“Symphony Consulting was an incredible partner that really stepped into our program and filled a huge void that we had. We engaged with Symphony to help us close out business and legal terms with our CM, and despite stepping in halfway through the project, they were able to quickly understand our needs, limitations, paint points, and key care-abouts. Once that happened, they were able to drive the discussion directly and significantly offload work from our team. I am very pleased and satisfied with the final result—a better result that we could not have achieved on our own, with significantly less pain. We would definitely work with Symphony again and highly recommend them as well!”

– Jack Kang, Senior Vice President of Customer Experience and Sales, SiFive, Inc.

“Symphony helps ensure the right balance between the value we get from our vendors and the price we pay so the agreement is not unprofitable for our vendor and we’re getting the value it’s worth to us.  They have a wealth of experience in IT and direct procurement and have saved us a lot of money.”

– Tim Campos, CIO, Facebook

“Symphony has been instrumental in helping us achieve the following results: risk reduction, reduced inventory exposure, minimum order quantities, reduction in lead times, and lower prices for parts.”

– Rick Trebing, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics)

“Guardant Health engaged Symphony’s services for negotiating Master Supply Agreements for multiple suppliers. In this highly regulated industry & our continued explosive growth in the Oncology market, it was important to lock-in our future supply, pricing, licensing, audit rights, and other important risk factors. I have partnered with Symphony many times in the past and I highly value their professionalism, speed, knowledge, and attention to detail. Within a few months of our engagement, we have mitigated all critical supply chain risks for Guardant.”

– Rohit Saini, Senior Director of Supply Chain, Guardant Health, Inc. 

“Symphony has helped us streamline our procurement process and brought process discipline into our organization so that it has become the norm. Symphony’s most valuable contribution is that it facilitates disparate companies coming together and working towards a common goal and successful procurement is about merging companies’ efforts.”

– Sachidanand Vrindavanam, Senior Director, KLA-Tencor

“Symphony hit the targets we’ve set for cost-savings every time. They are a turnkey provider of the procurement process: from vendor selection to contract drafting and redlining; for both Direct and Indirect Procurement. Plus, Symphony can bring in category specialists as negotiators – something we can’t do ourselves.”

– Michael Vedda, VP and CIO, Thermo Fisher Scientific (formerly Affymetrix)

“Symphony quickly came up to speed on our business issues. Their full spectrum of expertise complemented OCZ’s team and allowed us to continue to focus on running the business. We have been pleased with the professionalism and the thoroughness of the Symphony team.”

– Jason Ruppert, Senior Vice President of Operations, Toshiba Corporation (formerly OCZ Technology Group, Inc.)

“In an outsourcing project that Symphony managed for us, all of the contending contract manufacturers told us they had never been through such a complete and thorough evaluation.”

– Hanan Cohen, Senior Director of Supply Chain, Avid Technology, Inc.

“The quality and timely delivery of our products was one of our top priority items when we engaged with Symphony. This added significantly to our total cost of ownership, which was a key focus and went beyond just the purchase price. Thanks to our collaboration with the Symphony team, we partnered with the right contract manufacturer and within a few months, have mitigated most of the supply chain challenges that impacted our business. Their ability to integrate into our organization and work seamlessly with our team was a key differentiator in comparison to other consulting firms.”

– Kai Wundke, CEO, Sun Radon, Inc.

“The process of outsourcing would have been nearly impossible for us to complete without Symphony’s assistance. As we bring the project to a close, we will be meeting or exceeding all of our original operational and financial targets. They proved to be an invaluable partner in this process, bringing the necessary technical and business background plus the negotiation and interpersonal skills to work closely with our team and close on all of the major points of the agreement with our chosen EMS partner. Without a doubt I will recommend Symphony Consulting to anyone considering this type of project.”

– Jose Sendra, VP of Operations, Nuance Communications, Inc. (formerly Equitrac Corporation)