GI_425000_3_EXTERNAL HE_VIDEO_SERIES_Jerimy_Erickson_SHORT_1_v05.mp4
[video of heavy equipment pixelates in Heavy Equipment graphic]
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[gfx: How does Sherwin-Williams manage our heavy equipment product portfolio to service, support and supply customers around the world?]
[gfx: Jerimy Erickson Global Director, Product Management General Industrial, Sherwin-Williams]
Jerimy Erickson [00:00:11] My name is Jeremy. I am the global director of product management here at Sherwin-Williams for the General Industrial Division. So I am responsible for the global portfolio for the general industrial business. This includes everything that we sell in powder and liquid and e-coats.
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I look to make sure we have products to meet our customer needs, make sure we have the raw materials to make those products. Make sure we have the capacity and the capabilities in our plants to make those products. We're the largest supplier in the world, of course. We have manufacturing locations, procurement teams all over the world. We leverage suppliers all over the world, so we're able to look outside our borders, outside our regions, to get the materials that are at the best cost and the best availability to us.
[video: farm harvester, cranes on jobsite, dump truck]
The one thing that we do, especially for the heavy equipment space, is our platforms generally are global. So the material that we sell in Europe is very similar to the material that we sell in Asia. Very similar to the material that we sell in the U.S. Of course, local raw materials will dictate in and local requirements for the customers will dictate a little bit. But for the most part, the platforms are the same, which means the raw materials are basically the same.
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So if one region is short a raw material, we can augment that region's material with from a different region. So one of the benefits that Sherwin-Williams is our is our global footprint. We have manufacturing offices, sales in a number of countries around the world. It puts Sherwin-Williams people and locations where our customers are. So you don't have to call somebody in the US if you're in Thailand. We actually have people in Thailand that can answer your questions.
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We have a facility in Thailand that can help support your business. So we try to put our locations wherever our customers are.
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