Kimball International Saves more than $20M
Kimball International, Inc. is a preeminent manufacturer of furniture and electronic assemblies, serving customers around the world. Based in Jasper, Indiana, and with annual revenues in excess of $1 billion, Kimball International, Inc. hired TradingPartners in 2004 to reduce their purchasing costs and improve supply chain effciencies.
Since that time, TradingPartners has worked on more than 20 different sourcing projects across all key business segments and generated savings in excess of $20 million.
The partnership between Kimball International, Inc. and TradingPartners has been a great success. Bob Price, Director of Global Sourcing for Kimball International said, “The problem with most contemporary approaches to global sourcing initiatives in a ‘fat world’ is that supply chains tend to operate in a ‘round world’, sometimes void of signifcant decision making information and lacking both speed and innovative thinking. Frankly, the problem with old approaches to gaining effciency and financial improvement performance used by supply chain executives is that they are either too simplistic or unrealistic, never yielding the savings we all strive to achieve.
“After 25 years of experience, I found that TradingPartners is an excellent source that combines pragmatic techniques that naturally fo
ster competition in the marketplace with innovative ideas that practitioners from operations can apply regardless of their industry…and they deliver results. Our team was very confdent in our decision making based on all the data the TradingPartners team compiled for us. Moreover, the level of customer support and ongoing partnership that you get from the global TradingPartners staff makes an alliance with them an incredibly positive and proftable experience for everyone.”
Dave Bowen, Managing Director at TradingPartners said, “TradingPartners strives to provide an excellent service and a positive net beneft to each of our clients. From the outset of our relationship, TradingPartners and Kimball International, Inc. have worked well together to achieve signifcant results with both companies benefting greatly from our association. We look forward to continuing this trend on future projects with them and developing our relationship even further.”
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