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As vice president of manufacturing Rob Porterfield oversees the National Instruments worldwide manufacturing organization including purchasing production and operations. In his current role Porterfield directs team efforts on continuously improving customer satisfaction lowering material costs improving production efficiency reducing quoted product lead times and managing inventory levels.
Porterfield led efforts in 2001 to open the first NI production facility in Hungary which went from ground breaking to production in just four months and has delivered millions of dollars in cost savings to both NI and its customers around the globe. Prior to his work in Hungary Porterfield led the creation of a software duplication center in Ireland and repair centers in Europe and Japan.
In addition Porterfield has worked closely with the purchasing and production planning teams to increase efficiencies in NI global supply chains. He implemented centralized distribution centers in Europe and Asia and an advance planning system worldwide that resulted in a 10 percent reduction in quoted product delivery times and a 20 percent decrease in materials cost over two years. Under his leadership the company has seen record customer satisfaction ratings and on-time delivery rates.
Porterfield joined NI in 1993 as warehousing supervisor. He has since held the positions of materials manager planning manager director of international operations and global planning and director of international operations and global supply chain. Prior to his work at NI Porterfield was a design engineer at General Dynamics. He holds a master's degree in business administration from The University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Auburn University. | 