Furniture Industry Consulting Services - Furniture Consultants for Sales and marketing. Sales and Marketing Strategies must be well defined and blend global customer requirements with the capabilities of the factory.

Dossenbach Associates, Inc.

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"We are dedicated to raising the level of profitability and long term success of our clients. We will conduct ourselves with the highest degree of ethical and professional standards, always putting our clients' interests before our own."

T. F. Dossenbach President

Furniture Consultants

We are furniture and cabinet industry consultants specializing in management and engineering consulting to the furniture and wood products industries. Our furniture consultants focus on global issues and continuous improvement resulting in improved growth and profitability.

Company Profile and Philosophy

Areas of focus for the firm include re-engineering for growth and improved profitability through lean manufacturing principals; globalization strategies; turnaround strategies; continuous improvement programs; quality management; global sales and marketing; and supply chain management. Our associates are experienced in many secondary wood products industries including:

Residential Furniture
Office Furniture
Hospitality and Institutional Furniture
Kitchen Cabinets
Store Fixtures
Architectural Millwork (Commercial and Residential)
Fenestration
Flooring
Plywood, Solid Wood Panels, Dimension Stock, and other Secondary Wood Products

We have assisted in due diligence investigations for acquisition minded clients and international financial institutions. Our consultants have conducted manufacturing and product assessments as well as global market research for clients around the world. Our team of consultants has also assisted furniture and wood products manufacturers in their global sales and marketing strategies. During the past 10 years, we have assisted over 350 wood products companies around the world.

Our goal is to create sound, world-class companies through the implementation of practical continuous improvement and globalization strategies that will result in quality products, consistently shipped on time, and with a profit.

Prior to forming this consulting firm in 1997, Tom Dossenbach spent over 30 years in the furniture and millwork industries after graduating from the school of engineering at N.C. State University, Raleigh, North Carolina in the Furniture Manufacturing and Management Program. Most of his time in industry was spent as a Plant Manager, Vice President, or General Manager with profit and loss responsibilities. Among his accomplishments was the improved performance of his division of a Fortune 500 Company to lead in return on assets and inventory turns through the implementation of JIT principals and an aggressive Continuous Improvement Program and Lean Manufacturing. Tom has served as interim CEO in a successful turnaround assignment of a company in bankruptcy.

You may rest assured that we will complete any assignment with the highest degree of professional excellence.

Professional Affiliations:

American Home Furnishings Alliance (formally the American Furniture Manufacturers Association)
Association for Manufacturing Excellence
Turnaround Management Association

"We believe that large and small companies in the wood products industry can thrive during these changing times of rapid globalization by strategically exploiting their strengths and eliminating their weaknesses and by planning for the future with vision and innovation!"

"We Want our services to be perceived by our clients as one of the most valuable investments they have ever made."

Tom Dossenbach, President