March 7, 2005—Fortune magazine ranked Herman Miller as the top furniture company in its annual list of most admired companies.
Herman Miller has led the list in 17 out of the 19 years that Fortune has included furniture as one of its categories. The list appears in the magazines March 7 issue. one of the most admired companies for the 17th time.
Herman Miller leads the eight companies included in the furniture category, placing first in six out of eight attributes: innovation, quality of products/services, employee talent, use of corporate assets, social responsibility and long-term investment.
To reach its findings, Fortune and its survey partner, Hay Group, asked the top managers at 582 companies (the largest by revenues in each sector) to judge their competition. In all, 10,000 executives, directors, and securities analysts rated the companies in their industry on the eight attributes.
The complete “Most Admired” list is available online to Fortune subscribers at the magazine’s Web site.
For more on Herman Miller, visit the company Web site.
