Vital Statistics
Company: Centex Homes
Year founded: 1950
Headquarters: Dallas
Number of employees: 6,361
2003 fiscal gross sales: $5.92 billion
2003 U.S. closings: 26,427
As part of their single-source drywall supply relationship, Centex Homes’ Paul Dodge (far left) and Wade Hooker (middle right) and TBS’ Phil Kohut (middle left) regularly fine-tune jobsite logistics. For Kohut, Hooker, and Dodge (below, left to right), site communication and understanding each other’s business models is a primary key to single-primary key to single-source success. Centex Homes’ Dodge (left) and TBS’ Kohut (right) discuss drywall operations at one of the roughly 3,500 jobsites they partner on during the year. Elgin, Ill.–based Seigle’s provides virtually error-free, back order–free supply of Aristokraft cabinets to Centex Homes’ 1,000 units in the Chicago metro area. TBS and Seigle’s plan to leverage their procurement and supply expertise to grow with Centex Homes as the builder increases its market size in Dallas and Chicago.
