IKEA offers well-designed, functional home furnishings at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. The role of the supply process is to buy, produce and distribute the IKEA range at the lowest total cost, making high quality available to the customer under good social and environmental conditions. IKEA Trading Operations supports and develops professional relations with all the IKEA Suppliers. In cooperation with our suppliers, we secure lowest possible cost to our customers around the world and we ensure the customer availability by improving production planning and delivery performance. IKEA Trading Operations is divided into the following Trading Areas, North Europe, North East Europe, Central Europe, South Europe, South East Europe, North America, South Asia, South East Asia and Greater China. Our trading area in South East Asia includes Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia where we deal with a variety of materials including Wood, Textiles, Natural fibers, Fatline, Metal, Toy & Mixed and Ceramics