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“The concept of joint venture in our industry is well-es- tablished today, but it definitely was something that was unique when Joe and Bruce got into it,” said Larry Hudson, Vice President Sales & Marketing “People who’ve spent a good deal of time in our industry respect Jamestown for being at the forefront of the joint venture concept. Credit
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to Joe and Bruce for investigating the concept and devel- oping and pursuing it.” “The problem that joint ventures solves is scale,” said Janowsky. “When we installed a new corrugator in our Lockport plant, we could have kept that corrugator busy The history of Jamestown Container is one of constant tech- nological upgrades, through every stage of the corrugated in- dustry’s history.
for maybe 40 percent of its volume. So how do you get the advantage of efficiency and cost advantage in an op- eration that you don’t have enough size to scale yourself? The most efficient way is through a partnership.” Improving The Process While Jamestown has always had its eye on controlling the supply chain as a cornerstone of its business, it also fo- cused strongly on process improvement to bring its plans to fruition. “In the late 1980s,” said Janowsky, “Japan was the 500-pound gorilla on the world market, and credit for Ja- pan’s economic rise was given to process improvement. We put that process into place over many years at James- town, and it helped us significantly in a lot of areas.” In addition to measuring processes and evaluating the In 1956, Jamestown employed six workers. It now boasts 650 employees.
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