Office furniture maker Steelcase Inc. of Grand Rapids, Mich. , in late March said it would add a surcharge on its furniture to offset the $2 million to $3 million it paid in higher-than-expected steel costs.
Officefurnituremaker Steelcase asked RWD to design a system that could help even computer-illiterate salesmen configure and price a suite of officefurniture using a laptop.