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A 3 page paper that provides a profile of this company, which operates in the Southeast of the U.S. The paper provides the date of founding, credo, mission statement, revenue, the company's primary growth strategy, and challenges it faces with recommendations. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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the company (Hampton, 2006; Waste Industries USA, Annual, 2006). The company is described as a "regional, vertically integrated solid waste services company" (Waste Industries USA, Annual, 2006) that operates in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi (Waste Industries USA, Annual, 2006). Services are provided to residential, commercial and industrial customers (Waste Industries USA, Annual, 2006). They provide
service to "more than 700,000 municipal, residential, commercial and industrial service locations" (Waste Industries USA, 2006). Operations include 40 collection operations, 28 transfer stations, between 60 and 90 county convenience
drop-off centers, 12 recycling facilities and 10 landfills (Hampton, 2006; Waste Industries USA, Welcome, 2006; Waste Industries USA, Annual, 2006). The corporate mission is written as: "To grow and prosper
through the efficient and responsible utilization of our resources while providing our customers with cost effective, responsive and environmentally sound solution to their solid waste management needs" (Waste Industries USA,
Annual, 2006). The corporate credo is: "Built on Service - Fueled by Growth - Driven by Performance" (Waste Industries USA, Annual, 2006). This is a profitable company. Sales
revenue in 2005 was (mil.) $310.6, which represented a 6.5 percent increase over the previous year (Hampton, 2006). Net Income was (mil.) $12.2 (Hampton, 2006). As of June 2006, the
company has seen 126 consecutive quarters of profitability (Waste Industries USA, Overview, 2006). One of the companys primary strategies for growth is through acquisition (Hampton, 2006). They bought out about
100 companies between 19990 and 2006, 14 of which were acquired in 2005 alone (Hampton, 2006; Yahoo! Finance, 2006). In their 2005 10K report, the company states they intend to
strengthen their competitive position in their markets and they will do so through more acquisitions (Yahoo! Finance, 2006). This company faces the same challenges that face all companies where transportation
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