Western Electronics Selects PolyDyne Software To Power Its Strategic Sourcing Process
QuoteWin solution accelerates sourcing process, increases productivity, and reduces procurement costs
December 12, 2001; Austin, Texas: PolyDyne Software, the leading provider of strategic eSourcing solutions, announced today that Western Electronics, a leading contract electronics manufacturer, has successfully completed implementation of PolyDyne’s QuoteWin® eSourcing solution at its North American headquarters. Based on the initial results of the installation, Western Electronics has already experienced a reduction in quote cycle time, an increase in supply chain productivity and a significant savings in procurement costs as a result of the QuoteWin system. QuoteWin is currently managing Western’s entire worldwide quoting process.
Just this past June, Western installed PolyDyne’s solution at its headquarters in Boise, ID and has already achieved significant benefits from the system. QuoteWin has streamlined communications, accelerated internal sourcing processes, and provided accurate quote data to Western’s extended supply chain, which includes major OEM customers and suppliers.
Western’s Boise facility was started in 1988 and primarily focuses on manufacturing SMT printed circuit assemblies. It has over 50 active customers and serves a wide range of businesses from emerging growth companies to multi-national corporations in a wide variety of markets. Customers for the Boise facility include Extended Systems, Simco, Delmar Medical, HP, Transector and Sorenson Vision. The Boise facility has full prototype and design capabilities.
“PolyDyne’s QuoteWin solution has improved communication between all elements of our extended supply chain. It has enhanced our sourcing process by optimizing supply chain efficiencies, building stronger relationships with our suppliers and significantly reducing time to market for new product introductions,” said Dena Wilson, Materials Manager for Western Electronics.
David Tabb, CEO of PolyDyne Software said, “Western Electronics has established a reputation for consistently providing high-quality, on-time services using advanced process technologies. PolyDyne is proud to provide the strategic sourcing technology to drive Western’s success in a wide variety of markets.”
Western’s adoption of QuoteWin helps meet demands of its OEM customers with high growth rates and short product-development cycles. or Western’s OEM customers have high growth rates and short product development cycles and require advanced eSourcing technologies to manage these demands. QuoteWin allows Western Electronics to meet time-to-market and time-to-volume requirements of its OEM customers by turning around quotes faster and more efficiently. By providing deep analysis on quote statistics and sourcing competitiveness, QuoteWin allows Western to react quickly to changes in the marketplace.
QuoteWin is a B2B, eSourcing software tool for the RFQ process. Designed to meet the sourcing needs of contract electronic manufacturers, QuoteWin reduces material and overhead costs, reduces quote cycle time, and increases supply chain productivity, making a positive impact on profit margins and corporate growth. QuoteWin is used by over 75 customers in the high tech, medical device, aerospace, military and manufacturing fields, including such industry leaders as Lockheed Martin, Flextronics, Celestica and Sanmina.
QuoteWin is a B2B, strategic eSourcing software tool for the RFQ process. Designed to meet the sourcing needs of contract electronic manufacturers, QuoteWin reduces material and overhead costs, reduces quote cycle time and increases supply chain productivity, making a positive impact on profit margins and corporate growth.
About Western Electronics
Western Electronics, a contract manufacturer founded in 1978, has seven operations and 500 employees in three states. They serve the manufacturing needs of many Fortune 500 companies, and specialize in the manufacture of high-mix products with small and medium lot sizes. Their strategy is to provide customers with support throughout the entire production process starting with prototype design for manufacturing and testability, material procurement, prototyping, final assembly and drop shipping. In addition, they offer support, rework, repair, and warehousing of products. Products produced include telecommunications and networking equipment, global positioning systems, semiconductor equipment subsystems, consumer products, small office/home equipment, print servers, interfacing products, medical devices, ESD detection devices, label printer equipment, and digital recorders.
Western Electronics is projected to triple their revenue in the year 2001. They will continue to expand the breadth of their service offerings through internal and external growth. Industry analysts project the contract manufacturing industry will rise from $88 billion to $149 billion within the next two years. Western’s commitment to providing a full service solution has strategically positioned them to take advantage of the tremendous growth forecasted for the industry.
About PolyDyne® Software
PolyDyne Software is a leading provider of B2B, supply chain software tools for strategic eSourcing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company’s solution suite includes DesignWin, QuoteWin, and SupplyWin, a series of quote processing software tools designed specifically for OEMs, contract manufacturers, and component suppliers.
These solutions simplify and enhance the critical elements in the quoting process from quoting materials to delivering proposals. Customer feedback has validated that this streamlined process reduces RFQ cycle time for bills of material to 3 days or less, reduces costs on direct material by as much as 5%, increases supply chain productivity by 30% and maximizes the use of eBusiness technology.
PolyDyne’s worldwide customer base includes over 50% of the leading contract manufacturers and 90% of component suppliers in North America. PolyDyne has also established key business relationships with PTC, Oracle Corporation, FACSys, and Centura Software to enhance their product offering and add value to their supply chain management tools. For more information, please visit www.polydyne.com or call (512) 343‑9100.
Company Contact
Mike Pallarino
PolyDyne® Software
9390 Research Blvd.
Suite 415
Austin, Texas 78759
Tel: 512/343-9100
Fax: 512/343-9297
Email: pallarino@polydyne.com