Canoa
FF&E Specification Platform
A product catalog and specification tool for furniture, fixtures, and equipment in commercial interiors.
60%
Reduction in spec time
100s
Manufacturers unified
0
Manual errors
The Challenge
Specifying furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E) for commercial interiors involves navigating thousands of products across hundreds of manufacturers, each with different pricing structures, lead times, and specification formats. The process is manual, error-prone, and slow.
Our Approach
We designed and built a specification platform that unifies product data from multiple manufacturers into a single searchable catalog. Key features include:
- Unified product database — standardized attributes across manufacturers
- Specification sheets — auto-generated from product selections
- Budget tracking — real-time cost rollups as selections are made
- Collaboration — shared projects with role-based access
Technical Details
The platform was built as a modern web application with a focus on speed and usability. Product data is ingested from manufacturer APIs and normalized into a common schema, enabling cross-manufacturer search and comparison.
Impact
The tool reduced specification time by approximately 60% and virtually eliminated the manual errors common in spreadsheet-based workflows.