The number of people in the team varies depending on the season:
- Logistics are operated by 2 people
- Administration: 2 people
- Mobile Installers and upholsterers: ranges from 12 to 70 people
- Preparer manager: 2-6 people
- Order preparers: 4-8 people
- Stock management: 2 people
Their expertise
Each hub has specific assignments:
The preparation hub:
After validation of our offer by the client, the preparer manager calculates, estimates and analyses the purchase needs and prepares manufacturing and/or production requests.
The mobile installers and upholsterers:
They travel directly to the assembly locations. Depending on the project, they are responsible for decorating the sites, installing reception canopies, assembling stands, podiums for catwalk shows or conventions, preparing reception areas.
Each team appointed on site comprises a site manager and upholsterers/installers.
The administrative hub:
This is responsible for planning human resources, vehicles and ensuring day to day logistics and events abroad.
Their resources
The mobile installers and upholsterers are mainly equipped with staplers, screwdrivers, jigsaws, circular saws, hammers, pliers, and obviously the traditional upholsterer’s satchel. Also added to this is access equipment such as ladders, step ladders, cradles and of course safety equipment such as harnesses, helmets, hi-viz gilets, knee pads, cut resistant gloves and safety shoes.
Members of the team are authorised to drive the cradles and lifting equipment and to work at height.
Three heavy goods vehicles, two 20 m3, three Renault masters and 2 Renault trafics comprise the Options Décoration fleet.
Some anecdotes
- Delivery of 90 tonnes/800 m3 of materials in Africa with transit to an island.
This adventure required the chartering of two cargo planes, a ferry to reach the island from the mainland, 12 lorries to cross tropical forests on barely driveable tracks.
Before arriving at the event site, a wedding anniversary, 5 days of transit were required, with 25 people to load and unload the equipment between each of the stages and 10 days of assembly by 15 fitters and upholsterer/decorators.
- The helicopter transportation of equipment for a wedding (marquees, decoration and all equipment) to host 600 guests in an area not accessible by road.
All of the Oriental decor was purchased in Morocco and then forwarded in containers.
A few figures
– 400,000 km/year in the Paris region
– 120,757 m² of carpet laid in 2016
– 61,244 linear metres of brushed cotton used in 2016