Company Overview Of The Kennebec Lumber Company

Kennebec Lumber Company began as the vision of Jack Carrier, and his three sons, Denis, Jean Paul, and Larry. The Carrier family has been involved in the logging and forestry business since 1972, when Jack and his father, Emile moved from Saint-Honoré, Quebec to Jackman, Maine to follow their dreams of running their own logging business, E.J. Carrier. Growing up the three Carrier boys were involved in numerous different aspects of the family business, from cutting timber to building bridges on woods roads. As they grew older they began to think about new paths to expand and diversify their family enterprise to ensure their ongoing success and opportunities for future generations. From this, Kennebec Lumber Company was created. In 1999, Denis

To ensure the future of the company, as well as the industry overall, Kennebec Lumber Company is also dedicated to sustainable business practices throughout all business operations. As a company that advocates for LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design), from forests to the final products, they work diligently to achieve 100% recovery and use of raw materials during manufacturing, including sawdust, chips, and bark, responsible procurement for each facility, and efficient manufacturing processes that reduce waste and encourages

One strength that results from structuring people based on the resources they utilize is that it provides an opportunity for all to learn from one another and become more productive because ideas can be shared on the most efficient techniques on performing a certain task and the best ways to solve problems. This builds a culture of teamwork, respect, and responsibility. A specific example within Kennebec Lumber Company of this in practice can be seen in the accounting department in the “corporate office;” there are several people who work in this department and throughout each one’s time with the company they have each found different ways to accomplish tasks (i.e., maintaining financial schedules) that decreases the amount of time the task takes to complete, which they have shared with each other to increase overall productivity. This can also be seen on the different operating lines within the company (i.e., sawmill, planer mill, kilns, log yards, etc.). For example, a new hire for the headsaw would be trained by an experienced employee who would teach them all of the different controls and the most efficient and least wasteful way to saw a log; this will ensure more product can come from that log and the most profit is being made compared to the overall