Lakeland Supply Inc.

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Pewaukee | Founded: 1984
Industry: Packaging
Employees: 45

Lakeland Supply produces and distributes a full line of packaging supplies, janitorial products, paper products and industrial facility supplies.

How has your company navigated the challenges of the past few years?

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Vince Schmidt, president: โ€œWe have increased our inventory levels to make sure we could deliver to our customers, along with storing and releasing customersโ€™ custom stock so that they didnโ€™t have lead-time issues.โ€

What are the biggest obstacles to your companyโ€™s continued growth?

โ€œThe business world has changed over the years; many people would rather email or have virtual meetings, whereas Lakeland prefers person-to-person meetings. This is where we thrive in creating relationships and in bringing more value to our customers with creative solutions.โ€

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Do you plan to make any changes to your company?

โ€œLakeland is looking closely at a 60,000-square-foot warehouse expansion in the next year or so.โ€

What factors have contributed the most to your growth in the past three years?

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โ€œWe added three new sales professionals to our team, increased inventory levels during supply chain issues and continue to live our mission: Leave all we meet better than before.โ€

How would you describe your company culture?

โ€œOur culture includes values that our employees possess and demonstrate every day: integrity, passion, fun, gratitude, reliability, responsiveness, positive attitude, ownership, faith, consistency, excellence, consideration and balance.โ€

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