Home Meridian appoints Ferguson operations head for Vietnam, Philippines
By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, February 15, 2010
LAS VEGAS —
Home Meridian International has named industry veteran Tony Ferguson to head its operations in Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia.
Working out of Home Meridian's facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Ferguson will be responsible for product sourcing, quality and supply chain management for four HMI companies — Pulaski Furniture, Samuel Lawrence Furniture, Creations and Prime Resources International.
His is responsible for all product sourced from Asia excluding China, which HMI covers through a separate office in Dongguan. He reports to Lamont Hope, chief operating officer of Home Meridian.
Ferguson, an engineer by training with more than 30 years of furniture operations experience, most recently was director of manufacturing and quality services for North American sourcing at contract furniture source Kimball International. He also has worked at Standard Furniture, Hammary, Aspenhome and Bassett.
Home Meridian Asia is organized into groups of factories. Each business unit is responsible for supply chain management with a quality team in each factory, a dedicated product development person to make samples, and an analyst who measures performance against best practices. The business units in Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines will report to Ferguson.
“Tony is an experienced Far East manager with a proven track record,” said George Revington, president and CEO of Home Meridian. “He will spearhead our plans to grow our Asian organization and expand our sourcing base.”
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