Louisiana-Pacific Six Sigma
Louisiana-Pacific (LP) is a premier supplier
of commodity and specialty building products serving retail,
wholesale, homebuilding, and industrial markets. At LP, they are
committed to their customers and take pride in delivering on promise
to provide high-quality products, innovative ideas, and superior
service. Their customers have come to depend on this commitment.
It's what brings new and long-time customers back to LP year after
year.
Founded in 1973
and headquartered in Portland,
Oregon, LP is a leading
manufacturer of building materials in North America, with facilities
throughout the United
States, Canada, and in Chile. LP has more than
40 manufacturing facilities in North
America. LP's trademark is their superior ability to
provide a wide variety of cost-competitive commodity and value-added
specialty building products to retail, wholesale, homebuilding, and
industrial customers.
As one of the
North America's largest suppliers
of building products, LP is committed to providing high-quality
products and ideas, and the highest level of service for their
customers.
Whether you're
a homebuilder, remodelers, commercial builder, or a furniture and
cabinet manufacturer, LP's innovative products should be part of
your solution. As the world's top producer of oriented strand board,
LP also ranks as North America's
No. 1 producer of stud lumber and one of the top manufacturers of
engineered wood I-joists and laminated veneer lumber. In addition,
LP has a valuable mix of cost-competitive commodity and value-added
specialty products.
Literally,
their customers are as varied and as valuable as their family of
products. LP serves the full spectrum of major markets, including
wholesale and distribution, professional building, retail
"do-it-yourself" chains, the manufactured housing industry, and
industrial manufacturers.
Wholesale
Distribution Companies supply building material and industrial
markets on a regional, state, or local basis. LP's wholesale
distribution partners are direct customers that play an integral
role in supply-chain management by linking LP's international
network of manufacturing facilities with the markets they serve.
Building Material Dealers supply professional builders, remodeling
firms, and trade contractors that are involved in residential home
construction and light commercial building.
Retail
"Do-It-Yourself" Home Centers serve consumer markets with a broad
selection of home improvement materials, increasingly serving
professional builders, remodelers, and trade contractors.
Manufactured Housing Producers design, construct, and distribute
prefabricated residential and light commercial structures serving
consumer and professional markets. These include fully manufactured,
modular, and panelized structures.
Industrial
Manufacturers produce residential, ready-to-assemble, office and
institutional furniture; cabinets, displays & fixtures; windows
& doors; molding & millwork; laminated flooring; packaging;
transportation equipment; and a myriad of specialty products.
Whether you are a homebuilder, a remodeler, a commercial builder, or
a furniture and cabinet manufacturer, LP is proud and pleased to
help make your venture a success.
Environmental
Management System at LP: LP has built an environmental management
system that is unique to their industry. Their exceptional system
taps the ingenuity, resourcefulness, and innovation of LP's
employees, enabling them to make decisions about how best to protect
the environment.
As a part of
this system, employees work in teams to develop and continuously
improve procedures that either meet or exceed all applicable
environmental standards. Every LP plant operates under an
environmental management system specific for the facility. As a
result, they have experienced an 80 percent reduction in reportable
environmental incidents since 1996, and can attribute improved
operational performance to the implementation of the EMS.
At LP, their
people take personal responsibility for their actions. They are well
informed about the positive impacts that their contributions have on
the company and on their communities. They are eager and proud to
share their ideas for further improvements, not just meeting
environmental compliance requirements but surpassing them.
After all, what
is a company but a group of people who are committed to a goal, a
promise to their customers, their company, and their
world?