Momentum
Momentum


JOHN J. ENGEL Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer


STEPHEN A. VAN OSS Senior Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

Over the last several years, WESCO has established strong, positive momentum in the marketplace – with customers, with suppliers and with shareholders. In engineering or mathematical terms, momentum is the product of mass (i.e., size and scale) and velocity (i.e., speed). Size and scale are evident in our strong market position, extensive product and service portfolio, deep supplier partnerships and broad geographic footprint. Speed is evident in our quick reaction, quick response to issues and opportunities and an overall continuous improvement or LEAN approach to operational excellence. Our combination of size, scale and speed translates into a winning value proposition for our wide-ranging set of customers.

After two years of record-setting performance, there are still performance gaps compared to some of our electrical industry competitors and other best-in-class companies. Our relentless pursuit of operational excellence includes managing today’s business on a daily basis while systematically changing, refining and improving the way our business will be managed in the future. We’ve just begun the LEAN continuous improvement “journey”, but we clearly see that this can be a never ending process that sustains our positive momentum and creates advantages from our size, scale, and speed.

  © 2006 WESCO International, Inc.