOVATE! By helping them innovate they had to go back to school and see the students point of view so they did . Furnware came up with an idea of creating a chair being useful for all positions children like to learn in : leaning back, forward, upright etc. They created a chair thats comfy and to be able to be used in all of the positions. They did and now furnware have Lots and lots of customers buying chairs, tables, desks for school and at home.
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