Integrating health and work efficiency with a dedicated app to create a smart office space.
A telephone survey conducted by a domestic health foundation found that Taiwanese office workers sit for an average of 6 hours a day, nearly a quarter of their daily routine. Prolonged sitting can easily lead to various health problems. International research indicates that for every additional hour of sitting, the risk of developing type 2 diabetes increases by 22%, highlighting the importance of choosing the right office furniture.
ONLY Office Furniture, established in 2007, embodies the spirit of "Only" in English, emphasizing integrity, efficiency, and sharing. With the business philosophy of "Only Life Is Good," the company has maintained an annual revenue growth of over 20% for the past 12 years. Its products are used by public and private institutions such as Academia Sinica and Taiwan High Speed Rail. Clients include educational institutions, government agencies, financial institutions, and large, medium, and small enterprises. With an excellent reputation, E-Ling provides Taiwanese consumers with a new choice for modern office furniture.
Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Introducing the Concept of Healthy Office
With the advent of Industry 4.0, Aulink is integrating artificial intelligence into furniture design, introducing the concept of healthy office work, and launching an "electric height-adjustable desk." Featuring four height memory settings and a safety feedback function, it combines health and work efficiency. Users can set reminders via height adjustment to remind themselves to get up and move around after sitting for a certain period. It also includes a user height memory setting and an automatic safety design (automatically stopping under pressure during height adjustment). A dedicated app has been developed, allowing users to set height and other parameters via Wi-Fi. Although the app is still under development, its innovative design is highly anticipated. In addition, Aulink is also developing a smart independent desk workstation, injecting innovative elements into the office furniture market.
Fan Sheng-long, General Manager of ONLY Office Furniture, previously worked for a listed office furniture company in Taiwan and a well-known Japanese office furniture company for 13 years, possessing extensive experience in the overall market. He also independently set up a factory in Shanghai to produce office furniture, focusing on the mainland China market and exporting to various countries. After returning to Taiwan, he observed that the domestic market still had a certain scale, so he decided to start from the ground up, investing in design and development to overcome the past difficulties of a shrinking office furniture market. In the past, due to the joint supply contracts of Taiwanese banks, the price of office furniture in the government sector collapsed, making it almost unprofitable. Coupled with shrinking domestic demand and declining exports due to the rise of mainland China, most factories ceased development. Except for a few factories willing to innovate and maintain decent sales, those that didn't expand and develop new products mostly shrank in size.
Fan Shenglong firmly believes that only continuous innovation and development are the key to success in the market; and only by continuously innovating and developing new products can more customers be created.
Smart office furniture: comfortable, user-friendly, and easy to clean.
ONLY consistently prioritizes human needs in its development of various office furniture products. Among them is the patented MOTION smart chair, which integrates the chair with the body based on the concept of human spinal movement. Its 3D design mimics the joint structure of the human back, conforming to the body's natural curves regardless of movement. This not only conforms to ergonomics but also reduces spinal pressure caused by prolonged sitting. It features high-density one-piece molded foam combined with a self-developed sofa-like fabric that is water-repellent and stain-resistant, making it more comfortable and user-friendly. The I.P.O 4.0 fourth-generation partition is the only product in Taiwan designed specifically for 3C products, concealing wiring within the partition, perfectly meeting the needs of Industry 4.0 era offices. The NP3 folding desk series allows for flexible adjustment of meeting space, and the multi-functional under-desk cabinet adapts to various office layouts. Currently, ONLY is actively developing "intelligent independent desk workstations." These products demonstrate ONLY's consistent human-centered design philosophy.
Furthermore, ONLY places great emphasis on talent development. Fan Shenglong stated, "Talent is the foundation of a company. Only with a continuous influx of talent can a company develop." Therefore, the company has specifically opened up opportunities for executives to invest in the company, allowing employees to share in the fruits of its growth. While helping the company make money, being an employee shareholder means sharing in the profits. In the future, ONLY will use Taiwan as a starting point to export its products to countries around the world through product innovation and talent integration. Working together with its employees and collaborating with major domestic manufacturers, ONLY aims to become the truly unique office furniture brand in the minds of consumers.
2019/4/14 Economic Daily