Consumer Assembly Friendly Fittings

All our fittings aim to reduce the time and effort required to assemble furniture at home. Find out how we test and compare the consumer assembly friendliness (CAF) of furniture fittings and how they benefit furniture producers.

OptimiseFurniture Manufacture

  • Save on fittings and assembly tools

  • Save time

  • Save on labour and logistics

  • Reduce after-sales complaints

OptimiseHome Assembly

  • Shorter user manuals

  • Quicker, stress-free assembly

  • Less errors in assembly

  • Improved end products

In RTA furniture industry, consumer satisfaction begins with fittings, and can quickly end with them, too. Studying how our products serve their end consumers – furniture manufacturers and individuals or installers assembling RTA furniture at home – is at the core of our R&D. We have a deep understanding of what can go wrong, and more importantly: how to overcome it. We found a way to easily evaluate how a fitting optimises furniture assembly with the Consumer Assembly Friendliness (CAF) score. 

Titus CAF formula 2018

Simple Math

The Consumer Assembly Friendliness (CAF) score of any furniture fitting is easy to calculate. Simply add the total quantity of parts required to assemble a cabinet and the number of actions it takes to assemble it, and multiply it with the number of types of parts. The lower the result, the friendlier the home assembly of a cabinet will be.

Download the CAF Leaflet pdf

CAF in Action

Titus Quickloc is the most user friendly fitting on the market. As such, it is a great example of a fitting with an excellent CAF score. Watch the video to see the significant difference a consumer friendly fitting can make in furniture assembly.

Streamline the Assembly Process

Fittings that have passed our CAF test optimize the home assembly process.

Assembly with standard fittings

  vs.  

Assembly with CAF certified fittings

Too many parts and fittings

   Fewer parts
Too many types of parts   Fewer types of parts

Many actions to assemble

   Fewer actions to assemble

Complicated assembly

   Easy assembly instructions

Talk to our Experts

Watch Titus UK's Phil Beddoe explain key benefits of the CAF concept for furniture producers. Would you like to speak to someone on our team how our products could help improve your furniture? Fill in your contact information and our colleagues will be in touch with you shortly. Feel free also to request free samples of our products!

Our CAF Stars